Science and Governance: taking European Knowledge Society Seriously

摘要: This working group report has been a mixture of privilege and pain: to work with such committed, engaged high-quality colleagues from diverse arenas, not all whom I knew beforehand,. want thank them for their collegial commitment, well beyond formal contractual obligations. However reserve my most especial thanks our rapporteur, Ulrike Felt, who only borne her full share the writing rewriting several drafts, starting in summer 2006, but also managed always compensate rather indulgent academic chairing group's intense, mostly constructive often difficult meetings, when should have given pragmatism more influence. She pulled us back on track, beginning right very end, am forever grateful that. We convened first time July 2005, altogether met five times about two days each at roughly four-monthly intervals. Initially we were assisted by Nicole Dewandre, encouraged much address issue broad manner. was replaced September 2006 Rene von Schomberg. On behalf both helping different stages this work. Another Commission staff-member, Silvio Funtowicz, took part as an academically recognized expert field report, are him his own research policy insights, sharing long-standing experience preoccupations. would like Michael Rogers giving response earlier draft light experiences senior European maker. None these be held responsible any report's contents even if advice influential. Our process involved detailed debate over nature problems domain, then production papers topics identified. A further round discussion produced 'building blocks' which almost provisional outlines chapters. Summer saw Felt me, using materials. Close deadline, smaller 'specialist' informal sub-groups had already topic task redrafting specific chapters, sometimes radically, chapter going through least three revisions. In there lot interaction across whole group, during agreed restructure overall significant ways. Thus final is product everyone able sign up except Isabelle Stengers. nevertheless contributions. Of course, complex, highly-pressured, unevenly collective enterprise does mean that agrees or every word argumentative form. Never before having presided what quite original intellectually (not mention politically) challenging document, charged multifarious context, against fixed learnt lot. deeply hope it worth it. convinced importance issues asked address, spent many animated hours confronting each-other believe be. The pragmatic requirement audiences complex convergent ideas, itself leaves delicate judgment how strongly make thoughts 'digestible' 'accessible' anyway differentiated clearly-defined audiences. resonates another strategic question whether look immediate longerterm impact. Although differed questions, personal view sheer complexity perspectives introduce means tha