Standard Research: Global Governance and Science in Complex Regulatory Regimes

概述这个STS研究项目是一项政策和科学研究;具体来说，它将研究生物燃料和地球工程治理领域的监管科学。其主要目标是产生关于科学如何在复杂的（多层次和多部门）新兴技术监管框架内运作的可推广的知识，并在这些不断发展的制度中概念化和评估监管科学的合法性。为了获得这些知识，PI将分析法律的文件（如判例法、诉讼摘要、专家证词、立法历史和法律的评论）和非法律的文件（包括报告、媒体报道、行业游说文件和新闻稿）。他还将与参与可持续生物燃料和地球工程相关的国家和国际政策的主要参与者进行一系列半结构化访谈。智力优势该项目的结果将丰富现有的专业知识在全球治理中的作用，并在生物燃料和地球工程领域产生政策相关的想法。全球治理在很大程度上已从国际条约结构转向复杂（多元和零散）的条约结构。在复杂的背景下，监管科学和各种形式的技术推理跨越各级政府，跨越私营和公共部门。理解民主治理的理想在这种情况下意味着什么，需要更尖锐的理论工具，PI计划通过综合STS和法律的知识方法来开发这些工具;由此产生的混合方法将有助于更深入地理解法律的管辖权、科学权威更广泛的影响该项目将有助于解决对生物燃料和地理治理的良好公共政策的迫切需要，通过为提高行政程序的合法性提供切实可行的想法来进行工程。它还有望提供对科学和民主的更系统的理解，预计这将推动相关学术领域的发展;它将为决策者提供有用的资源，包括更深入的分析和实用工具包。最后，该项目将通过培训研究生和博士后研究员，加强各国的学术和政策网络，建设人力资本和基础设施。

OverviewThis STS research project is a study of policy and science; specifically, it will examine regulatory science in the governance arenas of biofuels and geo-engineering. Its primary goals are to produce generalizable knowledge about how science operates within complex (multi-level and multi-sector) regulatory frameworks for emerging technologies, and to conceptualize and evaluate the legitimacy of regulatory science within these evolving regimes. To obtain that knowledge, the PI will analyze legal documents (such as case law, litigation briefs, expert testimony, legislative history, and legal commentaries) and non-legal documents (including reports, media accounts, industry lobbying documents, and press releases). He will also conduct a series of semi-structured interviews with key actors involved in national and international policy related to sustainable biofuels and geo-engineering.Intellectual Merit The results of this project will enrich existing accounts of the role of expertise in global governance and produce policy relevant ideas in the arenas of biofuels and geo-engineering. Global governance has largely moved away from international treaty structures to complex (pluralist and fragmented) treaty structures. In the complex context, regulatory science and diverse forms of technical reasoning move across levels of government, and they span the private and public sectors. Understanding what ideals of democratic governance mean in such contexts requires sharper theoretical tools, which the PI plans to develop by synthesizing intellectual approaches from STS and law; the resulting hybrid approach will facilitate a deeper understanding of the interrelated dimensions of legal jurisdiction, scientific authority, and democratic governance.Broader ImpactsThis project will serve to address an urgent need for good public policy on the governance of biofuels and geo-engineering by providing tangible ideas for improving the legitimacy of administrative process. It also promises to provide a more systematic understanding of science and democracy, which is expected to advance relevant academic fields; and it will provide useful resources for policymakers, including a deeper analytic and practical toolkit. Finally, the project will build human capital and infrastructure by training graduate students and a postdoctoral fellow, and strengthening academic and policy networks across nations.