ORBi: Van Oudheusden Michiel - Opening Participation through Participatory Technology Assessment: The Case of Nanotechnologies for Tomorrow's Society

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	Document type :	Dissertations and theses : Doctoral thesis
	Discipline(s) :	Social & behavioral sciences, psychology : Sociology & social sciences
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/2268/127930

Title :	Opening Participation through Participatory Technology Assessment: The Case of Nanotechnologies for Tomorrow's Society
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	Van Oudheusden, Michiel [Université de Liège - ULg > Département de science politique > Anal. et éval. des politiques publ.-Méthod. de sc. politique >]
Publication date :	23-Mar-2012
Institution :	Universiteit Antwerpen
Name of the degree :	Doctor in Political and Social Sciences - Sociology
Page number :	237
City :	Antwerpen
Country :	Belgium
Superviser :	Loots, Ilse
	Goorden, Lieve
President of the jury :	Walrave, Michel
Member of the jury :	Fisher, Erik
	Van Est, Rinie
	Weyns, Walter
Keywords :	[en] Nanotechnologies ; Participation ; Technology Assessment
Abstract :	[en] This dissertation examines how participants in a Flemish participatory technology assessment (pTA) on nanotechnologies defined and negotiated the meaning of participation in (nano)science and technology in the course of their engagements. It focuses explicitly on the initiating role that social scientists played in the project and how they performed participation. The dissertation proposes a critical reappraisal of the way in which participation in pTA is planned and implemented, which is explicitly political in character.
Research units :	Universiteit Antwerpen
Funders :	Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek - FWO
Target :	Researchers ; Professionals ; Students ; General public
Permalink :	http://hdl.handle.net/2268/127930

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