Vortrag: Does Science Policy shape Social Science?

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Titel: Does Science Policy shape Social Science?
Beschreibung: "Investigating ethical, legal, and social aspects (ELSA) of genome research was made an integral part of the Human Genome Project. Following this example, the coupling of the so called “hard sciences” with social science has become a model for many national and international research programmes promoting emerging technologies. In such research arrangements, social scientists are not simply researching scientific activities, but they are also meant to assess them and inform political decision making regarding the field they study. These new roles for social scientists as evaluators, policy advisors and members of ethical committees transgress the traditional understanding of academic activities. It is therefore a task of utmost importance to reflect on the methodological implications of sociological research in the described science-policy framework. In my paper, I will draw on qualitative interviews conducted during seven years of ELSA-research. Using Thomas Gieryn’s (1999) boundary-work concept, I demonstrate the strategic character of the conversations between genome-researchers and interviewing social scientists. For the analysis of qualitative data produced under the described science-policy framework it is essential to understand the discursive manoeuvres performed during the research process of which I will outline some examples during my presentation. Beyond that it is important to ask, how such new research arrangements shape the practice of social science. Is there a danger that social science becomes instrumentalised or domesticated in an ELSA framework? What are the opportunities for social science to contribute to a more reflexive science policy and research practice when engaging in such new research arrangements?".
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Veranstaltung: Euroqual: International Perspectves on Qualitative Research Methods (London, UK)
Datum: 04.05.2010
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Bernhard Wieser
Bernhard.Wieser@aau.at
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