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Embedding new technologies into society : a regulatory, ethical and societal perspective /

Title By: Bowman, Diana, 1979- [Edited by] | Stokes, Elen [Edited by] | Rip, Arie, 1941- [Edited by]
Publisher: Singapore: Pan Stanford Publishing, c2017.Description: xii, 391 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9789814745741Subject(s): Technology -- Social aspects | Technology and stateDDC classification: 303.483 EM BE Online resources: Location Map
Summary:
The embedding of any new technologies in society is challenging. The evolving state of the scientific art, often-unquantifiable risks and ill-defined developmental trajectories have the potential to hinder innovation and/or the commercial success of a technology. The are, however, a number of tools that can now be utilized by stakeholders to bridge the chasm that exists between the science and innovation dimensions on the one hand, and the societal dimensions on the other. This edited volume will draw together leading researchers from the domains of law, philosophy, political science, public administration and the natural sciences in order to demonstrate how tools such as, for example, constructive technology assessment, regulatory governance and societal scenarios, may be employed by stakeholders to assist in successfully embedding new technologies into society. This volume will focus primarily on the embedding of two emergent and emerging technologies: nanotechnologies and synthetic biology. Government, industry and the epistemic community continue to struggle with how best to balance the promised benefits of an emerging technology with concerns about its potential impacts. There is a growing body of literature that has examined these challenges from various cultural, scientific and jurisdictional dimensions. There is, however, much work that still needs to be done; this includes articulating the successes and failures of attempts to the societal embedding of technologies and their associated products. This edited volume is significant and timely, as unlike other books currently on the market, it shall draw from real work experiences and experiments designed anticipate the societal embedding of emerging technologies. This empirical work shall be supported by robust theoretical underpinnings.
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Introduction / Diana M. Bowman, Arie Rip, and Elen Stokes --
Reflexive Co-Evolution and Governance Patterns / Harro van Lente and Arie Rip --
Regulatory Governance Approaches for Emerging Technologies / Barbel Dorbeck-Jung and Diana M. Bowman --
Society as a Laboratory to Experiment with New Technologies / Ibo van de Poel / --
Care and Techno-Science: Re-Embedding the Futures of Innovation / Christopher Groves --
Division of Moral Labour as an Element in the Governance of Emerging Technologies / Arie Rip --
Ethical Reflexivity as Capacity Building: Tools and Approaches / Clare Shelley-Egan and Federica Lucivero --
The Demand Side of Innovation Governance: Demand Articulation Processes in the Case of Nano-Based Sensor Technologies / Haico te Kulve and Kornelia Konrad --
Evolving Patterns of Governance of, and by, Expectations: The Graphene Hype Wave / Kornelia Konrad and Carla Alvia/ Palavicino --
Transactional Arrangements in the Governance of Emerging Technologies: The Case of Nanotechnology / Evisa Kica and Ramses A. Wessel --
Co-Regulation of Nanomaterials: On Collaborative Business Association Activities Directed at Contributing to Occupational Health and Safety / Aline Reichow --
The 'Metamorphosis' of the Drone: The Governance Challenges of Drone Technology and Border Surveillance / Luisa Marin --
On the Disruptive Potential of 3D Printing / Pierre Delvenne and Lara Vigneron --
Advanced Materials and Modified Mosquitoes: The Regulation of Nanotechnologies and Synthetic Biology / Diana M. Bowman, Elen Stokes, and Ben Trump.


The embedding of any new technologies in society is challenging. The evolving state of the scientific art, often-unquantifiable risks and ill-defined developmental trajectories have the potential to hinder innovation and/or the commercial success of a technology. The are, however, a number of tools that can now be utilized by stakeholders to bridge the chasm that exists between the science and innovation dimensions on the one hand, and the societal dimensions on the other. This edited volume will draw together leading researchers from the domains of law, philosophy, political science, public administration and the natural sciences in order to demonstrate how tools such as, for example, constructive technology assessment, regulatory governance and societal scenarios, may be employed by stakeholders to assist in successfully embedding new technologies into society. This volume will focus primarily on the embedding of two emergent and emerging technologies: nanotechnologies and synthetic biology. Government, industry and the epistemic community continue to struggle with how best to balance the promised benefits of an emerging technology with concerns about its potential impacts. There is a growing body of literature that has examined these challenges from various cultural, scientific and jurisdictional dimensions. There is, however, much work that still needs to be done; this includes articulating the successes and failures of attempts to the societal embedding of technologies and their associated products. This edited volume is significant and timely, as unlike other books currently on the market, it shall draw from real work experiences and experiments designed anticipate the societal embedding of emerging technologies. This empirical work shall be supported by robust theoretical underpinnings.

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