Week 16

April 29 2008 - The future outlook for science and technology policy?

Articles

Backstrand, K. 2003. Civic science for sustainability: Reframing the role of experts, policy-makers and citizens in environmental governance. Global Environmental Politics 3(4):24-41

Jager, J. 1998. Current thinking on using scientific findings in environmental policy making. Environmental Modeling and Assessment 3:143-153

Jasanoff, S. 2003. Technologies of humility: Citizen participation in governing science. Minerva 41:223-244

Marburger, J.M. 2006. Science and government. Physics Today, June:38-42

Nowotny, H. 2005. High- and low-cost realities for science and society. Science 308:1117-1118

D. Sarewitz, 2005. Where responsibility lies, CSPO Perspective, December 2005.  http://www.cspo.org/ourlibrary/perspectives/Sarewitz_December05.htm

Wilsdon, J., B. Wynne, and J. Stilgoe. 2005. The Public Value of Science, Or how to ensure that science really matters, DEMOS, London, UK

White, Jr. L. 1974. Technology assessment from the stance of a medieval historian. The American Historical Review, Vol. 79, No. 1:1-13

Texts

Stokes, Pasteur's Quadrant, Chapter 5

Sarewitz, Frontiers of Illusion, Chapter 8