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The Need for Public Intellectuals

A Space for STS

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ID5338224
AuthorsWiebe E Bijker (0000-0002-7307-8330, Maastricht University, corresponding author)
Year2003
Volume28
Issue4
Pages443-450
Publication date2003-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueScience Technology & Human Values (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0162-2439 • E-ISSN: 1552-8251
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0162243903256273
OpenAlexW2162170148
LanguageEN
Citations received33
References cited3

In this address to the president's plenary at the 2001 annual meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the author reflected on then recent international events and their possible implications for the research and teaching agendas of the social studies of science, technology, and medicine. He proposed the political engagement of science, technology, and society (STS) institutions and individual STS researchers while maintaining a strong commitment to the scholarly studies of science and technology. Drawing on the work of René Gabriëls, the author elaborated a role for STS scholars as the new generation of "public intellectuals

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Unique citing works33
Citations per year1,57
Citation span2005 - 2026 (22)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 30

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