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Nanotechnology and public interest dialogue : some international observations

Authors: Bowman, Diana M. ; Hodge, Graeme, A.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Bulletin of Science, Technology, and Society
Abstract: The authors of this article examine a number of nanotechnology-focused public engagement activities that have taken place in the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Australia, and the different approaches these projects ...
Year: 2007
DOI: 10.1177/0270467606298216

Biblio - csep - 05/13/2010 - 11:30

Nanotechnology - ethical and social issues : results from New Zealand focus groups

Authors: Cook, Andrew J. ; Fairweather, John R.
Publication Type: Report
Abstract: This report summarizes the findings from a project that that examined public reactions to nanotechnology in New Zealand. The researchers conducted a series of focus groups from June to November of 2005. Findings from these meetings ...
Year: 2005
URL: http://www.lincoln.ac.nz/story_images/1330_RR281_s4140.pdf

Biblio - csep - 07/08/2010 - 14:21

Awareness and attitudes towards nanotechnologies - Report Findings: based on a national survey of adults

Authors: Peter D. Hart Research Associates Inc.
Publication Type: Report
Abstract: Research conducted by the Peter D. Hart Research Associates Inc. for the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies in Research findings indicate that while more Americans are now aware of ...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.nanotechproject.org/78/public-awareness-of-nano-grows-but-majority-unaware

Biblio - csep - 08/04/2010 - 14:52

Awareness of and attitudes toward nanotechnology and federal regulatory agencies: A report of findings based on a national survey among adults

Authors: Peter D. Hart Research Associates, Inc. ; Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies
Publication Type: Report
Abstract: Results of a 2007 survey of 1,014 adults asking about their awareness of and attitudes towards nanotechnology, as well as their opinions about the entities involved in the oversight of new scientific and technological advances. The ...
Year: 2007
URL: http://www.nanotechproject.org/file_download/217

Biblio - csep - 08/04/2010 - 15:03

Publication Type: Report
Year: 9999

Biblio - csep - 08/04/2010 - 17:15

BfR consumer conference on nanotechnology in foods, cosmetics, and textiles : consumer vote on nanotechnology on 20 November 2006

Authors: Bundesinstitut fur Risikobewertung (BfR)
Publication Type: Conference Paper
Secondary Title: BfR Consumer Conference on Nanotechnology in Foods, Cosmentics, and Textiles
Abstract: This public engagement experiment, organized by the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR. Sixteen randomly chosen citizens took part in two preparatory weekends to get an introduction to the topic, and prepared question...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.bfr.bund.de/cm/245/bfr_consumer_conference_on_nanotechnology_in_foods_cosmetics_and_textiles.pdf

Biblio - csep - 08/05/2010 - 15:32

Public reactions to nanotechnology in Switzerland

Authors: Rey, Lucienne ; TA-SWISS Center for Technology Assessment
Publication Type: Report
Abstract: Final report from a series of focus groups held by the Swiss Centre for Technology Assessment (TA-SWISS) on public perceptions of nanotechnology entitled Publifocus <>. Participants expressed reservations about the u...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.ta-swiss.ch/a/nano_pfna/2006_TAP8_Nanotechnologien_e.pdf

Biblio - csep - 08/25/2010 - 20:37

Small talk : Discussing Nanotechnologies

Authors: Think Lab Ltd. ; Nieman, Adam ; Smallman, Melanie
Publication Type: Report
Abstract: Report from a three-year United Kingdom project that explored the aspirations and concerns of scientists and the public about nanotechnologies, and how these views can be shared with policy-makers. Specifically, it examined how coll...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.smalltalk.org.uk/page41g.html

Biblio - csep - 08/25/2010 - 20:31

Social and ethical implications of nanotechnology : Meanings, interest groups, and social dynamics

Authors: Schummer, Joachim
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Techne: Research in Philosophy and Technology ( Techne )
Abstract: Paper analyzes the different meanings of and interests in the 'societal and ethical implications of nanotechnology' by various groups (policy makers, business people, the media, social scientists) and develops a model the debate map...
Year: 2005
URL: http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/SPT/v8n2/schummer.html

Biblio - csep - 08/25/2010 - 20:26

Cognitive barriers in the perception of nanotechnology

Authors: Grimbaum, Alexei
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics
Abstract: Because nanotechnology research and development is at such an early stage, definite conclusions about the benefits and risks of nanotechnology cannot be reached. However, public discussions about nanotechnology have already commence...
Year: 2006
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-720X.2006.00088.x

Biblio - csep - 08/25/2010 - 20:27

Drawing the boundries of nanoscience : Rationalizing the concerns?

Authors: Kaiser, Mario
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics
Abstract: In ethical discussions about nanotechnology, scientists, philosophers, and even science fiction writers have developed possible scenarios of its future benefits and drawbacks. Nanotechnology is at an early stage of development, and ...
Year: 2006
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-720X.2006.00085.x

Biblio - csep - 08/25/2010 - 20:27

Risk perceptions starting to shift? U.S. citizens are forming opinions about nanotechnology

Authors: Priest, Susanna ; Greenhalgh, Ted ; Kramer, Victoria
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Journal of Nanoparticle Research
Abstract: This article presents the early results from an opinion formation study that compares the results of a 76 member panel of U.S. citizens with a group of 177 nanotechnology experts. Both groups were similar in terms of their perceptio...
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-009-9789-5

Biblio - csep - 09/17/2010 - 16:16

Communicating Nanotechnology : Why, to whom, saying what and how ?

Authors: Bonazzi, Matteo ; von Bose, Herbert ; Tokamanis, Christos ; European Commission, Directorate General for Research
Publication Type: Report
Abstract: This report outlines some of the key considerations one should take into account when communicating about nanotechnologies. It discusses public engagement activities and studies that have taken place in Europe, the current perceptio...
Year: 2010
URL: ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/nanotechnology/docs/communicating-nanotechnology_en.pdf
DOI: 10.2777/51159

Biblio - csep - 04/01/2011 - 11:59

Trust in Nanotechnology? On Trust as Analytical Tool in Social Research on Emerging Technologies

Authors: Åm, Trond Grønli
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: NanoEthics
Abstract: Trust has become an important aspect of evaluating the relationship between lay public and technology implementation. Experiences have shown that a focus on trust provides a richer understanding of reasons for backlashes of technolo...
Year: 2011
DOI: 10.1007/s11569-010-0105-8

Biblio - csep - 09/12/2011 - 15:51

Mutable Matter: Using Sensory Methods in Public Engagement with Nanotechnology

Authors: Last, Angela
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Leonardo
Abstract: Mutable Matter is an experimental public engagement pilot program that seeks to enable non-scientists to explore and co-imagine the future of nanotechnology. Located at the intersection of geography, science communication and art pr...
Year: 2012
DOI: 10.1162/LEON_a_00279

Biblio - csep - 05/09/2012 - 10:12

Public engagement and nanotechnology in the UK: restoring trust or building robustness?

Authors: Groves, C.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Public Policy
Abstract: Concerns about the social sustainability of emerging technologies are identified as a motivation behind recent interest in public engagement as a mode of formal technology assessment, nanoscale science and technology (NST) being a k...
Year: 2011
DOI: 10.1093/spp/38.10.783

Biblio - csep - 05/09/2012 - 10:36