Five rules of thumb for post-ELSI interdisciplinary collaborations

Andrew S. Balmer, Jane Calvert, Claire Marris, Susan Molyneux-Hodgson, Emma Frow, Matthew Kearnes, Kate Bulpin, Pablo Schyfter, Adrian Mackenzie, Paul Martin

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Abstract

In this paper we identify five rules of thumb for interdisciplinary collaboration across the natural and social sciences. We link these to efforts to move away from the ‘ethical, legal and social issues’ framework of interdisciplinarity and towards a post-ELSI collaborative space. It is in trying to open up such a space that we identify the need for: collaborative experimentation, taking risks, collaborative reflexivity, opening-up discussions of unshared goals and neighbourliness.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)73-80
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Responsible Innovation
Volume3
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2 2016

Keywords

  • Integration
  • Interdisciplinarity
  • collaboration
  • introduction
  • post-ELSI
  • synthetic biology

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Strategy and Management
  • Information Systems and Management
  • Management of Technology and Innovation

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