Science and technology dialogues as a social technology

越来越多的学者、从业者和政策制定者承认，公民和专家都应该积极参与关于新技术治理的公共对话。然而，关于对话的设计(即其规则和特点)如何影响公民和专家在这些活动中的协作质量的知识有限。该项目将分析专家和公民之间的协作对话是如何围绕人工智能或大数据等新的数字技术产生的。本项目的重点是这些对话活动是如何构建的，参与者如何参与其中，以解决：对话设计如何影响关于新兴技术的公民-专家审议过程的结果？这将被操作成三个具体的研究问题(RQ)、目标和方法：RQ1：关于新兴技术的公民对话的主要设计是什么？目的：运用S&T的方法对公众参与中不同形式的对话设计进行类型学研究：文献的系统界定回顾和文献分析RQ2：关于新兴技术的公民对话的预期结果是什么？目的：从参与者和组织者的角度描述关于新兴技术的公民对话的期望目标。方法：半结构化定性访谈RQ3：他们的设计如何影响关于新兴技术的公民对话的期望结果？目的：分析对话设计对对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将需要：首先，系统的文献综述，以制定线上和线下对话设计的分类；第二，英国(与著名的英国项目Science ewise)和智利(与首次针对国家科学技术政策的公共对话倡议)之间的比较案例研究。我将进行定性访谈(包括组织者和参与者)以及对对话的非参与者观察，以探索设计的特定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)。该项目的研究成果将为社会和学院做出重大贡献。政策简报和研讨会将帮助寻求让公民和专家参与科学技术治理的政策制定者实施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的重要性，将其作为公众参与科学技术的一个关键研究专题

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