Paul H. DeForest , Ph.D.
Emeritus Associate Professor of Political Science
Office: Siegel Hall, Room 110
3301 S. Dearborn Street
Chicago, IL 60616
Office Hours: By appointment
Phone: 312.567.5128
Fax: 312.567.6821
Email: deforest@iit.edu
Expertise
- Science, technology, environmental and energy policy in the U.S. and internationally. Special focus on nuclear, biotechnology and biomedical policy
Education
- Ph.D., Georgetown University, Political Science (1970)
- M.S., Georgetown University, Political Science
- B.S., Georgetown University, Political Science
Curriculum Vitae
Research & Major Accomplishments
Research:
Political conflict in US and Globally over Issues Related to Science and Technology in General; Specifically, Regulation of Biotechnology and Environment
Major Accomplishments:
Back in the 1970s, I was a James P. Warburg postdoctoral fellow at MIT and then Assistant Secretary General of the Pugwash Conferences for several years. Pugwash won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1995 -- I prepared documentation to justify this, but it didn't happen until almost twenty years later. Most significant recent "accomplishment" is passing thirty years at IIT.
Current Projects
Awards/Honors
Patents
Books
Selected Publications
Appropriate Technology: a Critical Appraisal (1980)
"Bureaucracy in Biology: the Struggle to control Postwar Biomedical Research", in Biology and Bureaucracy (1986)
Biotechnology: Professional Issues and Social Concerns (1988)
"Biotechnology in the European Community" (1989)
"The Matrix of Biological Disarmament" (1990)
"The Changing Political Context of Biotechnology" (1995)
