Technology and Sustainability

Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley

Course CE293A: Technology and Society

Title Democratizing Nanotechnology

Date November 22, 2006

Presenters Mark Philbrick, Stefan Pfenninger

Reading Material Democratizing Science

Questions
1. To what degree is it feasible or desirable for all citizens to acquire the knowledge necessary to assess modern technologies such as nanotechnology?

2. How can we most effectively incorporate citizen opinions in the policy-making process?

3. Are there better ways to consider distributional issues (who risks, who benefits) in risk-benefit analyses?

Title	Democratizing Nanotechnology
Date	November 22, 2006
Presenters	Mark Philbrick, Stefan Pfenninger
Reading Material	Democratizing Science
Questions	1. To what degree is it feasible or desirable for all citizens to acquire the knowledge necessary to assess modern technologies such as nanotechnology? 2. How can we most effectively incorporate citizen opinions in the policy-making process? 3. Are there better ways to consider distributional issues (who risks, who benefits) in risk-benefit analyses?