Purpose On the verge of what has been hailed as the next technological revolution, the
purpose of this paper is to examine scientific and popular definitions of the social robot …

'Public engagement with science'has become a 'buzzword'reflecting a concern about the
widening gap between science and society and efforts to bridge this gap. This study is a …

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

This introductory essay looks back on the two decades since the journal Public
Understanding of Science was launched. Drawing on the invited commentaries in this …

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) advancements increasingly impact
society and AI/ML ethics and governance discourses have emerged. Various countries have …

Artificial intelligence (AI) is playing an increasingly important role in the corporate strategic
development, and this study explores the relationship between AI and corporate sustainable …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the publicity around the implementation
of the Zora robot in elderly-care services in Lahti, Finland. The aim is to discover opinions …

The emerging practice of open science, which makes the entire process of a scientific
investigation available, could extend membership of the research community to new, public …

Purpose What is the future of work going to look like? The aim of this paper is to show how
the sociology of expectations (SE)–which deals with the power of visions–can make …

In the face of rapid technological development of investigative technologies, broader and
more meaningful public engagement in policy-making is paramount. In this article, we …