Futures of Science and Technology in Society

• Main Author: Rip, Arie (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : Imprint: Springer VS, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Technikzukünfte, Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft / Futures of Technology, Science and Society,
• Subjects: Philosophy and science.; Philosophy of Science.

Longer-term developments shape the present and endogenous futures of institutions and practices of science and technology in society and their governance. Understanding the patterns allows diagnosis and soft intervention, often linked to scenario exercises. The book collects six articles offering ke...

Table of Contents:

• Preface (by Christopher Coenen & Armin Grunwald)
• Introduction
• Chapter 1 Protected spaces of science: their emergence and further evolution in a changing world
• Chapter 2 Science Institutions and Grand Challenges of Society: A Scenario
• Chapter 3 Processes of Technological Innovation in Context - and Their Modulation
• Chapter 4 De facto governance of nanotechnologies
• Chapter 5 Constructive Technology Assessment
• Chapter 6 Past and Future of Responsible Research and Innovation
• Chapter 7 Technology as Prospective Ontology
• Chapter 8 Interlocking Sociotechnical Worlds.