TY - JOUR
T1 - Broken promises and breaking ground for responsible innovation – intervention research to transform business-as-usual in nanotechnology innovation
AU - Wiek, Arnim
AU - Foley, Rider W.
AU - Guston, David
AU - Bernstein, Michael J.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by the Center for Nanotechnology in Society at Arizona State University (CNS-ASU) as funded by the National Science Foundation (cooperative agreement #0531194 and #0937591). The findings and observations contained in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2016/7/2
Y1 - 2016/7/2
N2 - Despite repeated calls for novel forms of innovation and governance, including responsible innovation, anticipatory governance, and sustainability-oriented governance, nanotechnology continues to be mainly innovated following conventional schemes – with persistent shortcomings and negative impacts. Shifting these schemes towards sustainable and responsible innovation and fully utilising the benefits of sustainable nanotechnologies will necessitate difficult changes across all stages of and actors in the innovation process. We outline an agenda for intervention research in support of such changes. The article synthesises insights from four years of research on nanotechnology innovation, anticipatory governance, and sustainability in urban environments, with a focus on Phoenix, Arizona.
AB - Despite repeated calls for novel forms of innovation and governance, including responsible innovation, anticipatory governance, and sustainability-oriented governance, nanotechnology continues to be mainly innovated following conventional schemes – with persistent shortcomings and negative impacts. Shifting these schemes towards sustainable and responsible innovation and fully utilising the benefits of sustainable nanotechnologies will necessitate difficult changes across all stages of and actors in the innovation process. We outline an agenda for intervention research in support of such changes. The article synthesises insights from four years of research on nanotechnology innovation, anticipatory governance, and sustainability in urban environments, with a focus on Phoenix, Arizona.
KW - Responsible innovation
KW - intervention research
KW - socio-technical integration research
KW - sustainability
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U2 - 10.1080/09537325.2015.1129399
DO - 10.1080/09537325.2015.1129399
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84954160393
SN - 0953-7325
VL - 28
SP - 639
EP - 650
JO - Technology Analysis and Strategic Management
JF - Technology Analysis and Strategic Management
IS - 6
ER -