Science Communication During Contested Technology Debates: A Case Study of Three National Controversies

Authors

  • Eertjan Kleinjan Department of Science Communication, Biesbosch Centre for Anticipatory Research, Dordrecht, Netherlands Author
  • Heli Naaber Centre for Science Policy, Matsalu Institute for Future Science, Lihula, Estonia Author
  • Gerhard Grebeni Centre for Strategic Foresight, Trebicsko Institute for Future Science, Trebic, Czech Republic Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22676728

Keywords:

Science Communication During Contested Technology Debates; Future science and technology; Evidence synthesis; Reproducibility; Research methodology

Abstract

Science Communication During Contested Technology Debates has moved quickly from a niche scientific question to something a
wider community can now investigate with reasonably reliable tools, but the evidence behind it has not always kept pace. We pull
together the current evidence for science communication during contested technology debates, covering the methodological,
practical, regulatory and cost angles, with an eye on where practice has genuinely settled and where researchers and reviewers
are still largely working it out for themselves. Selective, context-specific pursuit looks better supported by the evidence gathered
here than either broad rollout or blanket avoidance.

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2025-04-08