Improving dialogue between science and society
The relationship between science and society is two-way and dynamic. Applied scientists, for example, invent new products and conduct risk assessments to determine if they are safe. At the same time, however, political, commercial and other factors, shape the research they do. I analyse these interactions in areas like genetically modified crops/foods, synthetic biology and geo-engineering. My aim is to reveal how science and society interact and to identify ways of making such interactions more constructive and effective particularly in relation to environmental problems.
Murphy, J. and Levidow, L. (2006) Governing the Transatlantic Conflict Over Agricultural Biotechnology: Contending Coalitions, Trade Liberalisation and Standard Setting, Routledge, London.
Murphy, J., Levidow, L. and Carr, S. (2006) Regulatory standards for environmental risks: understanding the US-EU conflict over GM crops, Social Studies of Science, Vol. 36, No. 1, pp. 133-160.
Levidow, L., Murphy, J. and Carr, S. (2007) Recasting “substantial equivalence”: transatlantic governance of GM food, Science, Technology and Human Values, Vol. 32, No. 1, pp. 26-64.
Murphy, J., Parry, S., and Walls, J. (2016) The EPSRC’s policy of responsible innovation from a trading zones perspective, Minerva, Vol. 54, No. 2, pp. 151-174.
Hartley, S., Pearce, W., McLeod, C., Gibbs, B., Connelly, S., Couto, J., Moreira, T., Murphy, J., Smith, R., Staykova, M. and Walls, J. (2016) The TERRAIN tool for teaching responsible research and innovation. Report. University of Nottingham. http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/104570/.
Murphy, J. and Levidow, L. (2006) Governing the Transatlantic Conflict Over Agricultural Biotechnology: Contending Coalitions, Trade Liberalisation and Standard Setting, Routledge, London.
Murphy, J., Levidow, L. and Carr, S. (2006) Regulatory standards for environmental risks: understanding the US-EU conflict over GM crops, Social Studies of Science, Vol. 36, No. 1, pp. 133-160.
Levidow, L., Murphy, J. and Carr, S. (2007) Recasting “substantial equivalence”: transatlantic governance of GM food, Science, Technology and Human Values, Vol. 32, No. 1, pp. 26-64.
Murphy, J., Parry, S., and Walls, J. (2016) The EPSRC’s policy of responsible innovation from a trading zones perspective, Minerva, Vol. 54, No. 2, pp. 151-174.
Hartley, S., Pearce, W., McLeod, C., Gibbs, B., Connelly, S., Couto, J., Moreira, T., Murphy, J., Smith, R., Staykova, M. and Walls, J. (2016) The TERRAIN tool for teaching responsible research and innovation. Report. University of Nottingham. http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/104570/.