Guiding visions in ecological genomics: a first step to exploring the future

Roelofsen, A.; Kloet, R.R.; Broerse, Jacqueline E. W.; Buning, J.T. de Cock; Bunders, Joske

doi:10.1080/14636770903561026

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“…Subsequently, we identified long-term directions that guide neuroimaging developments, the so called guiding visions (Grin & Grunwald, 2000). To this end we consulted neuroimaging developers, that is scientists and industrial producers, because they currently shape future directions of neuroimaging with their beliefs and ideas (Akrich, 1992; Garud & Rappa, 1994; Grin & Grunwald, 2000; Roelofsen, Kloet, Broerse, de Cock Buning, & Bunders, 2010). We conducted and analyzed semistructured interviews ( n = 17) and four focus groups with neuroimaging developers ( n = 19), in which their future expectations, 20 to 40 years from now, of neuroimaging developments had a central place (details in Arentshorst et al, 2014).…”

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confidence: 99%

Exploring Responsible Neuroimaging Innovation: Visions From a Societal Actor Perspective

Arentshorst¹,

Buning²,

Broerse³

2016

Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society

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Apart from the scientific unknowns and technological barriers that complicate the development of medical neuroimaging applications, various relevant actors might have different ideas on what is considered advancement or progress in this field. We address the challenge of identifying societal actors and their different points of view concerning neuroimaging technologies in an early phase of neuroimaging development. To this end, we conducted 16 semistructured interviews with societal actors, including governmental policy makers, health professionals, and patient representatives, in the Netherlands. We show how the contextual aspects of applications and underlying features of the ideal health system determine the desirability. Neuroimaging developments are perceived as innovations that will optimize the current health system or as opportunities to change existing structures and practices of the current health system more radically. Insights into and understanding of these visions show incongruence between visions regarding desirable medical neuroimaging use and potential conflicting visions regarding the embedding of neuroimaging applications. We conclude that it is possible to prospectively identify incongruent visions and analyze when these visions will most likely come into conflict with each other. Such an analysis might provide a reflective space, beyond personal and political interest, suitable as a starting point for joint reflection and mutual learning in order to manage medical neuroimaging innovations towards more responsible applications.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring Responsible Neuroimaging Innovation: Visions From a Societal Actor Perspective

Arentshorst¹,

Buning²,

Broerse³

2016

Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society

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“…They often frame soil use and soil biology in disease and health terms (Roelofsen et al, 2010). The reflections on current soil use and ecogenomics of participants from the field of soil pollution show that this way of framing closely connects with the needs experienced in this field.…”

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confidence: 96%

“…4. These characteristics are based on the guiding visions of the technology developers that are presented in Roelofsen et al (2008;2010).…”

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Engaging with future technologies: how potential future users frame ecogenomics

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There is an increasing awareness that participatory processes should take place at an early phase of science and technology developments. However, involving the relevant publics at an early phase is challenging as concrete applications are absent and societal attention is rather weak. In this paper we reflect on a participatory process that aimed to facilitate groups of potential future users to reflect on developments in the emerging scientific field of ecological genomics. We explicate how we defined relevant publics, recruited participants, and facilitated them to reflect on technologies which did not yet exist. The results show different ways of framing developments in ecological genomics, and provide crucial contextualization for involving a broader range of publics and organizing a frame-reflective dialogue as a next step.ANY SCHOLARS HAVE ARGUED that decision-making processes on science and technology should be more participatory and include end users and the public at large

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“…We have decided on an approach in which societal stakeholders reflect separately on neuroscientists' ideas about future applications of neuroimaging in education. As a starting point, we have followed the example of Roelofsen et al (2010), who engaged societal stakeholders to explore the societal future of ecogenomics. Roelofsen et al (2010) started out with the identification of a scientific field's guiding visions, images of the future that scientists consider to be desirable.…”

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confidence: 99%