The Project on Scientific Knowledge and Public Policy (SKAPP) is part of the Department of Environmental & Occupational Health at the George Washington University School of Public Health & Health Services (Read more about us)
Scholars Consider Conventions in Science and the Law
5/6/09 - SKAPP and the Duke University Law School have produced an issue of Law and Contemporary Problems focusing on the often-problematic collision of conventions used in the scientific and legal disciplines. (Read more)
Celeste Monforton Testifies in Senate
4/28/09 - Celeste Monforton testified at a hearing about incentives to make workplaces safer held by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions' Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety. (Read her testimony)
Doubt is Their Product Wins Recognition from Library Journal and AAP
3/3/09 - Library Journal has selected David Michaels’ Doubt is Their Product as one of its Best Sci-Tech Books of 2008, and the American Association of Publishers named it a finalist in their PROSE Awards.
SKAPP Examines Government Scientists' Rights and Responsibilities
SKAPP's Scientists in Government project, which promotes public discussion about the rights and responsibilities of government scientists, is recruiting current and former government scientists to participate in this qualitative research. (Read more)
Welcome to the Project on Scientific Knowledge and Public Policy (SKAPP)
SKAPP is an initiative of scholars to examine the application of scientific evidence in the legal and regulatory arenas. We are committed to a future of transparent decision-making that draws on the best science to protect public health. Our objectives are:
- to enhance understanding of how science is used and misused in government decision-making and in legal proceedings; and
- to inform decision-makers about the nature of scientific inquiry and opinion.
