The field of public participation in issues relating to science, technology and the environment
is booming. To date much effort has gone into developing new participatory approaches and …

This article contributes to a more reflexive mode of research on public engagement with
science-related issues through presenting an in-depth qualitative study of the actors that …

This chapter analyzes the emergence of expertise on, and the professionalization of, public
participation in Western democracies, with specific reference to developments in the United …

In this article, we explore the institutional negotiation of public engagement in matters of
science and technology. We take the example of the Science in Society dialogue program …

This paper examines the way in which innovation in science policy in the UK over the last 25
years has been built around a discourse of changing preferences for modes of …

In this research, I set out to understand more about how society influences the course of
science and technological development. Specifically, I wanted to know whether the UK's 10 …

An emerging thread in the public participation debate is the need for innovative and more
experimental forms of dialogue to address weaknesses of previous structured deliberative …

This article builds on work in Science and Technology Studies and cognate disciplines
concerning the institutionalization of public engagement and participation practices. It …

Changing relations between science and democracy–and controversies over issues such as
climate change, energy transitions, genetically modified organisms and smart technologies …

The “participatory turn” cutting across technical approaches for appraising environment, risk,
science, and technology has been accompanied by intense debates over the desired …