Nielsen Kåre Nolde, Am Trond Grønli, Nydal Rune
Nanoethics. 2011 Apr;5(1):87-98. doi: 10.1007/s11569-011-0110-6. Epub 2011 Mar 27.
This work describes the nano field in Norway as currently emerging in the dynamics between two forms of nano research activities described along a centre-periphery axis. 1) There are strategic research initiatives committed to redeem the envisioned potential of the field by means of social and material reorganisation of existing research activities. This activity is seen as central as it is one of our premises that the standard circulating nano vision implies such a work of reorganisation. The fact that nano is often taken as a paradigmatic example of the shift from Mode-1 to Mode-2 research, supports this assumption. 2) In parallel to this activity, a wide variety of research projects pursuing nano strategies are being funded. We regard such research activity as peripheral in so far as the activity is not marked by being committed to the circulating nano vision, as may often be the case. In the process of reorganising, this article argues, the research activity at the periphery provides a crucial arena for discussing and validating what is to be achieved through the work of reorganisation that takes place at the centre. Our analysis is informed by two Norwegian cases. We examine a major nano research initiative at a Norwegian university as a centre and a research project utilising nanoparticles in fish vaccines as a periphery.
这项工作描述了挪威的纳米领域，它目前正以沿着中心 - 外围轴描述的两种纳米研究活动形式之间的动态关系出现。1）有一些战略研究倡议致力于通过对现有研究活动进行社会和物质重组来实现该领域所设想的潜力。这项活动被视为核心，因为我们的一个前提是，标准的纳米愿景意味着这样一种重组工作。纳米常常被视为从模式1研究向模式2研究转变的典型例子，这一事实支持了这一假设。2）与这项活动并行的是，大量追求纳米策略的研究项目正在获得资助。我们认为这种研究活动是外围的，因为这种活动并不像通常那样以致力于传播纳米愿景为特征。本文认为，在重组过程中，外围的研究活动为讨论和验证通过中心进行的重组工作要实现的目标提供了一个关键场所。我们的分析基于两个挪威案例。我们将挪威一所大学的一个主要纳米研究倡议作为中心案例进行考察，并将一个利用纳米颗粒研发鱼类疫苗的研究项目作为外围案例进行研究。
