Science & technology for the public good
Addressing urgent questions at the intersection of science, technology, policy, and society.
Our Mission
University of Michigan’s Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP) Program is dedicated to advancing the public interest, and specifically social equity and justice, in the development and governance of science and technology through education, research, and community and policy engagement.
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STPP at U-M
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As science and technology have become central to our daily lives, we need policy professionals who are able to anticipate the social, ethical, and economic implications of scientific and technological changes and have the skills to design policies that advance shared values and maximize public benefit.
Shobita Parthasarathy, Director of the Science, Technology, & Public Policy Program
STPP played a key role in helping me understand information technology and other sciences as social and political processes which both improve and harm human well-being depending on how they’re structured. If we want sciences like robotics, GIS, and pharmaceutical chemistry to play positive, democratic roles in global society we have to treat them not as neutral tools, but as the results of and contributors to contests over power, wealth and knowledge."
Andrew Schroeder (MPP, STPP ’07)
Co- Founder, WEROBOTICS
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