The NSF Center for Nanotechnology in Society Presents

Prof. Fred Block

Where Do Innovations Come From?

Lessons for Nanotechnology

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

2001 Engineering Sciences Building

Dr. Fred Block is Professor of Sociology at UC Davis.  His current research focuses on what he terms "stealth industrial policy" -- the ways in which the U.S. government has actively supported leading-edge technology sectors, despite the prevailing belief that technological and industrial advances are best left to market forces.  He has authored numerous books including The Vampire State and Other Fallacies About the U.S. Economy; Postindustrial Possibilities: A Critique of Economic Discourse; and The Mean Season: Attack on the Welfare State.  He currently serves on the editorial board of Studies in Comparative International Development, and has been elected to the Sociological Research Association.  He is also a senior fellow with the Rockridge Institute, whose "mission is to deepen and broaden the public's understanding of the political world" (other senior fellows include George Lakoff).

For more information, contact Valerie Walston

CNS-UCSB Communication Coordinator

(805) 893-8850 or valerie@cns.ucsb.edu