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When Science Becomes Engineering
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Abstract The core insight of this thoughtful and provocative article is that science has become engineering and must be re-governed appropriately. Science today is as much artefact constructing as it is knowledge-producing. Certified knowledge is found through certified construction; science has become techn... view more
The core insight of this thoughtful and provocative article is that science has become engineering and must be re-governed appropriately. Science today is as much artefact constructing as it is knowledge-producing. Certified knowledge is found through certified construction; science has become technoscience. As such, received practices of and models for governance need re-examining.It is not possible here to address the full range of insights and questions that René von Schomberg's challenging paper puts on the table. His argument is clearly the outgrowth of years of critical reflection in the science policy trenches of the European Commission. I would wager that there’s no one who has thought longer, harder, and at greater depth about these issues. I will concentrate my comments on the question concerning engineering.... view less
Keywords
science; engineering; science policy; Merton, R.; epidemic; contagious disease; integrity
Classification
Sociology of Science, Sociology of Technology, Research on Science and Technology
Free Keywords
open science; Robert K. Merton; Covid 19; research values; scientific integrity; research assessment
Document language
English
Publication Year
2024
Page/Pages
p. 34-42
Journal
NOvation - Critical Studies of Innovation (2024) 6
Issue topic
Towards a New Ethos of Science or a Reform of the Institution of Science?
ISSN
2562-7147
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0