Super-computers, evolution and the fabrication of life: How can science and technology studies (STS) contribute to more reflexive developments in systems and synthetic biology?

International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 11-24

  Delgado, Ana ^a   Funtowicz, Silvio ^a   Dankel, Dorothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Imaginaries; Reflexivity; Science and Technology Studies (STS); Sustainable Futures; Systems and Synthetic Biology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866272083     PISSN: 19478402     EISSN: 19478410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jsesd.2012040102     Document Type: Article

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