Scientific Nonknowledge and Its Political Dynamics: The Cases of Agri-Biotechnology and Mobile Phoning

Böschen, Stefan; Kastenhofer, Karen; Rust, Ina; Soentgen, Jens; Wehling, Peter

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“…That is about raising the awareness of non-knowledge (areas beyond what we know we do not know). Taking into account the plurality of perspectives on non-knowledge can serve as a basis on which to establish transparent and pluralistic processes for exploring scientific non-knowledge (Bo¨schen et al 2010).…”

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On concepts and methods in horizon scanning: Lessons from initiating policy dialogues on emerging issues

Amanatidou

Butter²,

Carabias-Hütter

et al. 2012

Science and Public Policy

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Future-oriented technology analysis methods can play a significant role in enabling early warning signal detection and pro-active policy action which will help to better prepare policy-and decision-makers in today's complex and inter-dependent environments. This paper analyses the use of different horizon scanning approaches and methods as applied in the Scanning for Emerging Science and Technology Issues project. A comparative analysis is provided as well as a brief evaluation the needs of policy-makers if they are to identify areas in which policy needs to be formulated. This paper suggests that the selection of the best scanning approaches and methods is subject to contextual and content issues. At the same time, there are certain issues which characterise horizon scanning processes, methods and results that should be kept in mind by both practitioners and policy-makers.

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Section: Comparative Analysis Of Methods and Tools Applied During Thementioning

confidence: 99%

On concepts and methods in horizon scanning: Lessons from initiating policy dialogues on emerging issues

Amanatidou

Butter²,

Carabias-Hütter

et al. 2012

Science and Public Policy

121

110

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“…2. Nonknowledge is explicitly chosen by Böschen et al (2006) and Böschen et al (2010) over ignorance, uncertainty, and indeterminacy to refer to a general absence of knowledge regardless of contextual implications, while the latter concepts either imply the theoretical availability of specific knowledge or the recognition of a lack of knowledge. 3.…”

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The Risk Conflicts Perspective

Maeseele

2015

Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society

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Starting from a perspective of democratic politics, this essay argues that the problem lies not in any "unjustified" politicization of risk controversies; quite to the contrary, it lies in their depoliticization or their capture in a postpolitical consensus. To this end, the prevailing storylines in public discourse on risk controversies are shown to be based on invalid assumptions regarding nature and science and on exclusionary mechanisms. In response, the risk conflicts perspective is put forward as an analytical framework, which allows us to evaluate mediated public discourse on the extent to which democratic debate and citizenship are facilitated. For the fields of science and environment communication, this entails a shift in emphasis from a focus on the epistemic level to the level of the political. We conclude by discussing the potential transformative impacts of this perspective for academic research, public discourse, as well as the directly involved social actors, in relation to the controversies in question.

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“…La constitution de ce stock de données scientifiques repose donc sur un double travail de sélection, tout d'abord au niveau du choix du consultant, puis au niveau de la littérature médicale dont ce dernier suit l'évolution. Ce travail de sélection est rendu possible par la coexistence de différentes cultures épistémiques à l'intérieur des milieux académiques (Böschen et al, 2010), au point que l'on peut affirmer sans grand risque que toute firme ou toute organisation patronale parvient presque toujours à trouver au moins un chercheur qui lui convient, sans qu'il soit nécessaire de douter de son intégrité scientifique ou de la qualité de ses travaux. La relation qui se noue entre le CSF et son consultant consiste ainsi en une forme de transaction collusive (Dobry, 1992), chacun trouvant un intérêt particulier à l'échange.…”

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Les infortunes de la vertu. Sociologie d’un répertoire d’action patronal

Déplaude¹

2014

Sociologie du Travail

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Cet article vise à contribuer à la sociologie des organisations patronales, en croisant les apports des travaux qui leur ont récemment été consacrés en France avec ceux qui ont étudié, notamment dans le domaine des Science and Technology Studies, le travail de lobbying et de relations publiques qu'accomplissent les industriels pour nier ou minimiser les dangers de leurs activités ou de leurs produits pour la santé ou l'environnement. À partir d'une étude centrée sur le Comité des salines de France, une organisation repré-sentant les producteurs industriels de sel français, nous examinons les stratégies que les acteurs industriels mobilisent pour défendre leur réputation et celle de leurs produits lorsque l'innocuité de ceux-ci est mise en cause. Cela nous conduit à montrer l'existence d'un répertoire d'action commun à ces acteurs, à la fois transsectoriel et transnational. AbstractThe purpose of this article is to contribute to the sociology of employer organisations, by combining input from work recently conducted in France, with research -notably in the field of Science and Technology Studies -on lobbying and public relations activities pursued by companies to repudiate or downplay the dangers to health or the environment posed by their activities or products. Drawing on a study focused on the Comité des salines de France, an organisation that represents French industrial salt producers, we explore

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Scientific Nonknowledge and Its Political Dynamics: The Cases of Agri-Biotechnology and Mobile Phoning

Cited by 70 publications

References 28 publications

On concepts and methods in horizon scanning: Lessons from initiating policy dialogues on emerging issues

On concepts and methods in horizon scanning: Lessons from initiating policy dialogues on emerging issues

The Risk Conflicts Perspective

Les infortunes de la vertu. Sociologie d’un répertoire d’action patronal

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