On the Tacit Governance of Research by Uncertainty: How Early Stage Researchers Contribute to the Governance of Life Science Research

Science Technology and Human Values

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 347-374

  Sigl, Lisa ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

academic disciplines and traditions; epistemology; governance; labor; life sciences; politics; power

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962185176     PISSN: 01622439     EISSN: 15528251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0162243915599069     Document Type: Article

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