Replicating participatory devices: the consensus conference confronts nanotechnology

Brice Laurent (1)

1 CSI i3 - Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation i3

Describes two examples (in France and in the US) of replication of the Danish procedure of the consensus conference for public participation in nanotechnology, and argues that emphasis on the evaluation of the participatory procedure should not be made at the expense of richer analysis of the problematisation of public participation fostered by such policy instruments.

Mots clés: Science and technology studies; public participation; consensus conferences; democracy; controversies; political sociology; nanotechnology; France; US

Mots clés: sociologie politique; nanotechnologies; Etats-Unis; Sociologie des sciences et des techniques; participation publique; conférences de consensus; démocracie; controverses

Domaines: Sociologie; Science politique; Histoire, Philosophie et Sociologie des sciences

Brice Laurent. Replicating participatory devices: the consensus conference confronts nanotechnology. 2009. ⟨halshs-00441232⟩