- Education and training in science and technology: university-high school partnerships; structure and evolution of engineering curricula; ethics in engineering education; laboratory learning and cognition; programs for participation and performance.
- Scientific and technological workforce: labor markets; career patterns and pathways; gender, race/ethnicity, and their implications for science/technology; network analyses; comparative, cross-national studies; measurement of research performance.
- Organizational contexts of workers and the workplaces: work conditions and processes in universities, research laboratories, and interdisciplinary centers.
- Organization and impact of scientific knowledge: creative capacities and innovation in research.
- Policies and practices for sustained human resources of science and technology.
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Faculty in the Study of Human Resources in Science and Technology
About Us
Faculty in the Study of Human Resources in Science and Technology approach the study of workers and the workplaces of science and technology with inter- and multi-disciplinary backgrounds spanning city and regional planning, philosophy, political science, psychology, public administration, sociology, science/technology studies, and women’s studies.
Faculty’s research addresses key issues of: