The growing digitalization of our society has led to a meteoric rise of large technology
companies (Big Tech), which have amassed tremendous wealth and influence through their …

This paper examines how the governance in AI policy documents have been framed as way
to resolve public controversies surrounding AI. It draws on the studies of governance of …

There is a long history of the science of intelligent machines and its potential to provide
scientific insights have been debated since the dawn of AI. In particular, there is renewed …

Numerous parties are calling for “the democratisation of AI”, but the phrase is used to refer to
a variety of goals, the pursuit of which sometimes conflict. This paper identifies four kinds of …

Science, technology and innovation (STI) policy is borne by a set of historically contingent
concepts, models, and metaphors. From around 1950 to 1980, its language was dominated …

Dreamscapes of Modernity offers the first book-length treatment of sociotechnical
imaginaries, a concept originated by Sheila Jasanoff and developed in close collaboration …

This paper examines how, in post-Soviet Kazakhstan, both channels of elite and banal
nationalism (such as sports and higher education) serve as instruments to promote the …

Aspiration is an essential component of politics. It articulates goals, affirms identities and
values, and structures action at all levels of social life. Yet political scientists have spent little …

The 'new empire'that has re-emerged in the 'war on terror'follows naturally upon the heels of
neoliberal globalization. The latter seeks to restructure various social traditions according to …

In this article, I show how new spaces are being prefigured for colonization in new economy
policy discourses. Drawing on a corpus of 1.3 million words collected from legislatures …