Integrated Scientific Assessments at the Science/Policy Interface
NRE 501
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Graduate Standing

Scientific information for policy and decision making can be more effective if framed within an integrated assessment. This course will describe the integrated assessment process from science, stakeholder, and decision making perspectives, and explore it's role in framing difficult issues and guiding future research. Through lectures, readings, case studies, student prepared papers, and guest lectures, the course will explore conveying uncertainty, the role of peer review, the value of stakeholder input, interpretation of trends, limits and value of prediction, issues of scale and government interaction.