Daniel Sarewitz

Senior Sustainability Scientist, Global Institute of Sustainability
Teaching Faculty, School of Sustainability
Professor of Science and Society, School of Life Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Co-Director, Consortium for Science, Policy, and Outcomes

School of Life Sciences
Arizona State University
PO Box 875603
Tempe, AZ 85287

Phone: 480-727-8787
Email: Daniel.Sarewitz@asu.edu

Biography

Dr. Sarewitz's work focuses on understanding the connections between scientific research and social benefit, and on developing methods and policies to strengthen such connections. He directs the Washington, DC office of the ASU Consortium for Science, Policy, and Outcomes, and has worked on Capitol Hill as a Congressional Science Fellow and as science consultant to the House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, where he was also principal speech writer for Committee Chairman George E. Brown, Jr. Dr. Sarewitz teaches courses on decision making and uncertainty, and U.S. science and technology policy.

Selected Publications

See listing http://sols.asu.edu/people/faculty/dsarewitz.php

Expertise

uncertainty; scientific controversies; governance of technology; social outcomes; science policy; technology policy; decisionmaking; emerging technologies; environmental policy;

Courses

PAF 547/BIO 515/GLG 547/GTD 598/HON 494: Science, Technology, and Public Affairs
ASB 591/BIO 591/GLG 591/POS 591: Uncertainty and Decision Making

Education

Ph.D., Geological Sciences, Cornell University, 1986
M.S., Geology, Oregon State University, 1983
B.S., Haverford College, 1978

Posters/Presentations

Chhetri, N., M. Neff, L. Hidinger and D. Sarewitz. 2006. Sensitivity analysis: Role of human induced stressors in increasing the vulnerability of water resources in Phoenix meteropolitan region. Poster presented at the 6-11 August 2006 91st Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Memphis, TN.

Chhetri, N., M. Neff, L. Hidinger and D. Sarewitz. 2006. Sensitivity analysis: Role of human-induced stressors in increasing the vulnerability of water resources in Phoenix metropolitan region. Poster presented at the 6-11 August 2006 91st Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Memphis, TN.

Neff, M., N. Chhetri, L. Hidinger and D. Sarewitz. 2006. A preliminary methodology for analysis of ecosystem sensitivity to climate and other drivers of change. Poster presented at the 6-11 August 2006 91st Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Memphis, TN.