Embedding New Technologies into Society: A Regulatory, Ethical and Societal Perspective

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The embedding of any new technologies in society is challenging. The evolving state of the scientific art, often-unquantifiable risks and ill-defined developmental trajectories have the potential to hinder innovation and/or the commercial success of a technology. The are, however, a number of tools that can now be utilized by stakeholders to bridge the chasm that exists between the science and innovation dimensions on the one hand, and the societal dimensions on the other. This edited volume will draw together leading researchers from the domains of law, philosophy, political science, public administration and the natural sciences in order to demonstrate how tools such as, for example, constructive technology assessment, regulatory governance and societal scenarios, may be employed by stakeholders to assist in successfully embedding new technologies into society. This volume will focus primarily on the embedding of two emergent and emerging technologies: nanotechnologies and synthetic biology. Government, industry and the epistemic community continue to struggle with how best to balance the promised benefits of an emerging technology with concerns about its potential impacts. There is a growing body of literature that has examined these challenges from various cultural, scientific and jurisdictional dimensions. There is, however, much work that still needs to be done; this includes articulating the successes and failures of attempts to the societal embedding of technologies and their associated products. This edited volume is significant and timely, as unlike other books currently on the market, it shall draw from real work experiences and experiments designed anticipate the societal embedding of emerging technologies. This empirical work shall be supported by robust theoretical underpinnings. Content: Introduction - Foxes become hedgehogs Elen Stokes, Diana Bowman and Arie Rip VARIETY IN THE GOVERNANCE OF NEWLY EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES Reflexive co-evolution and governance patterns Harro van Lente and Arie Rip Governance approaches for emerging technologies Barbel Dorbeck-Jung and Diana Bowman Society as a laboratory to experiment with new technologies Ibo van de Poel Care and technoscience: re-embedding the future of innovation Chris Groves Division of moral labour as an element in the governance of emerging technologies Arie Rip Ethical reflexivity as capacity building: supportive tools and approaches Clare Shelley-Egan and Federica Lucivero PROMISES, POLITICS AND PARTICULARITIES OF NANOTECHNOLOGIES The demand side of innovation governance: Demand articulation processes in the case of nano-based sensor technologies Haico te Kulve and Kornelia Konrad Evolving Patterns of Governance of and by Expectations The Graphene Hype Wave Kornelia Konrad and Carla Alvial Transnational challenges of governing new technologies: The case of nanotechnology Evica Kica and Ramses Wessel Co-Regulation of Nanomaterials: On Collaborative Business Association Activities directed at Contributing to Occupational Health and Safety Aline Reichow LOOKING TO THE FUTURE OF DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES The 'Metamorphosis' of the drone: the governance challenges of drone technology in border surveillance Luisa Marin On the disruptive potential of 3D printing Pierre Delvenne and Lara Vigneron Modifying Materials, Mosquitoes and Measures: The Regulation of Nanotechnologies and Synthetic Biology Diana Bowman, Elen Stokes and Ben Trump Conclusions Arie Rip, Diana Bowman and Elen Stokes