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Use of Joint Fact Finding in Science Intensive Policy Disputes, Part I

11.941 · Urban Studies and Planning · Graduate · Fall 2003

Dr. Herman Karl, Prof. Lawrence Susskind

MIT · Tier 1

11.941 and 11.942 make up a one-year seminar. The goal of this seminar is to explore the role of science and scientists in ecosystems and natural resources management focusing on joint fact finding as a new approach to environmental policy-making. Increasingly scientists and science organizations are confronting a conundrum: Why is science often ignored in important societal decisions even as the call for decisions based on sound science escalates? One reason is that decision-making is oft…

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Dr. Herman Karl, Prof. Lawrence Susskind. 11.941 Use of Joint Fact Finding in Science Intensive Policy Disputes, Part I. Fall 2003. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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