Socially Robust Politics of Knowledge

Duration: 12/2002 - 07/2003

Report: Sozial robuste Wissenspolitik (german)

Sponsors: Office for Technology Assessment of the German Bundestag (Lower House of Parliament)

Project collaborators: Ulrike Felt; Maximilian Fochler; Annina Müller

Abstract

Aim of this project was to analyse the interactions between science, politics and the public in participatory initiatives in 8 European countries. The central research question was whether and if so in which ways these initiatives can contribute to a more "socially robust" politics of knowledge.