Making Science Public:
Challenges and Opportunities
A five-year research programme funded by the Leverhulme Trust (2012-2018) looking at the challenges involved in making science public; making public science; making science in public; making science more public; making science private...How are such activities changing the relationship between science, politics and publics, and what are the normative implications for problems relating to political legitimacy, scientific authority and democratic participation?
This research is carried out within the Institute for Science and Society.
News
Between 2012 and 2018 the School of Sociology and Social Policy hosted a research programme funded by the Leverhulme Trust: 'Making Science Public'. This programme was directed by Professor Brigitte Nerlich, now Emeritus, between 2012 and 2016, and by Dr Sujatha Raman, now working at the Australian National University in Canberra, between 2016 and 2018. If you want to know more about the programme, you can now read highlights from our final report.
Research outputs
We have a variety of research outputs including journal articles, policy reports, books and book chapters, conference papers and a programme blog.
Blog
Programme funded by:
Programme funded by The Leverhulme Trust in collaboration with the University of Warwick and the University of Sheffield.