Transport and mobility systems need to be transformed to meet climate change goals and
reduce negative environmental and social effects. Despite EU policies having targeted such …

What can actor-network theory's approach to analyzing objects offer to cultural sociology?
To answer this question we ask a more specific one: How does materiality affect people's …

Using interviews, participant observation, and published documents, this article analyzes the
co-construction of robotics and culture in Japan through the technical discourse and …

Data Ethics of Power takes a reflective and fresh look at the ethical implications of
transforming everyday life and the world through the effortless, costless, and seamless …

The natural world is marked by an ever-increasing loss of varied habitats, a growing number
of species extinctions, and a full range of new kinds of dilemmas posed by global warming …

Deference to scientific authority theoretically captures the belief that scientists and not
publics should make decisions on science in society. Few studies examine deference …

The chorus of the Christian hymn “Amazing Grace” reads,“I once was lost, but now am
found,/Was blind but now I see.” Composed by a minister who formerly worked as a slave …

In his account of the medical profession's ascent, Paul Starr drew a distinction between the
social authority of physicians and the cultural authority of medicine—between doctors' …

Antecedents of Censuses From Medieval to Nation States, the first of two volumes, examines
the influence of social formations on censuses from the medieval period through current …

In light of ongoing concerns about the relevance of scholarly activities, we ask, what are
public ideas and how do they come to be? More specifically, how do journalists and other …