Public engagement is understood as a prerequisite for sustainability transitions. Yet, it has
remained peripheral to the transitions research agenda and the efforts to engage citizens in …

Highlights•A focus on sociotechnical imaginaries (STI) illuminates crucial governance issues
in transformations to sustainability.•The STI concept helps to uncover the dimensionality and …

This open access book proposes a novel approach to Artificial Intelligence (AI) ethics. AI
offers many advantages: better and faster medical diagnoses, improved business processes …

Over the past few decades, significant advances have been made in public engagement
with, and the democratization of, science and technology. Despite notable successes, such …

Test beds and living labs have emerged as a prominent approach to foster innovation
across geographical regions and technical domains. They feed on the popular “grand …

Changing relations between science and democracy–and controversies over issues such as
climate change, energy transitions, genetically modified organisms and smart technologies …

This book develops a fresh perspective on everyday forms of engagement, one that
foregrounds the role of objects, technologies and settings in democracy. Examining a range …

This paper brings the transitions literature into conversation with constructivist Science and
Technology Studies (STS) perspectives on participation for the first time. In doing so we put …

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

Communicating science and technology is a high priority of many research and policy
institutions, a concern of many other private and public bodies, and an established subject of …