Office of Science & Technology - Volume 9

Volume 9 - April 19, 2006

Climate Change Policy in the United States 2006

by William A. Pizer

How the bipartisan Senatorial team of Pete Domenici and Jeff Bingaman might break new ground in US Cimate Change Policy.

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Obesity and the New Politics of US Health Care

by Rogan Kersh

Over 65 percent of all Americans are overweight. US Policy makers debate solutions to obesity's critical toll.

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US Satellite Campuses in the Middle East:
Cross-Cultural Mediators or Missionary Outposts?

by Sonja Strohmer

The peaceful conquest of educational markets in the Middle East by US universities.

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News from the OST Scientists Network: Moves & Milestones

Visit this new bridges section, highlighting important events in the careers of Austrian scientists and scholars working in North America.

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Introducing Angelika Amon: Exploring

"The Genesis of Life Itself"

by Philipp Steger

In-depth portrait of an Austrian scientist who is associate professor of biology at MIT and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator.

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Re$earch Re$ources:
FWF - The Austrian Science Fund

by Caroline Adenberger & Irene Eckart

Learn more about which funding program to chose, when to apply, and what to consider - especially in connection with research projects with an international context.

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Kalt's corner on science & society

pielke's perspective

Technology, Democratic Society, and Community

by Stefan Kalt

Science Policy without Science Policy Research

by Roger A. Pielke, Jr.

Feature Articles

Intensifying the Cooperation Between ESA and NASA: A Win-Win Strategy?

by Norbert Frischauf

NASA's Directions and its Impacts on Trans-Atlantic Space Relations

by Nicolas Peter

Science that Serves Society: The Cooperation Center for Disaster Mitigation and Security in Buildings

by Irene Eckart

"From Bologna to London" - on the Road to the European Higher Education Area

by Barbara Weitgruber

Advancing an Agenda for Climate Action

by Vicki Arroyo and Kate Zyla

OpEds and Commentaries

A New Energy Policy - The European Perspective

by Madeleine Petrovic

Guest Commentaries on ISTA

ISTA: Institute of Science and Technology - Austria

by Georg Stingl

From Brain Drain to Brain Gain
by Peter Kowalski

Institute of Science and Technology - Austria ISTA

by Erich Gornik

ISTA - Quo Vadis?
by Gregor Kos

"Elite-Uni" - Progress or Political Dead End? by Christine Mrakotsky

Location, Location, Location?
by Maria Christina Binz-Scharf

Why Austria Does Not Need an "Exzellenz Universitaet"

by Maria Regina Kecht

Comment on ISTA
by Martin Nowak

EU News

The OST's Program for the Austrian EU Presidency: Climate Change, Obesity, Education and Green Buildings

by Jutta Kern & Sonja Strohmer

CORDIS Austria: The Austrian EU Presidency R&D and Innovation Information Service

by Irene Eckart

ERA-Link: A Growing Bridge Across the Atlantic

by Alessandro Damiani

Austrian Researchers Abroad

OST Network & ASciNA Activities

Institutions & Organizations

The Max F. Perutz Laboratories - or How to Make a Successful Research Unit and the World a More Exciting Place

by Caroline Adenberger & Irene Eckart

ESPI - The European Space Policy Institute

by Irene Eckart

Noteworthy Information

The NIH International Research Career Transition Award

The Austrian Marshall Plan Anniversary Foundation's Cooperation with the University of New Orleans

by Guenter Bischof

Call for Nominations: Technology of the Decade Award

Book Reviews

Scientizing Politics - A Review of Chris Mooney's Book "The Republican War on Science"

by Dan Sarewitz

Bridges Issues

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