Interfaces between science and society / edited by Ângela Guimarães Pereira, Sofia Guedes Vaz and Sylvia Tognetti.
| Other author | Pereira, Ângela Guimarães. |
| Other author | Vaz, Sofia Guedes. |
| Other author | Tognetti, Sylvia S. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Sheffield, UK : Greenleaf, |
| Description | 366 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | 1. When communication fails : a study of failures of global systems / Jerome Ravetz -- 2. Science for sustainable development : articulating knowledges / Gilberto Gallopin and Hebe Vessuri -- 3. Reflexively dealing with uncertainty and complexity in policy-related knowledge : what can it mean? / Matthieu Craye -- 4. Uncertainty, assumptions and value commitments in the knowledge base of complex environmental problems / Jeroen Van der Sluijs -- 5. Science for governance : the implications of the complexity revolution / Mario Giampietro, Tim Allen and Kozo Mayumi -- 6. Reflexivity and modesty in the application of complexity theory / Roger Strand and Silvia Canellas-Bolta -- 7. Precaution as an invigorating context for scientific input in policy processes / Cato C. ten Hallers-Tjabbes, David Gee and Sofia Guedes Vaz -- 8. Why knowledge assessment? / Silvio Funtowicz -- 9. Deliberating foresight knowledge for policy and foresight knowledge assessment / Rene von Schomberg, Angela Guimaraes Pereira and Silvio Funtowicz -- 10. Transparency, openness and participation in science policy processes / Maria Eduardo Goncalves -- 11. Interfaces between science and policy for environmental governance : lessons and open questions from the European platform for biodiversity research strategy / Sybille van den Hove and Martin Sharman -- 12. Patents at the interfaces among science, society and the law / Emanuela Gambini -- 13. Evaluating public and stakeholder engagement strategies in environmental governance / Jacquelin Burgess and Judy Clark -- 14. Community-based research / Jennifer A. Bellamy -- 15. Science and society in place-based communities : uncomfortable partners / David Waltner-Toews, Ligia Noronha and Dean Bavington -- 16. Science shops as science-society interfaces / Henk A. J. Mulder, Michael S. Jorgensen, Laura Pricape, Norbert Steinhaus and Anke Valentin -- 17. Building knowledge partnerships with ICT? : social and technological conditions of conviviality / Martin O'Connor -- 18. CSLoTs : communication of science to non-scientific audiences, VGAS : exploration of energy, lifestyles and climate / Tiago de Sousa Pedrosa and Angelo Guimaraes Pereira -- 19. Worldwide virtual network of practitioners working on science and society issues / Merce Aguera Cabo and Angela Guimaraes Pereira. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2014451710 |
| ISBN | 9781874719977 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1874719977 (alk. paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |