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Undone Science: Charting Social Movement and Civil Society Challenges to Research Agenda Setting
Scott Frickel1, Sahra Gibbon2, Jeff Howard3
1Department of Sociology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington.
Science, Technology & Human Values
|February 27, 2020
Summary
Undone science involves research neglected by funding but prioritized by social movements. This study explores how these neglected areas reveal the politics of knowledge and research agenda setting.
Area of Science:
- Sociology of Science
- Political Science
- Knowledge Production Studies
Background:
- Defines "undone science" as research unfunded or ignored but deemed important by civil society.
- Highlights the role of social movements in identifying and advocating for research agendas.
Purpose of the Study:
- To elaborate on the concept of undone science.
- To analyze the political construction of research agendas.
- To demonstrate the concept's utility in understanding knowledge nonproduction.
Main Methods:
- Mobilization of four recent case studies.
- Analysis of competing research agendas.
- Examination of the "new political sociology of science" framework.
Main Results:
- Undone science is integral to the politics of knowledge.
- Multiple groups compete to shape and implement alternative research agendas.
- Systematic nonproduction of knowledge occurs within the state-industry-social movement matrix.
Conclusions:
- The concept of undone science offers valuable insights into knowledge gaps.
- It deepens the understanding of how research agendas are politically constructed.
- It illuminates the dynamics of knowledge nonproduction in contemporary science policy.
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