| Experiment Earth: Responsible innovation in geoengineering Subjects: Global Development; Economics Finance Business & Industry; Engineering & Technology; Environment and Sustainability; Politics & International Relations; Social Sciences; Sustainable Development; Environmental Studies; Environmental Policy; Environmental Politics; Environment & Economics; Environmental Politics; Economics; Clean Tech; Sociology & Social Policy; Environmental Economics; Environmental; Climate Change; Sociology of Science & Technology; Experiments in geoengineering - intentionally manipulating the Earth's climate to reduce global warming - have become the focus of a vital debate about responsible science and innovation. Drawing on three years of sociological research working with scientists on one of the world's first major geoengineering projects, this book examines the politics of experimentation. Geoengineering provides a test case for rethinking the responsibilities of scientists and asking how science can take better care of the futures that it helps bring about. This book gives students, researchers and the general reader interested in the place of science in contemporary society a compelling framework for future thinking and discussion. Jack Stilgoe is a lecturer in the Department of Science and Technology Studies at University College London, UK. |