Governing Green Laboratories: Trust and Surveillance in the Cultures of Science

2001年6月18日，波士顿的美国地方法院记录了美国环境保护署和东北部一所主要研究型大学之间就其科学实验室的健康、安全和环境影响进行监管的一项同意法令。该法令将这些法规的设计、标准设定和实施置于机构本身，从而创造了一种符合公共利益的私人管理形式。正在进行的研究正在审查这项同意法令的执行情况。本项目考察在这一单一机构中形成的治理、信任和监督模式在多大程度上出现在其他研究环境中。该项目采用两部分策略。PI将首先对美国120所大学的EHS主任进行调查；根据这项调查，她将在18所选定的院校进行深入访谈和案例研究。这两个研究阶段的问题是双重的：研究型大学如何管理它们日益增长的环境、健康和安全危害？这种管理的方式在多大程度上符合学科界限？这些问题的答案将为监管和监管机构的研究以及科学与国家交叉的问题提供信息。

On June 18, 2001, the U.S. District Court in Boston recorded a consent decree between the EPA and a major northeastern research university for the regulation of health, safety, and environmental impacts of its scientific laboratories. The decree locates the design, standard setting, and implementation of those regulations within the institution itself, thereby creating a form of private management in the public interest. Ongoing research is examining the implementation of this consent decree. This project examines the extent to which patterns of governance, trust, and surveillance developed in this single institution appear in other research settings. The project adopts a two-part strategy. The PI will initially conduct a survey of EHS directors at 120 U.S. universities; from this survey, she will then conduct in-depth interviews and case studies at 18 selected institutions. The questions in both stages of the research are twofold: How are research universities managing their burgeoning environmental, health, and safety hazards? To what extent do the means by which this management occurs fall along disciplinary boundaries? The answers to these questions will inform both the study of regulation and regulatory institutions as well as questions about the intersection of science and the state.