Caroline S. Wagner
Caroline S. Wagner specializes in science and technology and its relationship to innovation, policy, and society. Dr. Wagner is a researcher at the Center for International Science and Technology Policy, George Washington University, Washington DC. Among her current advisory commitments, Dr. Wagner serves on the Advisory Board of Research on Knowledge Systems, a program of the International Development Research Centre of Canada and the United Nations Millennium Task Force on Science, Technology, and Innovation. She is a founding member of the Washington Science Policy Alliance.
Dr. Wagner joins GWU after 12 years with The RAND Corporation in Washington DC and Leiden, Netherlands. Prior to joining the RAND Corporation, Dr. Wagner was a Professional Staff Member for the United States Congress Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and before that, in the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment. She has also served as an analyst for the United States federal government specializing in comparative analysis of global developments in science and technology. This included a 2-year assignment as an analyst at the U.S. Embassy in Korea. Dr. Wagner has consulted to the World Bank, the European Commission, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and the U.S. National Science Foundation and a number of governments.
Dr. Wagner holds degrees in science and technology dynamics from the University of Amsterdam; in science, technology, and public policy from GWU; and in philosophy from Trinity University. She is the author of more than 20 reports on science, technology, and innovation, many of which can be found at http://www.rand.org.
