Welcome to the Public Affairs Science and Technology (PAST) Fusion Academy. We are a leading research, training, and exercise group that is part of the National Preparedness Analytics Center (NPAC) at Argonne National Laboratory. Our team is committed to developing innovative tools, effective resource products, dynamic workshops, and challenging and realistic practice environments for the public affairs and emergency management communities.

Our mission: Learn from the PAST and Prepare for the Future
Our vision: Bridge the Gap Between Public Affairs Practice and Social Science

Argonne’s PAST (Public Affairs Science and Technology) Fusion Academy offers the most advanced training and exercise programs for emergency management communication professionals, and everything we do can be customized to meet the specific goals of your organization. From risk and crisis communication planning to the latest in social media methodologies and new technologies to real-time media simulations that will test your decision making, you can count on our team of world-class professionals to meet all of your consultation needs.

Argonne is a multidisciplinary science and engineering research center, where talented scientists and engineers work together to answer the biggest questions facing humanity, from how to obtain affordable clean energy to protecting ourselves and our environment. Ever since we were born out of the University of Chicago’s work on the Manhattan Project in the 1940s, our goal has been to make an impact — from the atomic to the human to the global scale. The laboratory works in concert with universities, industry, and other national laboratories on questions and experiments too large for any one institution to do by itself. Through collaborations here and around the world, we strive to discover new ways to develop energy innovations through science, create novel materials molecule-by-molecule, and gain a deeper understanding of our planet, our climate, and the cosmos.