Driverless cars with artificial intelligence (AI) and automated supermarkets run by
collaborative robots (cobots) working without human supervision have sparked off new …

The present study is to give a preliminary discussion on the potential applications, risks, food
safety, and current regulatory situation of nanotechnology in relation to foods, thus to provide …

Decades of social science scholarship have documented and explored the interconnected
nature of science, technology, and society. Multiple theoretical frameworks suggest the …

Based on criticism of the “ethical, legal and social implications”(ELSI) paradigm, researchers
in science and technology studies (STS) have begun to create and move into “post-ELSI” …

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 …

This chapter discusses initiatives in the field of “Responsible Innovation”(RI) at different
levels and some of their dynamics. Then it focuses on two types of intervention‐oriented …

In response to the impetus that is gathering in the UK for upstream public engagement, we
analyze the impacts of the Royal Society and Royal Academy of Engineering report of 2004 …

One of the most significant shifts in science policy of the past three decades is a concern
with extending scientific practice to include a role for 'society'. Recently, this has led to …

More than thirty years ago in the United States, the National Center for Human Genome
Research (NCHGR) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and its partner in the Human …

As part of a larger trend across industrialized nations, European research policy discourse
has placed increasing emphasis on socio-technical integration: the explicit incorporation of …