SIG-MET Distinguished Speaker Series: Opening Lecture by Dr. Cassidy Sugimoto

Description

Series: First SIG-MET Invited Talk of 2025

Title: How to Be a Scientific Superpower

Description: This talk explores the systemic factors and policy frameworks that enable nations and institutions to achieve scientific excellence and global influence in research. Drawing on her metascience research, Sugimoto explores how indicators around investments and production have been the primary drivers of what constitutes a “superpower”. Weaving together historical evidence as well as the contemporary tensions between the US and China, she argues for indicators that consider diffusion and epistemic influence and demonstrates the current polycentric organization of global science. The conclusion will focus on how scientists, policymakers, and administrators can be more intentional in setting the global scientific agenda.

Speaker Information - Dr. Cassidy Sugimoto

Dr. Sugimoto is a Tom and Marie Patton Professor and School Chair in the School of Public Policy at Georgia Institute of Technology. Her research examines the formal and informal ways in which knowledge is produced, disseminated, consumed, and supported, with an emphasis on issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion.