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Assessing the Societal Implications of Emerging Technologies
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 ...
Joint Fact-Finding in Urban Planning and Environmental Disputes
The days of rationalist scientific management and deference to official data are behind us. The credibility of experts and the information they provide are regularly challenged; officials are routinely provided with conflicting sets of facts as they plan and make decisions; and decision makers and stakeholders alike are largely skeptical that technical information will adequately account for the various interests and concerns and lead to the right outcomes. They struggle to reconcile technical information with other forms of knowledge, and differing interests, priorities and perspectives. Issues like climate change are complicating matters even further, as scientists and technicians must inc...
Systems Thinking for Geoengineering Policy
Even by the scientists most closely associated with it, geoengineering – the deliberate intervention in the climate at global scale to mitigate the effects of climate change – is perceived to be risky. For all its potential benefits, there are robust differences of opinion over the wisdom of such an intervention. Systems Thinking for Geoengineering Policy is the first book to theorise geoengineering in terms of complex adaptive systems theory and to argue for the theoretical imperative of adaptive management as the default methodology for an effective low risk means of confronting the inescapable uncertainty and surprise that characterise potential climate futures. The book illustrates h...
Through the Scope of Life
This book offers intriguing philosophical inquiries into biotechnological art and the life sciences, addressing their convergences as well as their epistemic and functional divergences. Rooted on a thorough understanding of the history of philosophy, this work builds on critical and ontological thought to interpret the concept of life that underscores first-hand dealings with matter and experimentation. The book breaks new ground on the issue of animality and delivers fresh posthumanist perspectives on the topics addressed. The authors embark on a deep ontological probe of the concept of medium as communication-bridging and life-bearing. They also take on the concept of performativity as biotechnological art. The book includes concrete, well-documented case studies and shows how certain narratives and practices directly impact ideas surrounding science and technologies. It will interest philosophers in art and technology, aesthetics, ontology, and the life sciences. It will also engage art practitioners in art and science, curators and researchers.
Policy Legitimacy, Science and Political Authority
Voters expect their elected representatives to pursue good policy and presume this will be securely founded on the best available knowledge. Yet when representatives emphasize their reliance on expert knowledge, they seem to defer to people whose authority derives, not politically from the sovereign people, but from the presumed objective status of their disciplinary bases. This book examines the tensions between political authority and expert authority in the formation of public policy in liberal democracies. It aims to illustrate and better understand the nature of these tensions rather than to argue specific ways of resolving them. The various chapters explore the complexity of interactio...
Entwicklungspolitische Nichtregierungsorganisationen und Globales Lernen an Schulen
Lena Eich untersucht mit Hilfe eines qualitativ-rekonstruktiven Zugangs das professionelle Handeln von Mitarbeitenden entwicklungspolitischer Nichtregierungsorganisationen (NRO) an Schulen im Kontext Globalen Lernens. Die empirisch gesättigten und zu Typen verdichteten Ergebnisse machen sichtbar, dass die handlungsleitenden Orientierungen der NRO-Mitarbeitenden stark von den Weltdeutungen der NRO geprägt sind. Die Autorin zeigt, dass die Authentizität von NRO für globale Thematiken Potenzial für die Ermöglichung weltgesellschaftlicher Bildung an Schulen aufweist, dass in der NRO-Schulzusammenarbeit jedoch auch Spannungen in Hinblick auf die Ansprüche schulischer Bildung entstehen. Die Ergebnisse verdichtet die Autorin sowohl zu theoretischen Beiträgen zum Lehren durch NRO-Mitarbeitende im schulischen Globalen Lernen als auch zu Merkmalen professionellen Handelns im Bereich des Globalen Lernens.
Kulturtradierung in geisteswissenschaftlichen Fächern
In dieser Untersuchung geht es um die unterrichtsbezogenen epistemologischen Überzeugungen von Lehrkräften, die ein geisteswissenschaftliches Fach unterrichten. Im Mittelpunkt stehen die Konstruktion geisteswissenschaftlicher Wissensbestände von Lehrerinnen und Lehrern und die damit verbundenen Formen der Kulturvermittlung: Wie begegnen Lehrkräfte Kulturgütern (z.B. Gedichten, Bildern) im geisteswissenschaftlichen Unterricht? Wie dechiffrieren Lehrkräfte den Bedeutungsgehalt von Kulturgütern? Welchen Kulturkanon bzw. welche kulturellen Inhalte vermitteln Lehrkräfte Schülerinnen und Schülern? Die qualitativ-rekonstruktive Studie ist im Schnittfeld der empirischen Bildungsforschung, der geisteswissenschaftlichen Fachdidaktik sowie der Allgemeinen Pädagogik angesiedelt. Sie leistet einen wichtigen Beitrag zur Grundlagenforschung geisteswissenschaftlicher Fächer und zur theoretischen Weiterentwicklung kulturbezogener Bildungsarbeit.
