TY - JOUR
T1 - Mapping the integrative field
T2 - taking stock of socio-technical collaborations
AU - Fisher, Erik
AU - O'Rourke, Michael
AU - Evans, Robert
AU - Kennedy, Eric B.
AU - Gorman, Michael E.
AU - Seager, Thomas P.
N1 - Funding Information:
Thomas P. Seager, an Associate Professor at Arizona State University’s School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, leads a project funded by the National Science Foundation that applies game theory to develop new strategies for teaching ethical reasoning skills relevant to sustainability to science and engineering graduate students. Seager also conducts research related to environmental decision analysis and the life-cycle environmental impacts of alternative energy technologies.
Funding Information:
This material is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation [grant numbers 0823058, 0849101, 0937591 and 1140190]; USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture [grant number MICL02261]; and the European Research Council [grant number 269463].
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2015/1/2
Y1 - 2015/1/2
N2 - Responsible innovation requires that scientific and other expert practices be responsive to society. We take stock of various collaborative approaches to socio-technical integration that seek to broaden the societal contexts technical experts take into account during their routine activities. Part of a larger family of engaged scholarship that includes inter- and transdisciplinarity as well as stakeholder and public engagement, we distinguish collaborative socio-technical integration in terms of its proximity to and transformation of expert practices. We survey a variety of approaches that differ widely in terms of their integrative methods, conceptions of societal context, roles, and aspirations for intervention. Taking a handful of “communities of integration” as exemplars, we then provide a framework for comparing the forms, means, and ends of collaborative integration. We conclude by reflecting on some of the main features of, and tensions within, this developing arena of practical inquiry and engagement and what this suggests for integrative efforts aimed at responsible innovation.
AB - Responsible innovation requires that scientific and other expert practices be responsive to society. We take stock of various collaborative approaches to socio-technical integration that seek to broaden the societal contexts technical experts take into account during their routine activities. Part of a larger family of engaged scholarship that includes inter- and transdisciplinarity as well as stakeholder and public engagement, we distinguish collaborative socio-technical integration in terms of its proximity to and transformation of expert practices. We survey a variety of approaches that differ widely in terms of their integrative methods, conceptions of societal context, roles, and aspirations for intervention. Taking a handful of “communities of integration” as exemplars, we then provide a framework for comparing the forms, means, and ends of collaborative integration. We conclude by reflecting on some of the main features of, and tensions within, this developing arena of practical inquiry and engagement and what this suggests for integrative efforts aimed at responsible innovation.
KW - collaboration
KW - public engagement
KW - socio-technical integration
KW - technology assessment
KW - transdisciplinarity
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U2 - 10.1080/23299460.2014.1001671
DO - 10.1080/23299460.2014.1001671
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85014381480
SN - 2329-9460
VL - 2
SP - 39
EP - 61
JO - Journal of Responsible Innovation
JF - Journal of Responsible Innovation
IS - 1
ER -