Person
Jack Stilgoe
Report
Citizen scientists: Reconnecting science with civil society
Citizen Scientists intertwine their work and their citizenship, asking new questions, working with new people and drawing new connections between science and society. They provide alternative ways of seeing the world and engaging with it. They give science its vital diversity. As global challenges of sustainability, poverty, health and security grow more urgent, science and...
Book
Nanodialogues: Experiments in public engagement with science
Depending who you ask, nanotechnology might be the Next Big Thing, the Next Asbestos or the Next GM. But before its impacts have been felt, nanotechnology has become a test case for a new sort of governance. It is an opportunity to reimagine the relationship between science and democracy. This pamphlet presents the findings of...