Is public engagement on science a bad idea?
Channel: Risk Bites
Date: 20/05/2013

Should people who aren't scientists have a say in what science gets done, and how it is used?  

This week, Risk Bites takes on the knotty topic of science and public engagement.

This video was created to preface a conference session on engaging publics on science and technology -- synthetic biology in particular -- at the First Annual Conference on the Governance of Emerging Technologies (http://conferences.asucollegeoflaw.com/emergingtechnologies/), organized by Arizona State University and Co-sponsored by the University of Michigan Risk Science Center (http://riskcenter.org)
 

This week's Risk Bites team:
Andrew Maynard (script, audio, illustrations, editing)
David Faulkner (post-production)

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