The Train Has Left the Station

The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies and the Shaping of Nanotechnology Policy in the United States

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4074241
AutoresEvan S Michelson (0000-0002-9707-027X, Wagner College, autor correspondente)
Ano2013
Volume30
Fascículo5
Páginas464-487
Data de publicação2013-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoReview of Policy Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1541-132X • E-ISSN: 1541-1338
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/ropr.12034
OpenAlexW2113849049
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas31

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the efforts of the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN) in seeking to influence nanotechnology policy in the United States. Using the conceptual framework of anticipatory governance to guide the analysis, a series of strategies that PEN adopted will be described, including leveraging external expertise, developing cross-disciplinary research products, providing a future-oriented view on policy analysis, and building a brand for communications and outreach. This case study is a useful example in demonstrating the recent conceptual shift away from relying on government-led technology assessment efforts to consider the longer-term implications of new technologies toward the concept of anticipatory governance that includes a more substantive role for nongovernmental actors, that in providing forward-looking, actionable intelligence for decision makers. Considering the example of PEN also highlights the critical role that boundary-spanning organizations play in linking together disparate communities of expertise

Business · Corporate governance · Discipline · Knowledge management · Outreach · Political science · Public relations · Chemistry and Chemical Engineering · Computer Science · Nanotechnology research and applications · University-Industry-Government Innovation Models