Article ID: CBB130803417

The imagined scientist of science governance (April 2021)

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Heidrun Åm (Author)
Gisle Solbu (Author)
Sørensen, Knut H (Author)


Social Studies of Science
Volume: 51
Issue: 2
Pages: 277-297


Publication Date: April 2021
Edition Details: Research Note:
Language: English

In this article, we introduce the concept of ‘the imagined scientist’. It inverts previous discussions of the public as an imagined community with a knowledge deficit, to examine imagined scientists representing an actor (or group of actors) with deficits in knowledge or concern about social issues. We study how Norwegian science policymakers, on the one hand, and biotechnologists and nanotechnologists, on the other, articulate and engage with social responsibility. The article identifies what we call ‘deficit trouble’, when there is poor alignment of the deficits of different imagined scientists, which may lead to a stalemate in the communication between science policymakers and scientists. We argue that ‘the imagined scientist’ can function as sensitizing concept for further studies of science governance across a range of topics, bringing into view how different deficit logics operate in science policy.

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Authors & Contributors
Frewer, Lynn J.
Pandey, Poonam
Spray, Chris
Bruchez, Marcel
Bruno M. L. Pinto
Deborah H. Oughton
Concepts
Nanotechnology
Biotechnology
Public policy
Technoscience; science and technology studies
Scientists
Participation
Time Periods
21st century
20th century, late
20th century
Places
United States
South Africa
Portugal
Norway
Japan
Europe
Institutions
Human Genome Project
Census of Marine Life (1999-2009)
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