The Center for Nanotechnology in Society at Arizona State University (CNS-ASU) will hold its Second Annual Winter School on the Anticipatory Governance of Emerging Technologies on January 3-10, 2014, at Saguaro Lake Ranch in Mesa, AZ.

The CNS-ASU Winter School is designed to give an introduction to and practical experience with the methods and theory used by CNS-ASU faculty and associates. The activities are designed around our Real-Time Technology Assessments (RTTA) and Thematic Research Clusters (TRC).

Applicants should be advanced graduate students or recent PhDs (post-doc or untenured faculty within 3 years of PhD) with an interest in studying emerging technologies such as nanotechnology, synthetic biology, geoengineering, etc. Applicants may come from any discipline, but priority will be given to those whose research focuses on societal questions.

Applications are due September 1st, 2013. For more information visit the website.