Arthur Daemmrich

Arthur Daemmrich is director of the Arizona State University Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes (CSPO) and a Professor of Practice in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society. Located in the nation’s capital, CSPO develops and shares methods for real-time technology assessment, responsible innovation, and community consultation on emerging technology, biomedicine and scientific knowledge. Members of the consortium collaborate to rethink and rework the role of science and technology in society.

Daemmrich has published international comparative research on pharmaceutical innovation and regulation, chemical risk, healthcare systems, invention and governance of sports technology, and is currently researching the history of US technology policy. He was director of the Smithsonian Institution’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation from 2015 through 2022 and previously held faculty appointments at the University of Kansas School of Medicine and Harvard Business School. Daemmrich is a graduate of Cornell University (PhD) and the University of Pennsylvania (BA).