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Photograph of David Guston, speaker at Innovation Day, September 16, 2014, at the Chemical Heritage Foundation, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

David H. Guston is a scholar of science and technology policy and a Foundation Professor at Arizona State University (ASU),[1] where he is the founding director of the School for the Future of Innovation in Society[2] and an associate vice provost in the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory. He previously led the National Science Foundation-funded Center for Nanotechnology in Society[3]. Guston's work focuses on research and development policy, the governance of emerging technologies, and public engagement with science.[4]

Education

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Guston graduated cum laude from Yale University in 1987[5]. In 1993, he earned a Ph.D. in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where his thesis, under the supervision of Eugene B. Skolnikoff, Charles Stewart III, Charles Weiner, and Uday Singh Mehta, explored the shifting boundary between science and politics in post-WWII U.S. society.[6]

Career and research

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Guston joined ASU in 2005 as a professor of political science and the associate director of the CSPO, which moved to ASU after Michael M. Crow moved from Columbia to become president at ASU[7]. He was director of the NSF-funded Center for Nanotechnology in Society at ASU, focused on anticipatory governance and the real-time technology assessment of emerging nanotechnologies[8].

In 2015, Guston became the founding director of the School for the Future of Innovation in Society[9]. He currently serves as an associate vice provost for discovery, engagement, and outcomes at ASU's Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory.[10]

Guston is known for his elaboration of the "social contract for science,"[11][12] his description of the concept of "boundary organizations,"[13] his early and ongoing contributions to the development of responsible innovation,[14] and his vision of "anticipatory governance."[15][16] His more than 200 publications include peer-reviewed articles, books and book chapters, and public commentary, and his work has been cited more than 20,000 times[17]. His book Between Politics and Science: Assuring the Integrity and Productivity of Research[18] won the American Political Science Association's Don K. Price prize for best book in science and technology policy in 2002[19].

In 2017, Guston was the lead editor of a new edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein published by MIT Press.[20] Reviewers say the new edition offers "a valuable set of approaches to the ethical questions the original Frankenstein raises"[21] as well as "lessons for scientists—on hubris, intellectual property, mentorship, isolation, and the temptations of pursuing technical elegance above all else."[22] The publication was part of ASU's Frankenstein Bicentennial Project,[23] which Guston created and helmed with colleague Ed Finn. Finn, Joey Eschrich, and Guston now edit a new series at MIT Press, Imagination, Annotated[24]

Guston was the founding editor of the Journal of Responsible Innovation[25] and continues to serve on its editorial board. He also served as the North American editor of the journal Science and Public Policy[26]

He has appeared on BBC Radio 3,[27] BBC Radio 4, NPR's Science Friday[28] and The Diane Rehm Show.[29] Guston is a frequent contributor to Issues in Science and Technology,[30] and his opinion writing has appeared in The Wall Street Journal[31], The Chronicle of Higher Education,[32] and elsewhere.

References

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  1. ^ "David Guston | ASU Search". search.asu.edu. Retrieved 2026-01-15.
  2. ^ "Home". School for the Future of Innovation in Society. Retrieved 2026-01-15.
  3. ^ "Center for Nanotechnology in Society at Arizona State University". CSPO. Retrieved 2026-01-15.
  4. ^ "David Guston". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2026-01-15.
  5. ^ "David Guston". The Trebuchet. Retrieved 2026-02-18.
  6. ^ Guston, David H. (1993). The social contract for science: Congress, the National Institutes of Health, and the boundary between politics and science (Thesis). Massachusetts Institute of Technology. hdl:1721.1/12740.
  7. ^ "To Think, To Write, To Publish". The Cairo Review of Global Affairs. 2012-04-17. Retrieved 2026-02-18.
  8. ^ "Center for Nanotechnology in Society at Arizona State University". CSPO. Retrieved 2026-02-18.
  9. ^ "David H. Guston: Amazon Author Profile".
  10. ^ "Contact". Scientists and Scholars Network. Retrieved 2026-01-15.
  11. ^ Guston, David H. (1994). "The Demise of the Social Contract for Science: Misconduct in Science and the Nonmodern World". The Centennial Review. 38 (2): 215–248. ISSN 0162-0177. JSTOR 23740126. PMID 11656758.
  12. ^ Guston, David H. (2000-07-01). "Retiring the Social Contract for Science". Issues in Science and Technology. Retrieved 2026-01-15.
  13. ^ Guston, David H. (2001-10-01). "Boundary Organizations in Environmental Policy and Science: An Introduction". Science, Technology, & Human Values. 26 (4): 399–408. doi:10.1177/016224390102600401. ISSN 0162-2439.
  14. ^ David Guston: The Case for Responsible Innovation. Retrieved 2026-01-15 – via www.youtube.com.
  15. ^ "The Handbook of Science and Technology Studies". MIT Press. Archived from the original on 2025-12-27. Retrieved 2026-01-15.
  16. ^ Guston, David H (2014-04-01). "Understanding 'anticipatory governance'". Social Studies of Science. 44 (2): 218–242. doi:10.1177/0306312713508669. ISSN 0306-3127. PMID 24941612.
  17. ^ "David Guston". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2026-02-18.
  18. ^ Guston, David H. (2000). Between Politics and Science: Assuring the Integrity and Productivity of Reseach. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-65318-3.
  19. ^ "David H. Guston". www.sagepub.com. Retrieved 2026-02-18.
  20. ^ Mary, Shelley (2017-05-05). "Frankenstein: Annotated for Scientists, Engineers, and Creators of All Kinds". MIT Press. doi:10.7551/mitpre (inactive 15 January 2026). Archived from the original on 2026-01-14. Retrieved 2026-01-15.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2026 (link)
  21. ^ "Frankenstein Turns 200 and Becomes Required Reading for Scientists". Los Angeles Review of Books. 2018-07-09. Retrieved 2026-02-05.
  22. ^ Patel, Samir S. (2018-03-22). "A New Edition of 'Frankenstein' for Scientists, Mad and Otherwise". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 2026-02-05.
  23. ^ "About". The Frankenstein Bicentennial Project. Retrieved 2026-01-15.
  24. ^ "Imagination, Annotated / MIT Press".
  25. ^ "Journal of Responsible Innovation". Taylor & Francis. Archived from the original on 2025-06-26. Retrieved 2026-01-15.
  26. ^ "Editorial Board / Science and Public Policy / Oxford Academic".
  27. ^ "Art & Ideas: Frankenstein and AI Now".
  28. ^ "David Guston". Science Friday. Retrieved 2026-01-15.
  29. ^ "Science and Anti-Science". Diane Rehm. Retrieved 2026-01-15.
  30. ^ Guston, David H. (2024-08-19). "What We Talk About When We Talk About Impact". Issues in Science and Technology. Retrieved 2026-01-15.
  31. ^ Finn, Ed; Guston, David H. (2017-12-29). "'Frankenstein' Has Become a True Monster". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2026-02-05.
  32. ^ "David H. Guston / Chronicle.com".


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