This book is about changing social relationships. The authors focus on the question of what social relations make for successful science and technology policies. In particular, the various chapters illustrate what happens at different social interfaces, such as between policy makers and researchers, and between the users and producers of knowledge. In other words, they are interested in the knowledge networks that are emerging between the many different actors involved in the development of science and technology.
Professor Louk de la Rive Box is at the Institute of Social Sciences, The Hague.
Rutger Engelhard is Managing Director of Contactivity bv, Leiden, The Netherlands.