Assessing the Societal Implications of Emerging Technologies
Anticipatory governance in practice
- 226 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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Assessing the Societal Implications of Emerging Technologies
Anticipatory governance in practice
About this book
A growing problem of interest in the field of science and technology policy is that the next generation of innovations is arriving at an accelerating rate, and the governance system is struggling to catch up. Current approaches and institutions for effective technology assessment are ill suited and poorly designed to proactively address the multidimensional, interconnected societal impacts of science and technology advancements that are already taking place and expected to continue over the course of the 21st century. This book offers tangible insights into the strategies deployed by well-known, high-profile organizations involved in anticipating the various societal and policy implications of nanotechnology and synthetic biology. It focuses predominantly on an examination of the practices adopted by the often-cited and uniquely positioned Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies in the United States, as well as being informed by comparisons with a range of institutions also interested in embedding forward-looking perspectives in their respective area of innovation. The book lays out one of the first actionable roadmaps that other interested stakeholders can follow when working toward institutionalizing anticipatory governance practices throughout the policymaking process.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- List of illustrations
- List of acronyms and abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Shaping policy for emerging technologies in the United States
- 2 The institutional context and research overview
- 3 Taking the future seriously: anticipatory governance and a new approach to policymaking
- 4 “Getting there early”: anticipating alternative futures
- 5 “A lot of boundary testing going on”: spanning multiple divides
- 6 “Near perfect storm of interest”: engaging the public
- 7 Foreshadowing the future: learning lessons for the next wave of emerging technologies
- 8 Methodological appendix
- Index