Sheila Jasanoff
Sheila JasanoffCo-production is a method whereby various stakeholders sitting around the table are bringing in perspectives that are not shared by the others. Then you get a good product that can only come about if everybody has brought their insight into it.
Science and technology studies is concerned with asking who should participate, and how, in technological decisionmaking.
Science and technology studies is concerned with how experts communicate the reasons for their judgments to the public.
Science and technology studies is concerned with how societies measure risks and set safety standards.
Science and technology studies is concerned with how states should set priorities for research funding.
Science and technology studies is concerned with the question of whether life forms should be patented.
Science and technology studies is concerned with what makes scientific facts credible.
A Technology of humility is a method to accommodate scientific knowledge and uncertainty. These technologies compel us to reflect us the sources of ambiguity, indeterminacy and complexity. Humility instructs us to think harder about how to reframe problems so that their ethical dimensions are brought to light..
