Readings

Lubchenco, Jane. "Entering the Century of the Environment: A New Social Contract for Science." Science 279, no. 5350 (1998): 491-7.

Jasanoff, Sheila. "Is Science Socially Constructed – And Can it Still Inform Public Policy?" Science and Engineering Ethics 2, no. 3 (1996): 263-76.

Funtowicz, Silvio O., and Jerome R. Ravetz. "Science for the Post-normal Age." Futures 25, no. 7 (1993): 739-55.

Oreskes, Naomi, Kristin Shrader-Frechette, and Kenneth Belitz. "Verification, Validation, and Confirmation of Numerical Models in the Earth Sciences." Science 4, no. 5147 (1994): 641-6.

Jacobson, Mark Z. "Model Design, Application and Testing." Chapter 21 in Fundamentals of Atmospheric Modeling. Cambridge University Press, 2005. ISBN: 9780521548656.

Frameworks: Scientific assessment

Field Trip: Making Models exhibit at Museum of Science

Eckley, Noelle. "Designing Effective Assessments: The Role of Participation, Science and Governance, and Focus." Report from a Workshop Co-organized by the Global Environmental Assessment Project and the European Environment Agency, 1-3 March 2001. Expert's Corner, Environmental Issue Report No. 26. Copenhagen, Denmark: European Environment Agency, 2001.

Karp, Joan, and Judah Leblang. "Making Models: Summative Evaluation Report," Museum of Science, Program and Evaluation Research Group, Lesley University, 2004. (PDF - 2.8MB) (Courtesy of Lesley University Program Evaluation and Research Group. Used with permission.)

Stern, Paul C., and Harvey V. Finberg, eds. Chapter 1 in Understanding Risk: Informing Decisions in a Democratic Society. National Academies Press, 1996. ISBN: 9780309053969.

Slovic, Paul. "Going Beyond the Red Book: The Sociopolitics of Risk." Human and Ecological Risk Assessment 9, no. 5 (2003): 1181-1190.

Read summary and skim relevant chapters:

Committee on Improving Risk Analysis Approaches. Science and Decisions: Advancing Risk Assessment. Used by the U.S. EPA, National Research Council. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 2009.

Guston, David H. "Stabilizing the Boundary Between US Politics and Science: The Role of the Office of Technology Transfer as a Boundary Organization." Social Studies of Science 29, no. 1 (1999): 87-111.

Cash, David W. "In Order to Aid in Diffusing Useful and Practical Information": Agricultural Extension and Boundary Organizations." Science, Technology and Human Values 26, no. 4 (2001): 431-453.

Lee, Kai N. "Appraising Adaptive Management." Conservation Ecology 3, no. 2 (1999): 3.

Walters, Carl. "Challenges in Adaptive Management of Riparian and Coastal Ecosystems." Conservation Ecology 1, no. 2 (1997): 1.

Browse:

Collaborative Adaptive Management Network (CAMNet)

Tuinstra, Willemijn, Leen Hordijk, and M. Amann. "Using Computer Models in International Negotiations: The Case of Acidification in Europe." Environment 41, no. 9 (1999): 33-42.

Hordijk, Leen. "Use of the RAINS Models in Acid Rain Negotiations in Europe." Environmental Science and Technology 25, no. 4 (1991): 596-603.

Tuinstra, Willemijn, Leen Hordijk, and Carolien Kroeze. "Moving Boundaries in Transboundary Air Pollution Co‐Production of Science and Policy Under the Convention on Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution." Global Environmental Change 16, no. 4 (2006): 349-363.

Environmental modeling at Environmental Protection Agency

Guest lecturer: Elsie Sunderland

Read summary and skim the rest:

National Research Council. Models in Environmental Regulatory Decision Making. National Academies Press, 2007. ISBN: 9780309110006.

Layzer, Judith A. "Crisis in the New England Fisheries." Chapter 10 in The Environmental Case: Translating Values Into Policy. CQ Press, 2005. ISBN: 9781568028989.

Hardin, Garrett. "The Tragedy of the Commons." Science 162 (1968): 1243-1248.

Ostrom, Elinor, Joanna Burger, Christopher B. Field, Richard B. Norgaard, and David Policansky. "Revisiting the Commons: Local Lessons, Global Challenges." Science 284, no. 5412 (1999): 278-282.

Edwards, Paul N. "Representing the Global Atmosphere: Computer Models, Data and Knowledge About Climate Change." In Changing the Atmosphere. Clark A. Miller and Paul N. Edwards, eds. MIT Press, 2001. ISBN: 9780262632195.

Lahsen, Myanna. "Seductive Simulations? Uncertainty Distribution Around Climate Models." Social Studies of Science 35, no. 6 (2005): 895-922.

Liverman, Diana. "From Uncertain to Unequivocal: The IPCC Working Group I Report: Climate Change 2007 – The Physical Science Basis." Environment 49, no. 8 (2007): 28-32.