Andrew Stirling
Biographic Data
| ID | 5773591 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrew Stirling |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrew |
| FAMILY NAME | Stirling |
| SIGNATURE | STIRLING A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bahá'í Agency for Social and Economic Development |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 151 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Five ways to ensure that models serve society
From CBA to Precautionary Appraisal
The purpose of this essay is to critically review the design of methods for ethically robust forms of technology appraisal in the regulation of research and innovation in synthetic biology. It will focus, in particular, on the extent to which cost‐benefit analysis offers a basis for informing decisions about which technological pathways to pursue and which to discourage. A further goal is to consider what (if anything) the precautionary principle…
Challenging Power, Constructing Boundaries, and Confronting Anxieties
In this interview, Andy Stirling talks to Michael Kattirtzi about what initially drew him to Science and Technology Studies, his account of the impact of the Science Wars on the field, and why it matters that STS researchers do not shy away from challenging incumbents. Through a series of thoughtful reflections on his encounters with STS researchers, Stirling arrives at the conclusion that we should not expect the field to reconcile tensions that…
Sustaining trajectories towards Sustainability
Africa is pushing ahead in the race for 700 MHz
This article attempts to illuminate the story behind the African push to allow mobile broadband into the 700 MHz band, which caught European policy-makers off-guard, at the World Radio Conference. It aims to show why African policy-makers have more to gain and less to restrain them, than their European counterparts have
White Spaces the New Wi-Fi
This article is an introduction to a major spectrum opportunity that is now catching the eye of regulators, worldwide, as they seek capacity for more ubiquitous and affordable broadband Internet access. At a time when the demand for spectrum has never been greater, white spaces in television broadcast spectrum are a prime, largely unused, resource. Wireless technologies have advanced rapidly over the last decade, to the point where the technical …
Governing epidemics in an age of complexity
Risk, precaution and science: towards a more constructive policy debate
Precautionary Risk Regulation in European Governance
This paper develops a sequential model of precautionary risk regulation that contributes substantively and procedurally to the European Commission's position on precaution. At first, four concepts of precautionary policy are distinguished which are taken into account in the conceptualisation of the precautionary risk regulation. The paper then expounds the four key challenges of characterising, evaluating and managing risks: these are seriousness…
Analysis, participation and power
Risk at a turning point
There is increasing recognition in comparative risk assessment of the intrinsic subjectivity of fundamental framing assumptions and the consequent necessity for active participation in analysis by all interested and affected parties. Despite this, there remains considerable inertia in the implementation of these insights in formal policy making and regulatory procedures on risk. Here, the issue seems as often to be seen as a need for better 'comm…
The earthscan reader in environmental economics
Valuation—whose hand on the dial
Regulating the electricity supply industry by valuing environmental effects
Governing epidemics in an age of complexity
Analysis, participation and power
Sustaining trajectories towards Sustainability
Precautionary Risk Regulation in European Governance
This paper develops a sequential model of precautionary risk regulation that contributes substantively and procedurally to the European Commission's position on precaution. At first, four concepts of precautionary policy are distinguished which are taken into account in the conceptualisation of the precautionary risk regulation. The paper then expounds the four key challenges of characterising, evaluating and managing risks: these are seriousness…
Risk at a turning point
There is increasing recognition in comparative risk assessment of the intrinsic subjectivity of fundamental framing assumptions and the consequent necessity for active participation in analysis by all interested and affected parties. Despite this, there remains considerable inertia in the implementation of these insights in formal policy making and regulatory procedures on risk. Here, the issue seems as often to be seen as a need for better 'comm…
The earthscan reader in environmental economics
Regulating the electricity supply industry by valuing environmental effects
White Spaces the New Wi-Fi
This article is an introduction to a major spectrum opportunity that is now catching the eye of regulators, worldwide, as they seek capacity for more ubiquitous and affordable broadband Internet access. At a time when the demand for spectrum has never been greater, white spaces in television broadcast spectrum are a prime, largely unused, resource. Wireless technologies have advanced rapidly over the last decade, to the point where the technical …
Regulating the electricity supply industry by valuing environmental effects
The earthscan reader in environmental economics
Valuation—whose hand on the dial
Risk at a turning point
There is increasing recognition in comparative risk assessment of the intrinsic subjectivity of fundamental framing assumptions and the consequent necessity for active participation in analysis by all interested and affected parties. Despite this, there remains considerable inertia in the implementation of these insights in formal policy making and regulatory procedures on risk. Here, the issue seems as often to be seen as a need for better 'comm…
Precautionary Risk Regulation in European Governance
This paper develops a sequential model of precautionary risk regulation that contributes substantively and procedurally to the European Commission's position on precaution. At first, four concepts of precautionary policy are distinguished which are taken into account in the conceptualisation of the precautionary risk regulation. The paper then expounds the four key challenges of characterising, evaluating and managing risks: these are seriousness…
Analysis, participation and power
Risk, precaution and science: towards a more constructive policy debate
White Spaces the New Wi-Fi
This article is an introduction to a major spectrum opportunity that is now catching the eye of regulators, worldwide, as they seek capacity for more ubiquitous and affordable broadband Internet access. At a time when the demand for spectrum has never been greater, white spaces in television broadcast spectrum are a prime, largely unused, resource. Wireless technologies have advanced rapidly over the last decade, to the point where the technical …
Governing epidemics in an age of complexity
Africa is pushing ahead in the race for 700 MHz
This article attempts to illuminate the story behind the African push to allow mobile broadband into the 700 MHz band, which caught European policy-makers off-guard, at the World Radio Conference. It aims to show why African policy-makers have more to gain and less to restrain them, than their European counterparts have
Sustaining trajectories towards Sustainability
From CBA to Precautionary Appraisal
The purpose of this essay is to critically review the design of methods for ethically robust forms of technology appraisal in the regulation of research and innovation in synthetic biology. It will focus, in particular, on the extent to which cost‐benefit analysis offers a basis for informing decisions about which technological pathways to pursue and which to discourage. A further goal is to consider what (if anything) the precautionary principle…
Challenging Power, Constructing Boundaries, and Confronting Anxieties
In this interview, Andy Stirling talks to Michael Kattirtzi about what initially drew him to Science and Technology Studies, his account of the impact of the Science Wars on the field, and why it matters that STS researchers do not shy away from challenging incumbents. Through a series of thoughtful reflections on his encounters with STS researchers, Stirling arrives at the conclusion that we should not expect the field to reconcile tensions that…
Five ways to ensure that models serve society
Political science (12 works) · Economics (9 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Politics (6 works) · Engineering (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Climate Change Policy and Economics (4 works) · Social science (4 works)