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Responsible scientists and a citizens’ panel: New storylines for creative engagement between science and the public (2014)
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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)
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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’.

Governing at the Nanoscale: People, policies and emerging technologies (2006)
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Kearnes, M., Macnaghten, P., & Wilsdon, J. (2006). Governing at the Nanoscale: People, policies and emerging technologies. Demos

Based on a two-year ESRC-funded project by Demos and Lancaster University, this report examines the technical and social implications of nanotechnologies. Rapid advances in nanotechnologies are giving rise to new economic, social and ethical question... Read More about Governing at the Nanoscale: People, policies and emerging technologies.

Nuclear Futures: Assessing Public Attitudes to New Nuclear Power (2006)
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Grove-White, R., Kearnes, M., Macnaghten, P., & Wynne, B. (2006). Nuclear Futures: Assessing Public Attitudes to New Nuclear Power. The Political Quarterly, 77(2), 238-246. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-923x.2006.00766.x

The nuclear debate has become once again a ‘live’ policy issue in UK national politics, with far-reaching implications for a diverse range of stakeholders. There is now a new policy rationale for the consideration of new-build nuclear power in the co... Read More about Nuclear Futures: Assessing Public Attitudes to New Nuclear Power.

Nanotechnology, governance, and public deliberation: What role for the Social Sciences? (2005)
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Macnaghten, P., Kearnes, M., & Wynne, B. (2005). Nanotechnology, governance, and public deliberation: What role for the Social Sciences?. Science Communication, 27(2), 268-291. https://doi.org/10.1177/1075547005281531

In this article we argue that nanotechnology represents an extraordinary opportunity to build in a robust role for the social sciences in a technology that remains at an early, and hence undetermined, stage of development. We examine policy dynamics... Read More about Nanotechnology, governance, and public deliberation: What role for the Social Sciences?.

Animals in their nature: A case study on public attitudes to animals, genetic modification and 'nature' (2004)
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Macnaghten, P. (2004). Animals in their nature: A case study on public attitudes to animals, genetic modification and 'nature'. Sociology, 38(3), 533-551. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038504043217

This article seeks to engage with contemporary debates on the social and ethical dimensions of genetically modified (GM) animals. Dominant policy ethical approaches and frameworks are criticized for failing radically to accommodate some of the most i... Read More about Animals in their nature: A case study on public attitudes to animals, genetic modification and 'nature'.

Embodying the environment in everyday life practices (2003)
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Macnaghten, P. (2003). Embodying the environment in everyday life practices. Sociological Review, 51(1), 63-84. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-954x.00408

This paper suggests ways in which 'the environment' needs to be reconfigured so that it better resonates with how people are experiencing politics, nature and everyday life. Through empirical research on environmental concerns and everyday practices,... Read More about Embodying the environment in everyday life practices.