Oversight of emerging science and technology

Lessons from history to guide future developments

Salil Gunashekar, Sarah Parks, Joe Francombe, Camilla d'Angelo, Gemma-Claire Ali, Pamina Smith, Daniela Rodriguez-Rincon, Marlene Altenhofer, Gordon R. McInroy

Research SummaryPublished Jun 14, 2019

To help inform decisions about emerging science and technology oversight in the future, RAND Europe studied ten examples of oversight spanning different countries, time periods, and science and technology areas, and identified eight key lessons.

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Gunashekar, Salil, Sarah Parks, Joe Francombe, Camilla d'Angelo, Gemma-Claire Ali, Pamina Smith, Daniela Rodriguez-Rincon, Marlene Altenhofer, and Gordon R. McInroy, Oversight of emerging science and technology: Lessons from history to guide future developments, RAND Corporation, RB-10077-WT, 2019. As of September 19, 2024: https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB10077.html
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Gunashekar, Salil, Sarah Parks, Joe Francombe, Camilla d'Angelo, Gemma-Claire Ali, Pamina Smith, Daniela Rodriguez-Rincon, Marlene Altenhofer, and Gordon R. McInroy, Oversight of emerging science and technology: Lessons from history to guide future developments. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2019. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB10077.html.
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