This paper reviews the ways in which policies of enclosure, privatization, and deregulation
have unfolded in several regions of North America and examines the consequences they …

Umbrella terms like 'nanotechnology'and 'sustainability research'have emerged as part of
the new regime of Strategic Science. As mediators between science and society they have a …

Almost everyone is enthusiastic that 'open science'is the wave of the future. Yet when one
looks seriously at the flaws in modern science that the movement proposes to remedy, the …

The governance of emerging science and innovation is a major challenge for contemporary
democracies. In this paper we present a framework for understanding and supporting efforts …

This introductory essay looks back on the two decades since the journal Public
Understanding of Science was launched. Drawing on the invited commentaries in this …

This article addresses the challenges a neoliberal conception of agency poses to
anthropologists. I first discuss the kind of self that a neoliberal agency presupposes, in …

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 …

When science adopts the logic of the market American universities today serve as economic
engines, performing the scientific research that will create new industries, drive economic …

What are living bodies made of? Protein modelers tell us that our cells are composed of
millions of proteins, intricately folded molecular structures on the scale of nanoparticles …

This book explores the intertwining of politics and ontology, shedding light on the ways in
which, as our ability to investigate, regulate, appropriate,'enhance'and destroy material …