Technoscientific Constitutionalism: Exploring New Horizons in STS Research at the intersection of Science, Technology, Law, and Governance

技术科学宪政：探索科学、技术、法律和治理交叉点的 STS 研究新视野

• 批准号: 398190549
• 负责人: Professor Dr. Sebastian Pfotenhauer
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Department of Science, Technology and Society (STS)
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Grants
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 德国
• 起止时间: 2016-12-31 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/398190549?language=en
• 关键词: Technoscientific; Constitutionalism; Exploring; New; Horizons

Are we facing a constitutional crisis? As stem cell research redefines the meaning of life, big data systems subvert expectations of privacy, and nudge economics takes on the role of governments and regulation, science and technology (S&T) play an increasingly profound role in ordering our world. In doing so, they are not only ‘constitutive’ of life in contemporary societies, but indeed ‘constitutional’ – challenging both the existing social orders enshrined in our legal and political institutions and what comes to be regarded as desirable orders in the first place. This poses a number of critical questions at the intersection of science & technology studies (STS), law, and public policy: how to think about the constitutional foundations of society in view of recent trends in S&T? What are the implications of these arrangements for understanding rights, responsibilities, subjectivity, government, and regulation? Are conventional approaches to law and democratic governance sufficient to address the challenges of constitutions in a technoscientific world?This German-American research conference will explore how science and technology (re-constitute) society through the lens of "technoscientific constitutionalism.“ We build on recent work across a number of domains, including bio-constitutionalism, infrastructure politics, and critical legal studies. As S&T frequently cut to the heart of social, political and legal categories, we propose to study these transformations and their consequences in three paradigmatic domains: biosciences, information technology and economics. Using thus a two-fold comparative approach (across domains and with participants from two countries), the conference will focus allow us to identify salient differences and cultural idiosyncrasies in technoscientific constitutions. We also want to find out how we must change our theories and methods in order to analyze the technoscientific constitutions of contemporary society.This research conference is proposed in tandem to DFG and the US National Science Foundation (NSF). On the US side, the proposal has already undergone peer review. This funding is contingent, however, on German co-funding. The conference will take place at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Washington, D.C. in spring 2018, and will feature about 50 scholars and practitioners from STS, law, anthropology, sociology, history, politics, and public policy. Inviting both junior and senior scholars, the conference will foster collaboration and pave the way for future research across geographical and disciplinary boundaries. We will employ state-of-the-art practice to make its outcomes widely accessible (e.g. conference homepage, streaming, twitter etc.) and aim to produce a special issue or edited volume that highlights outstanding contributions from the conference, as well as policy-relevant outputs such as a policy white paper or brief.

我们是否面临宪法危机？随着干细胞研究重新定义了生命的意义，大数据系统颠覆了人们对隐私的期望，推动经济学扮演了政府和监管的角色，科学技术在我们的世界秩序中发挥着越来越重要的作用。在这样做的过程中，它们不仅是当代社会生活的“构成性”，而且确实是“宪法性的”--挑战了我们法律的和政治制度中所体现的现有社会秩序，以及最初被认为是可取的秩序。这就在科学技术研究（STS）、法律和公共政策的交叉点上提出了一些关键问题：鉴于科学技术的最新趋势，如何思考社会的宪法基础？这些安排对理解权利、责任、主体性、政府和监管有什么影响？传统的法律和民主治理方法是否足以应对技术科学世界中的宪法挑战？这次德美研究会议将通过“技术科学宪政”的透镜探讨科学技术如何（重构）社会。“我们以多个领域最近的工作为基础，包括生物宪政、基础设施政治和批判性法律的研究。由于科学技术经常切入社会、政治和法律的范畴的核心，我们建议在三个范式领域研究这些转变及其后果：生物科学、信息技术和经济学。因此，使用双重比较方法（跨领域和来自两个国家的参与者），会议将重点使我们能够识别技术科学宪法中的显着差异和文化特质。我们也想知道我们必须如何改变我们的理论和方法，以分析当代社会的技术科学构成。这个研究会议是由DFG和美国国家科学基金会（NSF）共同提出的。在美国方面，该提案已经过同行审查。但是，这笔资金取决于德国的共同供资。该会议将于2018年春季在华盛顿，华盛顿特区的美国科学促进会（AAAS）举行，将有约50名来自STS、法律、人类学、社会学、历史、政治和公共政策领域的学者和从业者参加。邀请初级和高级学者，会议将促进合作，并为跨越地理和学科界限的未来研究铺平道路。我们将采用最先进的做法，使其成果广泛访问（例如会议主页，流媒体，Twitter等）。并力求出版一份特刊或编辑成册，突出化管大会的突出贡献，以及政策白色文件或简报等与政策有关的产出。