TY - JOUR
T1 - Building the capacity for public engagement with science in the United States
AU - Guston, David
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was funded by the US National Science Foundation under cooperative agreement #0937591. The findings and observations contained in this paper are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
PY - 2014/1
Y1 - 2014/1
N2 - This paper reviews efforts of the Center for Nanotechnology in Society at Arizona State University (CNS-ASU) to begin to build capacity for public engagement with science in the United States. First, the paper sets a context in the US of the current challenges to democracy and for science. It then reviews the literature on the accomplishments of the National Citizens' Technology Forum (NCTF) on nanotechnology and human enhancement, held in 2008, as well as some caveats that emerged from that enterprise. It concludes with a brief discussion of two kinds of activities - participation in the World Wide Views process organized by the Danish Board of Technology, and methodological innovations that include more concrete and experiential modes of engagement - that have spun off from the NCTF.
AB - This paper reviews efforts of the Center for Nanotechnology in Society at Arizona State University (CNS-ASU) to begin to build capacity for public engagement with science in the United States. First, the paper sets a context in the US of the current challenges to democracy and for science. It then reviews the literature on the accomplishments of the National Citizens' Technology Forum (NCTF) on nanotechnology and human enhancement, held in 2008, as well as some caveats that emerged from that enterprise. It concludes with a brief discussion of two kinds of activities - participation in the World Wide Views process organized by the Danish Board of Technology, and methodological innovations that include more concrete and experiential modes of engagement - that have spun off from the NCTF.
KW - consensus conferences
KW - governance of science and technology
KW - nanotechnology
KW - participation in science policy
KW - public participation
KW - technology assessment
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U2 - 10.1177/0963662513476403
DO - 10.1177/0963662513476403
M3 - Review article
C2 - 24434713
AN - SCOPUS:84892464203
SN - 0963-6625
VL - 23
SP - 53
EP - 59
JO - Public Understanding of Science
JF - Public Understanding of Science
IS - 1
ER -