Science and Technology Studies in Policy
The UK Synthetic Biology Roadmap
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5337918 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Claire Marris (0000-0002-9366-5567, University of London, corresponding author), Jane Calvert (0000-0001-7204-9805, Science Technology and Innovation Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 34-61 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Science Technology & Human Values (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0162-2439 • E-ISSN: 1552-8251 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0162243919828107 |
| OpenAlex | W2911995927 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 29 |
| References cited | 25 |
In this paper, we reflect on our experience as science and technology studies (STS) researchers who were members of the working group that produced A Synthetic Biology Roadmap for the UK in 2012. We explore how this initiative sought to govern an uncertain future and describe how it was successfully used to mobilize public funds for synthetic biology from the UK government. We discuss our attempts to incorporate the insights and sensibilities of STS into the policy process and why we chose to use the concept of responsible research and innovation to do so. We analyze how the roadmapping process, and the final report, narrowed and transformed our contributions to the roadmap. We show how difficult it is for STS researchers to influence policy when our ideas challenge deeply entrenched pervasive assumptions, framings, and narratives about how technological innovation necessarily leads to economic progress, about public reticence as a roadblock to that progress, and about the supposed separation between science and society. We end by reflecting on the constraints under which we were operating from the outset and on the challenges for STS in policy
Biology · Engineering ethics · Narrative · Political science · Public funding · Public policy · Science policy · Sociology · Synthetic biology · Computer Science · CRISPR and Genetic Engineering · Engineering · Gene Regulatory Network Analysis · Law · Public Administration · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
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Public understanding of science research
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Knowing Machines
States of Knowledge
STS in Europe
Negotiating the dynamics of uncomfortable knowledge
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Crossing Boundaries Social Science in the Policy Room
Opening Up" and "Closing Down
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| Unique citing works | 29 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4,83 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 26 |