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Use of Joint Fact Finding in Science Intensive Policy Disputes, Part II
- Instructors
- Dr. Herman Karl, Prof. Lawrence Susskind
- Term
- Spring 2004
- Level
- Graduate
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- 1 lecture note · 17 other files · 4 web pages
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Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 11.942 Use of Joint Fact Finding in Science Intensive Policy Disputes, Part II, Spring 2004, Dr. Herman Karl, Prof. Lawrence Susskind — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: MIT's own listing order, section by section. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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Lecture Notes
- Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project, Stan Ponce (Courtesy of Stan Ponce. Used with permission.) Download
- The Interface of Science, Policy, and Communities – Presented to U.S. Geological Survey, P. Lynn Scarlett (Courtesy of Lynn Scarlett. Used with permission.) Download
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- Resolving NIMBY/Local Opposition in Wind Farm Developments (Courtesy of Jacob Glickel. Used with permission.) Download
- Building the Role of Science in Environmental Policy Processes (Courtesy of Ali Mostashari. Used with permission.) Download
- Joint Fact Finding for Public Involvement in Wind-Permitting Decisions: Beyond NEPA (Courtesy of Jennifer Peyser. Used with permission.) Download
- JFF Game Design (Courtesy of Jaekyung Koh. Used with permission.) Download
- Simulation Game: Determining the Scope of Offshore Wind Energy Projects (Courtesy of Ali Mostashari. Used with permission.) Download
- Siting Wind Turbines: Collaborative Processes and Joint Fact Finding to Resolve NIMBY Disputes (Courtesy of Jacob Glickel. Used with permission.) Download
- Implementing Adaptive Management in the Cape Wind Development Controversy (Courtesy of Catherine Ashcraft. Used with permission.) Download
- Proposed JFF Game Design (Courtesy of Jennifer Peyser. Used with permission.) Download
- Proposal for Joint Fact Finding (JFF) Games: Off-Shore Wind Farm (Courtesy of Dong-Young Kim. Used with permission.) Download
- turner.pdf Download
- The Role of the Scientist (Courtesy of Steven Lenard. Used with permission.) Download
- The Role of the Scientist in Collaborative Environmental Policy Making (Courtesy of Steven Lenard and Ian Finlayson. Used with permission.) Download
- Applying Adaptive Management Principles to the Cape Wind Development Controversy (Courtesy of Catherine Ashcraft. Used with permission.) Download
- Incorporating Local Knowledge into Joint Fact Finding Download
- Joint Fact-Finding (Courtesy of Ian Finlayson. Used with permission.) Download
Course outline
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Lecture 2: Discussion of ways scientific information is normally used in the policy-making process. We will contrast the traditional adversarial approach to environmental policy with a collaborative problem solving approach that seeks to build consensus. The point s of view of the scientist and policy maker will be considered.
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Lecture 3: Presentation of fall semester student papers as part of the review of concepts and topics covered in the fall.
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Lecture 4: Student paper presentation and discussion continued. Based on this review and discussion we will generate a set of questions not explored and answered in the fall seminar, which will help guide development of a joint fact finding model to environmental policy.
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Lecture 5: Review the status of the Cape Wind application process.
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Lecture 6: Discuss potential future sites of offshore wind energy and explore a collaborative process approach to the permitting and leasing of these sites. Discuss a citizen-based, collaborative problem solving approach to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) that includes an adaptive management and monitoring and assessment component.
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Lecture 7: Discuss and develop a proposal that takes a joint fact finding approach to the Cape Wind issue by building on the efforts of the fall semester class.
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Lecture 8: Discussion of role-play simulations as learning and research tools with examples of actual simulations.
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Lecture 9: As preparation for developing a role-play simulation that places the Cape Wind issue in the context of a collaborative process that includes joint fact finding, the students will play two simulations this week. Play “Framing a Joint Fact Finding Mission Statement in a Contested Ecosystem Management Situation.”
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Lecture 10: Play “Joint Fact Finding Simulation - A New Discovery in the Fishery.”
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Lecture 11: Begin design of role-play based on the Cape Wind issue. The purpose of the simulation is to introduce participants to joint fact finding and to an environmental policy process that is based on collaborative problem solving and consensus decision-making.
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Lecture 12: Simulation development.
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Lecture 13: The possibility for students whose schedules permit to participate in “Coastal Wind Development in the Northeast-State of the Science Workshop;” a workshop of Northeast region scientists from USGS, NPS, FWS and MMS convened by USGS and facilitated by CBI held in Sudbury.
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Lecture 14: Invite outside participants to play the Cape Wind simulation to rehearse it.
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Lecture 15: Revise the simulation and prepare teaching notes based on the rehearsal.
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Lecture 16: Develop a web page so that the simulation and papers from the fall semester can be accessed over the Internet. Prepare simulation and papers for publication as part of the USGS/MIT/Harvard working paper series.
MIT OpenCourseWare, Dr. Herman Karl, Prof. Lawrence Susskind, 11.942 Use of Joint Fact Finding in Science Intensive Policy Disputes, Part II, Spring 2004.
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