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    This poster presentation from a 2017 technology assessment conference in Cork, Ireland discusses whether the direction of scientific research should be led by citizens through democratic processes or by experts. It defines a citizen-led process as one where all participants have equal input and decisions are made by majority vote after deliberation, while a scientist-led process gives scientists a structurally different role. Arguments for citizen-led futures include addressing complex societal problems and issues within public comprehension, while arguments for scientist-led futures include ensuring research quality and avoiding manipulation of the public. The conclusion calls for applying public shrewdness to matters now decided by experts.

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    3rd Technology Assessment Conference Poster Presentation, Cork, Ireland

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    DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.26287.12963

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    Citizen-led or scientist-led futures?
    Haris Shekeris – Université Grenoble Alpes

    Introduction
    A real question: Ought the process of deciding the direction of scientific research be led by the
    citizenry via democratic means or shall it be led by experts?
    In other words: Ought the cook judge Socrates?

    Key Definitions
    1. A process is citizen-led iff all participants have an equal input to the process and
    the decision rule is majority voting after collective deliberation.
    2. A process is scientist-led if scientists’ input is structurally qualitatively different
    to any other citizens’

    For citizen-led futures For scientist-led futures


    ● Complex (even ‘wicked’) problems ● Quality: some people or methods are
    where issues of responsibility and
    simply more competent or better than
    collective engagement arise
    others in tackling certain problems
    OR ● Avoiding manipulation of the masses by
    ● Issues within the grasp of the people, political and economic elites – science
    democratic and legitimacy obligations ‘speaks truth to power’

    ● Performative element: if people are


    ● Foresight: Tranformative potential of
    treated as competent, their track record science too dangerous to be left to non-
    may become as good as the scientists’ experts

    An afterthought in lieu of a conclusion


    “Science is not beyond the reach of of the natural shrewdness of the human race.
    I suggest that this shrewdness be applied to all important matters which are now in
    the hands of experts” (Paul Feyerabend)

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