Analyzing Science Policy

ESPA Policy Examination and Reading Society is a science policy journal club organized to expose researchers to contemporary science policy issues and provide a platform for discussion amongst peers. Previous topics have included open access and climate change. Discussions at monthly meetings are documented and published in collaboration with MiSciWriters.

ESPA is in the process of writing a meta-review on PFAS in Michigan waterways for the 2020 Election Initiative through the National Science Policy Network (NSPN). NSPN explains a meta-review as:

"To better prepare NSPN members and groups for effective engagement in the 2020 Election Initiative, groups are required to familiarize themselves with a science policy topic by conducting a meta-review. A meta-review should cover relevant policies, people, and publications that will be useful for your outreach activities, as well as create a useful resource the community at large. We strongly encourage groups to start by working on their meta-review in a single event, similar to a hack-a-thon, in which groups meet together for several hours."