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Responsible scientists and a citizens’ panel: New storylines for creative engagement between science and the public (2014)
Journal Article
Robinson, P., Macnaghten, P., Banks, S., Bickersteth, J., Kennedy, A., Richardson, Y., …Sylvestre, I. (2014). Responsible scientists and a citizens’ panel: New storylines for creative engagement between science and the public. The Geographical Journal, 180(1), 83-88. https://doi.org/10.1111/geoj.12042

Uncertainties over emerging technologies and their potential effect on society and the environment often lead to controversy between scientists, policymakers and the public. Opening up the debates and involving citizens and social scientists early in... Read More about Responsible scientists and a citizens’ panel: New storylines for creative engagement between science and the public.

Why solar radiation management geoengineering and democracy won’t mix (2013)
Journal Article
Szerszynski, B., Kearnes, M., Macnaghten, P., Owen, R., & Stilgoe, J. (2013). Why solar radiation management geoengineering and democracy won’t mix. Environment and Planning A, 45(12), 2809-2816. https://doi.org/10.1068/a45649

In this paper we argue that recent policy treatments of solar radiation management (SRM) have insufficiently addressed its potential implications for contemporary political systems. Exploring the emerging ‘social constitution’ of SRM, we outline four... Read More about Why solar radiation management geoengineering and democracy won’t mix.

Developing a framework of responsible innovation (2013)
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Stilgoe, J., Owen, R., & Macnaghten, P. (2013). Developing a framework of responsible innovation. Research Policy, 42(9), 1568-1580. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2013.05.008

The governance of emerging science and innovation is a major challenge for contemporary democracies. In this paper we present a framework for understanding and supporting efforts aimed at ‘responsible innovation’. The framework was developed in part... Read More about Developing a framework of responsible innovation.

Living the Global social experiment: An analysis of public discourse on solar radiation management and its implications for governance (2013)
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Macnaghten, P., & Szerszynski, B. (2013). Living the Global social experiment: An analysis of public discourse on solar radiation management and its implications for governance. Global Environmental Change, 23(2), 465-474. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2012.12.008

Solar radiation management techniques are a class of geoengineering methods designed to reflect some of the inbound sunlight back into space with the intended effect of arresting further warming of the planet and thus counteracting global warming. In... Read More about Living the Global social experiment: An analysis of public discourse on solar radiation management and its implications for governance.

O mito da participação: uma perspectiva comparativa sobre governança científico-tecnológica (2011)
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Guivant, J., & Macnaghten, P. (2011). O mito da participação: uma perspectiva comparativa sobre governança científico-tecnológica. Ambiente & Sociedade, 14(2), 89-104. https://doi.org/10.1590/s1414-753x2011000200007

A consensus exists in the science and technology studies literature concerning the importance and need for public participation in the governance of emerging and controversial technologies. Our argument is that public participation needs to be situat... Read More about O mito da participação: uma perspectiva comparativa sobre governança científico-tecnológica.

Converging citizens? Nanotechnology and the political imaginary of public engagement in Brazil and the United Kingdom. (2011)
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Macnaghten, P., & Guivant, J. (2011). Converging citizens? Nanotechnology and the political imaginary of public engagement in Brazil and the United Kingdom. Public Understanding of Science, 20(2), 207-220. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963662510379084

This paper offers a comparative analysis of two public engagement exercises, conducted concurrently in the UK and Brazil. Following an account of how public engagement is situated in the political imaginary of the UK and Brazil, we set out a theoreti... Read More about Converging citizens? Nanotechnology and the political imaginary of public engagement in Brazil and the United Kingdom..

Researching technoscientific concerns in the making: narrative structures, public responses and emerging nanotechnologies (2010)
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Macnaghten, P. (2010). Researching technoscientific concerns in the making: narrative structures, public responses and emerging nanotechnologies. Environment and Planning A, 42(1), 23-37. https://doi.org/10.1068/a41349

In this paper I engage with debates on technoscientific governance, narrative, and emergent public attitudes. Building on a piece of social research addressing public responses to the social and ethical dimensions of emerging nanotechnologies, I deve... Read More about Researching technoscientific concerns in the making: narrative structures, public responses and emerging nanotechnologies.

‘All things weird and scary’: Nanotechnology, theology, and cultural resources (2009)
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Davies, S. R., Kearnes, M., & Macnaghten, P. M. (2009). ‘All things weird and scary’: Nanotechnology, theology, and cultural resources. Culture and Religion, 10(2), 201-220. https://doi.org/10.1080/14755610903077570

Nanotechnology is widely suggested to be fast becoming a defining technology of the twenty-first century. This 'science of the very small' has applications in areas from medicine to materials, and is predicted to have profound effects on social life.... Read More about ‘All things weird and scary’: Nanotechnology, theology, and cultural resources.

Engaging Nanotechnologies: A case study of ‘upstream’ public engagement’ (2009)
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Macnaghten, P. (2009). Engaging Nanotechnologies: A case study of ‘upstream’ public engagement’. Ambiente & Sociedade, 12(1), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1590/s1414-753x2009000100002

This paper develops an analysis of the factors likely to shape future public responses to the social and ethical dimensions of emerging nanotechnologies. The research was designed to offer insight into the following: what sorts of issues are likely u... Read More about Engaging Nanotechnologies: A case study of ‘upstream’ public engagement’.