Zhang Joy Y
School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NZ UK.
Syst Synth Biol. 2013 Sep;7(3):107-14. doi: 10.1007/s11693-012-9097-8. Epub 2012 Aug 28.
Synthetic biology raises few, if any, social concerns that are distinctively new. Similar to many other convergent technologies, synthetic biology's interface across various scientific communities and interests groups presents an incessant challenge to political and conceptual boundaries. However, the scale and intensity of these interfaces seem to necessitate a reflection over how corresponding governance capacities can be developed. This paper argues that, in addition to existing regulatory approaches, such capacities may be gained through the art of trans-boundary governance, which is not only attentive to the crossing and erosion of particular boundaries but also adept in keeping up with the dynamics among evolving networks of actors.
合成生物学引发的社会担忧即便有，也寥寥无几，并无显著的新问题。与许多其他融合技术类似，合成生物学在不同科学社群和利益集团之间的交叉领域，不断对政治和概念边界构成挑战。然而，这些交叉领域的规模和强度似乎使人们有必要思考如何发展相应的治理能力。本文认为，除了现有的监管方法外，还可通过跨界治理的艺术来获得这种能力，这种艺术不仅关注特定边界的跨越和侵蚀，还善于跟上不断演变的行为者网络之间的动态变化。
