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'The Train Has Left the Station': The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies and the Shaping of Nanotechnology Policy in the United States.
- Source :
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Review of Policy Research . Sep2013, Vol. 30 Issue 5, p464-487. 23p. - Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- The purpose of this paper is to analyze the efforts of the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies ( PEN) in seeking to influence nanotechnology policy in the United States. Using the conceptual framework of anticipatory governance to guide the analysis, a series of strategies that PEN adopted will be described, including leveraging external expertise, developing cross-disciplinary research products, providing a future-oriented view on policy analysis, and building a brand for communications and outreach. This case study is a useful example in demonstrating the recent conceptual shift away from relying on government-led technology assessment efforts to consider the longer-term implications of new technologies toward the concept of anticipatory governance that includes a more substantive role for nongovernmental actors, that in providing forward-looking, actionable intelligence for decision makers. Considering the example of PEN also highlights the critical role that boundary-spanning organizations play in linking together disparate communities of expertise. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1541132X
- Volume :
- 30
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Review of Policy Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 90633986
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/ropr.12034