In this event, Professor Arthur Lupia (University of Michigan) will deliver a lecture on the transformations in research funding in the United States since the onset of the Trump administration.
For nearly 80 years, the United States government and its major research universities worked together to accelerate discovery in a wide range of scientific and technological fields. In the last four months, the Trump administration has sought to change this relationship. In this presentation, we will discuss how trends in American politics, public opinion, and information technologies are influencing government-university relationships. In the process, we will discuss implications for the future of social science funding worldwide.
Speaker: Arthur Lupia is a Distinguished University Professor at the University of Michigan and currently serves as its Vice President for Research and Innovation. From 2018-2022, he served as an Assistant Director of the (US) National Science Foundation, leading its Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate. From 2019-2022, he co-chaired the government-wide Subcommittee on Open Science for the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy. Lupia is a member of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine’s Strategic Council for Research Excellence, Integrity, and Trust, is a recipient of the Guggenheim and Carnegie Fellowships and is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His research clarifies how people make decisions and form or break coalitions in complex political environments.