The School for the Future of Innovation in Society (SFIS) is a transdisciplinary unit at the vanguard of ASU’s commitment to linking innovation to public value. We are pursuing a vision of responsible innovation that anticipates challenges and opportunities, integrates diverse knowledge and perspectives, and engages broad audiences. By examining the ways we translate imagination into innovation — and how we blend technical and social concerns along the way — we learn to build a future for everyone.
As a new Arizona State University faculty member, Kirk Jalbert came armed with an array of multidisciplinary experiences and a zeal for exploring how local communities respond to environmental issues.
What else do science and technology PhD students do when they graduate besides work in the academy?
The Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes opened its doors to a broad audience to discuss how science policy should govern a rapidly approaching future, who should be involved, what tools we w
SFIS celebrated the culmination of the ASU Frankenstein Bicentennial Project with three live performance events that explored the themes of Mary Shelley’s novel.
Things we learned at the first day of the Zombie Apocalypse Medicine Meeting : Tap water is just as good as sterile saline at cleaning wounds (it’s been studied).
School for the Future of Innovation in Society: State of the School 2018-19
A PhD student in the Human and Social Dimensions (HSD) program, Gabriela Gonzalez has been pursuing research aimed at discovering how the intersectionality of ethnicity, gender, class, and culture may influence or shape perceptions, attitudes, and
“What does responsibility in research and innovation mean in the U.S.? Is the answer different across research organizations? What about in other countries? The RRI-Practice project aims to find out, and identify best practices for facilitating responsible research and innovation in the process.”
