This article differentiates between descriptive and explanatory factors to develop a typology
and a theory of stakeholder and public engagement. The typology describes different types …

Decades of social science scholarship have documented and explored the interconnected
nature of science, technology, and society. Multiple theoretical frameworks suggest the …

Over the past 10 years, numerous public debates on new and emerging science and
technologies have taken place in the United Kingdom. In this article, we characterise the …

Originally, online public engagement with science tended to be one directional—from
experts to the general population via news media. Such an arrangement allowed for little to …

Current governance structures are increasingly showing inability to address complex issues
such as the Grand Challenges. Dealing with these highly interrelated, cross cutting …

Upstream public engagement with new science and technology is considered important but
challenging. This article shows how engagement events are embedded in broader …

Abstract Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) has emerged in recent years, in
Europe and across the world, as a model of scientific and technological advancement that is …

Despite recent rapid advances in technology, a skilled workforce continues to play the most
important role in the development of national economies. People's roles as operators …

Governing ecosystem services entails the recognition of mutual and interdependent
relations between different actors (ie beneficiaries, providers and intermediaries) in relation …

We discuss an experiment employing participatory technology assessment (pTA), a public
deliberation method for eliciting lay citizen input prior to making decisions about science and …