Participation brokers in the making: Intermediaries taking up and embedding a new role at the science-society interface

Jantien Schuijer, MG van der Meij*, JEW Broerse, Frank Kupper

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Abstract

Although research has been performed on participatory mechanisms in science and technology such as brokering, little seems written on intermediary organizations, e.g. science museums, taking up and embedding a participation brokerage role and systemic factors influencing these. This paper presents a qualitative case study in which six different intermediary organizations developed their participation brokerage role in a European RRI project. We demonstrate how structuring factors in the project context, the intermediary organization and the broader systemic context influenced the participation brokerage role take-up and embedding. Our findings yield implications for future capacity building endeavors among participation brokers in the making.
Original languageEnglish
Article numberA01
Pages (from-to)1-24
JournalJournal of Science Communication
Volume21
Issue number01
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 17 Jan 2022

Keywords

  • Participation and science governance
  • Professionalism
  • Professional development and training in science communication
  • and trainPublic engagement with science and technology

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