Knowledge flows and knowledge collectives: understanding the role of science and technology policies in development: volume 2: public value mapping for scientific research

The Public Value Mapping Project of the Center for Science, Policy, & Outcomes seeks to develop conceptual tools and measures enabling a better understanding of the impacts of scientific research on desired social outcomes. This monograph summarises progress in developing theory and method for assessing the public values aspects of science outcomes.

The report contains the following papers:

• Public Value Mapping of Science Outcomes: Theory and Method
• Public Value Mapping Breast Cancer Case Studies
• Public Value Mapping in a Developing Country Context

We illustrate PVM, an approach that is applicable to any large-scale, public scientific mission, in the context of a scientific mission that is obviously important, universally recognised, and well underway: providing accessible treatments for cancer, especially breast cancer.

This report is part two of a two volume set of papers from a number of CSPO scholars, and is a project for the Global Inclusion Program of the Rockefeller Foundation. Part one can be found at: http://www.cspo.org/products/rocky/CSPO_Rockefeller_Vol1.pdf