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Description
Announcing: summer internship program for undergraduates in the sciences and
humanities. Students receive a stipend and housing to engage in
research on questions surrounding global climate change, in Boulder,
Colorado.
Global Climate Change and Society:
Scientific, Political, and Philosophic Themes
Center for Science and Technology Policy Research
University of Colorado
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
June 17-August 9, 2002
R. Frodeman, M. Bullock, and R. Pielke, Jr, Directors
Global Climate Change and Society consists of three program leaders
(a philosopher, atmospheric scientist, and a policy scientist) and
twelve students, the latter drawn from the physical sciences, the social
sciences, and the humanities. Students explore the nature of scientific
knowledge--its epistemological character, and its social and philosophic
implications--and the contribution that social scientific and humanistic
perspectives can make in public policy debates.
These themes are developed through an examination of the issues
surrounding global climate change. Issues include:
How is climate modeled? What are the predictive abilities of these
models, and what are their assumptions, boundary conditions, and initial
conditions? Which limits of global climate models are inherently
fixable (with more data and more efficient algorithms), and which are
fundamentally unaddressable by the scientific method?
What is the nature of scientific knowledge? Does scientific
knowledge offer a single, objective methodology that provides an
unequivocal knowledge base for the fashioning of public policy? Or are
we instead asking science and technology to address questions or
problems that are also fundamentally political and/or philosophical in
nature? How certain must the science be before the scientist comes
before the public?
What contribution can the humanities make to our public life? Is it
possible that our environmental problems require that we learn how to
blend the insights of the humanities with those of the social and
physical sciences?
Qualified applicants will receive:
* housing
* $2000 stipend
* limited travel support
Prerequisites:
* one course each in the physical sciences and in philosophy
* Junior/Senior standing with minimum GPA of 3.2
Applications from students in physics, atmospheric sciences,
philosophy, and public policy are especially welcome.
Application Procedure:
Send college transcripts, resume, two letters of recommendation from
professors, a 500 word statement explaining your interest in this
program, an e-mail address and a telephone number, to:
Global Climate Change and Society
Center for Science and Technology Policy Research
University of Colorado/CIRES
1333 Grandview Ave, CB 488
Boulder, CO 80309-0488
Applications must be postmarked by March 15, 2002. Please send an
e-mail message notifying us of the mailing of your application.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, see sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/gccs, or
contact gccs@colorado.edu