Science and technology dialogues as a social technology

科技对话作为一种社会技术

• 批准号: 2713191
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Edinburgh
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2713191
• 关键词: Science; technology; dialogues; social

Increasingly, scholars, practitioners and policymakers acknowledge that both citizens and experts should be actively involved in public dialogue about the governance of new technologies. However, there is limited knowledge about how the design of dialogues (i.e. their rules and characteristics) impacts the quality of collaboration between citizens and experts in these exercises. This project will analyse how collaborative dialogue between experts and citizens is produced around new digital technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence or Big Data. This project focuses on how these dialogue events are constructed and how participants engage with them to address: How does dialogue design affect the outcome of citizen-expert deliberative processes about emergent technologies? This will be operationalised into three specific research questions (RQ), objectives and methods: RQ1: What are the predominant designs of citizen dialogues about emergent technologies? Objective: To develop a typology of the different forms of dialogue design in public engagement with S&T Method: Systematic scoping review of literature and document analysis RQ2: What are the intended outcomes of citizen dialogues about emergent technologies? Objective: To describe the desired goals of citizen-dialogues about emergent technologies from the perspective of participants and organisers Method: Semi-structured qualitative interviews RQ3: How does their design impact the desired outcomes of citizen dialogues about emergent technologies? Objective: To analyse the impact of dialogue design in the conversational patterns and interactions between participants Method: Non-participant observation The research process will entail: firstly, a systematic literature review to develop a classification of online and offline dialogue designs; secondly, a comparative case study between the UK (with Sciencewise, the renowned UK programme, which assists government bodies to commission deliberative public dialogue) and Chile (with the first-ever public dialogue initiative for the National Science-Technology Policy). I will carry out qualitative interviews (both with organisers and participants) as well as non-participant observation of dialogues to explore how specific characteristics of the design facilitate or hinder particular interactions (e.g. active listening or debating) and outcomes (such as coming up with solutions or attitude change). The findings from this project will contribute significantly to both society and the academy. Policy briefs and workshops will aid policymakers seeking to involve citizens and experts in the governance of science and technology to implement richer collaborations and to scrutinise technology dialogues. Additionally, this project will contribute to establishing the importance of dialogue design as a key research topic for public engagement with science and technology

越来越多的学者、从业人员和决策者承认，公民和专家都应积极参与关于新技术治理的公共对话。然而，人们对对话的设计（即其规则和特点）如何影响公民与专家在这些活动中的协作质量的了解有限。该项目将分析专家和公民之间如何围绕人工智能或大数据等新数字技术进行合作对话。 该项目的重点是这些对话事件是如何构建的，以及参与者如何与他们进行互动，以解决：对话设计如何影响公民专家审议过程的结果对新兴技术？ 这将被操作成三个具体的研究问题（RQ），目标和方法：RQ 1：什么是公民对话的新兴技术的主要设计？目的：开发一个类型学的不同形式的对话设计在公众参与的科学与技术方法：系统的范围审查的文献和文件分析RQ 2：什么是公民对话的预期成果有关的新兴技术？目的：从参与者和组织者的角度描述有关新兴技术的公民对话的预期目标方法：半结构化定性访谈RQ 3：它们的设计如何影响有关新兴技术的公民对话的预期结果？目的：分析对话设计对会话模式和参与者之间互动的影响。方法：非参与者观察研究过程包括：首先，系统的文献综述，对在线和离线对话设计进行分类;第二，英国与美国的比较案例研究（与著名的英国项目Sciencewise，协助政府机构开展审议性公共对话）和智利（与有史以来第一次国家科学技术政策的公共对话倡议）。我将进行定性访谈（与组织者和参与者）以及非参与者观察对话，以探索设计的具体特征如何促进或阻碍特定的互动（例如积极倾听或辩论）和结果（例如提出解决方案或态度改变）。 该项目的研究结果将对社会和学术界做出重大贡献。政策简报和讲习班将帮助政策制定者争取让公民和专家参与科学和技术治理，以开展更丰富的合作，并审查技术对话。此外，该项目将有助于确立对话设计作为公众参与科学和技术的关键研究课题的重要性