Science can motivate and inform policies, but scientific knowledge in and of itself does not lead automatically to better policy choices. The best science is moot without translation and contextualization for those who can act on it.

I hope to use my technical and policy skills during my career to contribute to the more effective use of science in water management. I would like to continue academic research on analysis of the science-policy interface. I also hope to build on my practical experience to find a niche as a 'knowledge broker' helping to foster the better use of science in water resources.

There is no standard job description for applied work at the science-policy interface, but I have had the opportunity to work with and observe role models who have performed this function to great effect, and I hope to find opportunities to serve this function in the water resources arena.

Michael Kiparsky. 2011. “On Safari in Policy-Land.” Bulletin of the America Meteorological Society 92: 1366­1369. [pdf]

Michael Kiparsky. 2009. “The sedimentation-upwelling model for the science-policy interface.” Water Policy 11: 107-124.

Michael Kiparsky. 2005. Getting Results: Integrating Science and Management to Achieve System Level Responses. 3rd Biennial CALFED Science Conference Summary. CALFED Science Program, Sacramento, CA. 96 pages.

Michael Kiparsky. 2003, 2004. Management Cues. Series published by the CALFED Bay-Delta Science Program. http://science.calwater.ca.gov/management.shtml

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