The Future of Science Governance: Publics, Policies, Practices

@article{Macnaghten2014TheFO,
  title={The Future of Science Governance: Publics, Policies, Practices},
  author={Phil Macnaghten and Jason Chilvers},
  journal={Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy},
  year={2014},
  volume={32},
  pages={530 - 548}
}
In this paper we develop new insights on science governance at a time when an emphasis on public engagement in responding to questions of trust in science is giving way to a more systemic and networked perspective. In a meta-analysis across seventeen UK public dialogue processes we identify five spheres of public concern about the governance of science and technology relating to: the purposes of science; trust; inclusion; speed and direction of innovation; and equity. Forty in-depth interviews… 
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