In Experimental Practice Dimitris Papadopoulos explores the potential for building new
forms of political and social movements through the reconfiguration of the material …

This paper investigates the dynamic and performative construction of publics in public
engagement exercises. In this investigation, we, on the one hand, analyse how public …

In this paper, we present a study of Science and Technology Studies (STS) perspectives on
public engagement, specifically focusing on the gap between theory and practice. In aiming …

French nuclear politics. Not only does she point at the deep entanglement of “technopolitical
regimes”—that is,“linked sets of people, engineering and industrial practices, technological …

If the rhetoric pervading much of recent academic and policy discourse is to be taken at face
value, engaging the public in the governance of science has become a kind of gold …

Public opinion research on nanotechnology has primarily focused on judgments of abstract
risks and benefits, rather than attitudes toward specific applications. This approach will be …

The article discusses a recent systemic turn in public participation in science studies. It
reviews the main lines of criticism brought forward in science, technology and society …

This paper identifies four recent conceptualizations of politics in relation to technoscience
that focus on expertise, institutional participation, the inclusion of non-human others and the …

The Human Genome Project (HGP) is often described as the first large-scale scientific
project to incorporate investigation of its own ethical and social dimensions into the “core” …

This article introduces and reflects on a group discussion method for public engagement
exercises and for qualitative research into citizens' practices of developing and negotiating …