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​JSPG-UN MGCY Special Issue: 
Impacts of  Emerging Technologies on Inequality and Sustainability
​Volume 16, Issue 02 | 
May 2020


​Produced in collaboration with the 
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Issue Highlight: JSPG and UNMGCY Spotlight Joint Issue before United Nations Commission on Science & Technology for Development.

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JSPG-UN MGCY Special Issue Cover Memo
Christian H. Ross, Donovan Guttieres, Shalin R. Jyotishi

Keywords: United Nations Major Group for Children and Youth; Journal of Science Policy & Governance; SDGs; emerging technology; sustainable; development; inequity; science; international​
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Technology Assessment: Governing Blocks: Building Interagency Consensus to Coordinate Humanitarian Aid
Farah Awan and Soheib Nunhuck

Keywords: World Food Programme; Jordan; Syrian refugees; inequality; sustainability; blockchain; coordination; governance; humanitarian aid
Governing Blocks: Building Interagency Consensus to Coordinate Humanitarian Aid
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Policy Memo: ​New Analysis Tools and Leadership Model for A Modern UN
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Tobias Bienz, Spyros Schismenos, Garry Stevens, Nichole Georgeou


Keywords: digital; analysis tools; development; frontier technologies
New Analysis Tools and Leadership Model for A Modern UN
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Technology Assessment: ​The Role of the SaTo Pan Toilet Technologies in Advancing Progress in the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Sector
Jasmine Burton, James B. Tidwell, Jenala Chipungu, 
Robert Aunger

Keywords: WASH; WASH infrastructure; sanitation; toilets; toilet
The Role of the SaTo Pan Toilet Technologies in Advancing Progress in the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Sector
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Op-Ed: ​Assistive Technologies: Addressing the Divide Between the Developed and Developing World 
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Stuti Chakraborty 

Keywords: assistive technologies; low income countries; lower-middle income countries; high income countries; UNCRPD; people with disabilities
Assistive Technologies: Addressing the Divide Between the Developed and Developing World
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Policy Memo: ​Preventing Racial Bias in Federal AI
​Morgan Livingston

Keywords: AI; artificial inelligence; racial bias; diversity; impact assessment; contestability
Preventing Racial Bias in Federal AI
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Policy Memo: ​The Case for Stimulating a Planetary Protection Framework for Emerging Private Space Activities
​George Profitiliotis


Keywords: planetary protection, forward contamination, backward contamination, space commercialization
The Case for Stimulating a Planetary Protection Framework for Emerging Private Space Activities
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JSPG Volume 16 Issue 02 Editorial Team

Associate Editors
Lise Anderson, Holly Berman, Daniel Kim, Amanda Vernon
Assistant Editor-in-Chief
Madeleine Jennewein


Editor-in-Chief
Christian H. Ross

DISCLAIMER: The findings and conclusions published herein are solely attributed to the author and not necessarily endorsed or adopted by the Journal of Science Policy and Governance. Articles are distributed in compliance with copyright and trademark agreements.

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Issue DOI: https://doi.org/10.38126/JSPG1602
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      • Cover Memo: Volume 21, Issue 1, Summer Standard Issue
    • JSPG and UCL STEAPP Special Topics: Innovations in Science Diplomacy >
      • Cover Memo: Volume 20, Issue 3, Special Issue on Innovations in Science Diplomacy
    • Sigma XI-JSPG Special Issue: Re-envisioning STEM Education and Workforce Development for the 21st Century
    • Volume 20 Issue 01
    • JSPG Volume 19 Issue 01 (10 Years of Publishing)
    • Special Issue: 2021 NSPN-JSPG Policy Memo Competition
    • Special Issue: Shaping the Future of Science Policy
    • JSPG-UK SIN Special Issue: Climate Change Solutions
    • Volume 18 Issue 01
    • Special Issue: 2020 NSPN-JSPG Policy Memo Competition
    • Volume 17 Issue 01 (Supported by AAAS STPF)
    • JSPG-UN MGCY Special Issue: Impacts of Emerging Technologies
    • Volume 16 Issue 01
    • Volume 15 (Supported by CSPC)
    • Special Issue: 2019 NSPN-JSPG Policy Memo Competition
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