Shaping emerging technologies
Subtitle: governance, innovation, discourse
By: edited by Kornelia Konrad, University of Twente, Christopher Coenen, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Anne Dijkstra, University of Twente, Colin Milburn, University of California, Davis, Harro van Lente, University of Utrecht
Contributors: Society for the Study of Nanoscience and Emerging Technologies. Conference
Series: Studies of new and emerging technologies / S.NET -- 004; Studies of new and emerging technologies -- 4.
Publisher: AKA
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Berlin, Germany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9781614993001; 9783898386852
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Nanotechnology; Technological innovations; Congresses; New technology; Inventions
Notes: Papers presented at the fourth conference of the Society for the Study of Nanoscience and Emerging Technologies (S.NET), held Oct. 22-25, 2012, at the University of Twente in the Netherlands.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Convergence and crossovers in interdisciplinary engagement with science and technology; title: Maintaining reasonableness : how facilitators can improve the quality of public deliberation on new and emerging science and technology; title: Nano supermarket : using speculative design to catalyze a technology debate; title: Emerging responsibilities : Brazilian nanoscientists' conceptions of responsible governance and social technology practices; title: Diffusion and policy learning in the nanotechnology field : movement actors and public dialogues in Germany and France; title: How can we characterize nano-specific soft regulation? lessons from occupational health and safety governance; title: A Rights-based model of governance : the case of human enhancement and the role of ethics in Europe; title: Incentivizing innovation and serving the public good : extending the patent regime to nanotechnology in India and Sri Lanka; title: Setting useful nanotechnology definitions examined from the standpoint of central and peripheral claim language used in intellectual property law; title: The making of an indigenous STM : technological Jugaad as a culture of innovation in India; title: Indications of socio-economic impacts of nanotechnologies: the approach of impact pathways; title: Corporate strategies in emerging technologies: the case of Chinese firms and energy storage-related nanotechnology applications; title: Horizons of care : from future imaginaries to responsible research and innovation; title: Collapsing scale : nanotechnology and geoeningeering as speculative media; title: Zombies, brains, collapsing boundaries, and entanglements; title: Articulation of sustainability in nanotechnology : funnels of articulation.