Community and Identity in Contemporary Technosciences

This edited book explores the concepts of scientific identity formation and community, examining how they are subject to changes in research funding and societal expectations. It offers empirical analyses of emerging fields and theoretical conceptions, with inspiring examples and discussion. It is valuable for science governance, scholarly fields, and scientists.

Format: Hardback
Length: 315 pages
Publication date: 23 March 2021
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

This open-access edited book offers fresh perspectives on the formation of scientific identities. It delves into the concepts of community and identity, encompassing both historical and contemporary analyses across various scientific fields. The chapters explore whether and how modern scientific identities and communities are undergoing fundamental transformations, responding to tangible shifts in research funding as well as intangible transformations in our society's understanding and expectations of technoscience. By doing so, this book revitalizes the notion of scientific community.

The readers will uncover empirical examinations of emerging fields like synthetic biology, systems biology, and nanotechnology, as well as accounts of the evolution of theoretical conceptions of scientific identity and community. With inspiring examples of technoscientific identity work and community constellations, along with thought-provoking hypotheses and discussions, this work has a broad appeal. Those involved in science governance will particularly benefit from this book, and it offers valuable insights to scholars in sociology of science, science studies, philosophy of science, and history of science, as well as teachers of science and scientists themselves.

Weight: 702g
Dimension: 159 x 241 x 25 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030617271
Edition number: 1st ed. 2021