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Sci Eng Ethics. 2011 Dec;17(4):715-21. doi: 10.1007/s11948-011-9323-x. Epub 2011 Nov 9.
This commentary builds on Haico te Kulve and Arie Rip's (2011) notion of "engagement agents," individuals that must be able to move between multiple dimensions, or "levels" of research, innovation, and policy processes. The commentary compares and contrasts the role of the engagement agent within the Constructive Technology Assessment and integration approaches, and suggests that on-site integration research represents one way to transform both social and natural scientists into competent and informed "engagement agents," a new generation of researchers that possess the knowledge and capacities to forge "novel linkages" between the oftentimes disparate terrains of science, politics, and policy.
本评论以 Haico te Kulve 和 Arie Rip（2011）提出的“参与主体”概念为基础，这些参与主体必须能够在多个维度或“层次”的研究、创新和政策过程之间进行转换。本评论比较和对比了参与主体在建设性技术评估和整合方法中的作用，并提出现场整合研究代表了一种将社会和自然科学家转变为有能力和知情的“参与主体”的方式，即新一代的研究人员，他们拥有在科学、政治和政策这三个通常相互分离的领域之间建立“新联系”的知识和能力。
