I was amazed to receive an invitation, at the recent Gathering of Quakers from around the county, for a radio interview. It has now been posted on the site of Northern Spirit Radio. It is focused on my work for social justice, both in my professional life in science, technology, and innovation policies, in Washington … More Justice on the radio
This year’s Technology and Innovation Report from UNCTAD (the United Nations Commission on Technology and Development) analyzes the ways “frontier technologies” like artificial intelligence may increase or decrease existing inequalities, “within and between countries.” I wrote some of the background material for the report. On April 27, the UNCTAD staff presented the main points of … More Frontier Technologies — helping or not?
In India, government budgets are introduced with fanfare. The latest budget for the State of Kerala was introduced with comments from innovation studies scholars from around the world, including me. Kerala is known, particularly through the writings of Amartya Sen, for achieving high levels of health and education with low levels of average wealth through … More Kerala — oh, no, not … !
On May 4, I contributed to an event associated with the United Nations STI Forum, introducing the STRINGS Project, Steering STI for the SDGs, that is, Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals. The event summary and recording is here. Here is what I said: Thanks for including me in both the STRINGS … More STI for SDGs — more than UN acronyms
Finding My Place 