Outbreak science: a social study of wastewater evidence, viruses and drugs

爆发科学：废水证据、病毒和药物的社会研究

• 批准号: DE230100642
• 负责人: A/Prof Kari Lancaster
• 金额: $ 32.37万
• 依托单位: The University of New South Wales
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2023-01-01 至 2025-12-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DE230100642
• 关键词: Outbreak; science; social; study; wastewater

This project aims to develop new understandings of how evidence is made, and how ‘evidence-enough’ is translated for policy, in situations of urgency and uncertainty. Outbreak science indicates how evidence-making might be done differently to improve responses. By innovatively drawing on sociological approaches, this project expects to advance the theory and practice of outbreak science, and examine critically its potential, through a timely study of one emerging technology of outbreak science, wastewater analysis, tracing its use in illicit drugs policy and infection control of viruses. Expected benefits include optimising how evidence is used for policy in situations of novel event, emergency and uncertainty, enabling better responses.

该项目旨在对如何提供证据，以及如何在紧急和不确定的情况下将“足够的证据”转化为政策产生新的理解。暴发科学表明，如何以不同的方式制作证据以改进应对措施。通过创新性地借鉴社会学方法，该项目期望通过及时研究爆发科学的一项新兴技术--废水分析、追踪其在非法药物政策和病毒感染控制中的使用情况，推动爆发科学的理论和实践，并批判性地审查其潜力。预期的好处包括在新事件、紧急情况和不确定性的情况下优化证据在政策中的使用方式，使之能够做出更好的反应。