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TY - JOUR
T1 - Scientists' Conceptions of the Boundaries Between Their Own Research and Policy.
AU - Waterton, C.
N1 - RAE_import_type : Journal article RAE_uoa_type : Sociology
PY - 2005/12/1
Y1 - 2005/12/1
N2 - This paper explores qualitative research that aimed to understand how scientists encounter the science-policy boundary in the ordinary course of doing their research. In interviews, scientists sometimes referred to institutions whose role it is to stabilize the relationship between science and policy — boundary organizations as Guston (1999) has called them. Individual scientists, however, often engage in their own versions of `boundary work' between science and policy. The paper suggests that it may be useful to explore the implications of this more individualized, less institutionalized boundary work to understand better the shifting identity of contemporary science.
AB - This paper explores qualitative research that aimed to understand how scientists encounter the science-policy boundary in the ordinary course of doing their research. In interviews, scientists sometimes referred to institutions whose role it is to stabilize the relationship between science and policy — boundary organizations as Guston (1999) has called them. Individual scientists, however, often engage in their own versions of `boundary work' between science and policy. The paper suggests that it may be useful to explore the implications of this more individualized, less institutionalized boundary work to understand better the shifting identity of contemporary science.
U2 - 10.3152/147154305781779218
DO - 10.3152/147154305781779218
M3 - Journal article
VL - 32
SP - 435
EP - 444
JO - Science and Public Policy
JF - Science and Public Policy
SN - 0302-3427
IS - 6
ER -