2021 Society of Policy Scientists
Annual Institute
18-20 November
Hosted by Claremont McKenna College
Freeberg Forum, LC 62 Kravis Center
Claremont, California
All times are Pacific.
Virtual Access
If unfortunately you cannot make it in person to the Annual Institute, we will send you a Zoom link as soon as your registration is confirmed. You will have the same participation access as those attending in person.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18
5:00-7:00 Policy Sciences Case Study: Afghanistan
The Decision Seminar as an Instrument of Power and Enlightenment: Afghanistan, Then and Now
Charles H. Norchi (University of Maine School of Law)
Andrew R. Willard (University of Iowa)
Informative websites
https://reliefweb.int/country/afg
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19
8:00-9:00 Convene over breakfast
9:00-9:15 26th Annual Institute Welcome
Charles Norchi, President of the Society of Policy Scientists
William Ascher (Claremont McKenna), Institute Host
9:15–10:35 Session I: The Intelligence Function
Chair: Isabelle Heilman (University of California, San Diego)
Alexander Flor (University of the Philippines): A Pandisciplinary Manifesto on Information and Communication: Engaging Post-truth Pathology and Phenomena Through the Lens of the Policy Sciences
Torbet McNeil (University of Arizona) & Jeffrey Oliver (University of Arizona): Using Lasswell’s Problem Orientation to Identify Institutional Characteristics of Adopters of Data Science Degree Programs Through Machine Learning
Craig Hammer (World Bank), Malar Veerappan (World Bank), Conrad Daly (World Bank), & Diana Ascher (UCLA): Data for Development: Toward a Social Contract [Panel]
10:35-10:45 COFFEE BREAK
10:45-12:00 Session II: Health
Chair: Susan Iott (Government Accountability Office)
Yuuki Nakayachi (Cornell University) & David Pelletier (Cornell University), Responding to Complex Public Health Problems
Isabel Laterzo, State-Level Citizen Response to COVID-19 Containment Measures in Brazil and Mexico
12:00-1:15 LUNCH
1:15-2:45 Session III: Protecting Vulnerable Populations
Chair: Isabel Laterzo (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
Lillian Saul (Memorial University), Accounting for Social Process: Implementing the Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines in Newfoundland and Labrador
William Ascher, Shane Barter (Soka University of America), Charlotte Reinnoldt (Malk Partners), & Fio Wibawa (Claremont McKenna College), Protecting the Wellbeing of Indigenous Minorities in Southeast Asia [Panel]
2:45-3:00 COFFEE BREAK
3:00-4:30 Session IV: Values
Chair: Jennifer Zavaleta Cheek (South Dakota State University)
John Christian Laursen (University of California, Riverside) & Zachary Dorson (University of California, Riverside), Ranking Philanthropical Priorities
Susan Iott & Allen Chan (Government Accountability Office), Environmental Justice—Defining the Policy Problem [Mini Workshop]
4:30-5:30 Keynote: Toddi Steelman (Duke), Leading through Complex Times
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20
8:00-8:15 Convene over breakfast
8:15-10:15 Session V: Sustainability & Human Dignity
Chair: Diana Ascher (UCLA)
Matthew Auer (University of Georgia): Wildfire Preparation and Equity
Jennifer Zavaleta-Cheek (South Dakota State): Wildfoods, Common Lands, and the Social Process
Evan Andrews (Memorial University) & Susan Clark (Yale University), Citizenship and Leadership for Human Dignity in Healthy Environments
10:15-10:30 COFFEE BREAK
10:30-12:45 Session VI: Advancing the Legacy
Chair: Evan Andrews
10:30-11:30 Prize Announcement & Awardee Presentations
11:30-11:45 Michael Howlett: Policy Sciences Update
11:45-12:00 Susan Iott: Society & Center Merger
12:00-12:15 Diana Ascher: Wiki Update
12:15-12:30 William Ascher: Policy Sciences Academy
12:30-12:45 Closing Remarks & Call to Action