Gebundenes Buch

Consumers and Nanotechnology

Deliberative Processes and Methodologies

Herausgeber: Strandbakken, Pål; Stø, Eivind; Scholl, Gerd

Beschreibung

This book presents findings from EU (and other) projects on the theme of science in society, focusing on nanotechnology and the potential for democratisation of science. It is based on hands-on studies of a set of deliberative processes analysed by the European Commission's FP7 NANOPLAT project.

Autor

Pål Strandbakken is a sociologist currently working as a researcher at SIFO Consumption Research Norway, Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway. He has also worked on the project Alternative Future from 1988 to 1992 for the Norwegian Parliament. His current research interests are environmental sociology, ELSA aspects of nanotechnology, product durability, and science and technology studies. Gerd Scholl is an economist and an independent consultant. Formerly, he worked as a senior researcher at the Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IÖW) in Berlin. His main areas of interest include sustainable consumption and production, sustainable marketing and consumers, and new technologies. Eivind Stø is a political scientist and he retired as a research director from the National Institute for Consumer Research in Norway. His main areas of interest include the sociology of consumption, sustainable production and consumption, and consumer complaints.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• 2. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 346
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 652g
• ISBN-13: 9789814877619
• ISBN-10: 9814877611
• Artikelnr.: 62184990