{"399211":{"#nid":"399211","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Why Georgia Tech: 4 Questions with Richard Barke","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERichard Barke is an associate professor in the School of Public Policy at Georgia Tech. Recently, the Office of Faculty Affairs had the opportunity to learn more about Barke and his time at Tech. Here\u2019s what he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003ETell us a little about your research.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMy undergraduate work at Georgia Tech was in physics and geophysics. Working in a lab, I became interested in the way that scientific knowledge is used, or sometimes misused or \u0026nbsp; ignored, in policy-making, and in the way that political negotiations (including in the lab) can shape science. Much of my work has been about how risk analysis is conducted and used in policy-making, especially when decision makers know that they don\u2019t know enough about an emerging technology to make well-founded decisions. Currently, I\u2019m writing a book about the pragmatic, legal, and ethical challenges in making policies intended to address issues that stretch over decades.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWhat made you decide to work at Georgia Tech? \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI published a book called \u003Cem\u003EScience, Technology, and Public Policy\u003C\/em\u003E, and a few months later Georgia Tech advertised for a faculty member specializing in \u0022science, technology, and public policy!\u0022 Being here offered far more flexibility for doing interdisciplinary research than many other universities. It is a place where people in nonengineering fields cannot be complacent because there are always new questions to be pursued. Also, I grew up in Atlanta and was happier about raising our daughter here than in many other places. So, I\u2019ve been here since 1987.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWhat are the top three reasons you\u2019d recommend Georgia Tech to other faculty? \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInterdisciplinary research freedom. Excellent colleagues. Amazing students.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWhat are a few things every faculty member should do while at Georgia Tech? \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHave lunch or coffee with some of your undergraduate students, and let them do most of the talking. Attend a football game even if you don\u2019t care for football or intercollegiate sports \u2014 it\u2019s a cultural experience. Learn some Georgia and Atlanta history and explore Georgia outside of Atlanta. Slow down and have some relaxed conversations with some real Southern rural people. They probably aren\u2019t entirely how you\u2019d expect them to be.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERichard Barke is an associate professor in the School of Public Policy at Georgia Tech. Recently, the Office of Faculty Affairs had the opportunity to learn more about Barke and his time at Tech. Here\u2019s what he said.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Richard Barke is an associate professor in the School of Public Policy at Georgia Tech. Recently, the Office of Faculty Affairs had the opportunity to learn more about Barke and his time at Tech. 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