This paper reviews key issues of public understanding of science (PUS) research over the
last quarter of a century. We show how the discussion has moved in relation to large-scale …

Although controversial, science studies has emerged in the 1990s as a significant culture
area within anthropology. Various histories inform the cultural analysis of science, both …

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

This study explores time trends in public trust in science in the United States from 1974 to
2010. More precisely, I test Mooney's (2005) claim that conservatives in the United States …

This young graduate student's excitement echoes the themes and claims developed in this
chapter. The message offers a glimpse into the nature of earth science inquiry. The …

A theoretical integration of science and technology studies and social movement studies that
finds both common ground and “undone” research. As the fields of social movement studies …

Biology and politics have converged today across much of the industrialized world. Debates
about genetically modified organisms, cloning, stem cells, animal patenting, and new …

Literacies are situated. All uses of written language can be seen as located in particular
times and places. Equally, all literate activity is indicative of broader social practices. This …

This book will be of use not only to scholars of science but to scientists and members of the
public who wish to understand science studies concepts. It is a sympathetic account of how …

This book critically examines the potential of, and suggests ways forward in, harnessing a
versatile and powerful method of research-focus groups. The book challenges some of the …