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Cosmopolitan technology assessment? Lessons learned from attempts to address the deficit of technology assessment in Europe
Delvenne, Pierre; Rosskamp, Benedikt
2021In Journal of Responsible Innovation, 8 (3), p. 445-470
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Keywords :
Technology assessment; epistemic subsidiarity; deficit; cosmopolitanism; civic epistemology
Abstract :
[en] This article examines ineffective efforts to address the Technology Assessment deficit in Europe and asks how TA approaches can spread across diverse socio-political contexts while considering the specificities of receiving environments. Based on participatory observations and in-depth empirical case studies, we draw on Sheila Jasanoff’s work and identify a discursive shift from an institutional deficit to a knowledge deficit of TA, co-produced with an asymmetrical form of cosmopolitan epistemic subsidiarity. Our analysis highlights the epistemic supremacy of existing TA institutions, a situation in which newcomers fully consent to become reliant on foreign imports of TA practices and knowledge. We argue to carefully disentangle the normative dimensions and power inequalities of the standardization of TA approaches, as this can threaten the diversity of perspectives of the knowledge produced and, consequently, the effectiveness and legitimacy of public decision-making. We conclude by identifying research avenues into epistemic subsidiarity for TA practice and scholarship.
Disciplines :
Political science, public administration & international relations
Social & behavioral sciences, psychology: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Sociology & social sciences
Author, co-author :
Delvenne, Pierre  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de science politique > Département de science politique
Rosskamp, Benedikt
Language :
English
Title :
Cosmopolitan technology assessment? Lessons learned from attempts to address the deficit of technology assessment in Europe
Publication date :
2021
Journal title :
Journal of Responsible Innovation
ISSN :
2329-9460
eISSN :
2329-9037
Publisher :
Taylor & Francis, London, United Kingdom
Volume :
8
Issue :
3
Pages :
445-470
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
European Projects :
FP7 - 266649 - PACITA - Parliaments and Civil Society in Technology Assessment
Funders :
F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique [BE]
CE - Commission Européenne [BE]
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