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Publications

  • Evans, Robert and Plows, Alexandra (accepted April 2006) ‘Listening Without Prejudice? Re-Discovering the Value of the Disinterested Citizen’, Social Studies of Science, (forthcoming December 2007).
  • Evans, Robert, Plows, Alexandra & Welsh Ian ‘Another Science for Another World? Science and Genomics at the London European Social Forum’, New Genetics & Society (forthcoming)
  • Robert Evans, Alexandra Plows & Ian Welsh. ‘Towards an anatomy of public engagement with medical genetics’, in Paul Atkinson & Peter Glasner Eds. eds., New Genetics, New Identities, London, Routledge, 2007, pp.139-157
  • Plows, Alexandra and Boddington, Paula (2007) ‘Troubles with Biocitizenship?’ in Genomics, Society and Policy, Vol 2 no 3
  • Plows Alexandra, Convergence: Nanobiotech and the Politics of Technology Nanotechnology: Framing the Field, (Jotterand F ed.) (forthcoming 2007) Springer
  • Welsh, I. Complexity and Social Movements: Multitudes on the Edge of Chaos, Routledge, International Library of Sociology, with Graeme Chesters, ISBN 0-415-34414-X, April 2006.
  • I. Welsh and G. Chesters 2005. 'Complexity and Social Movement: Process and Emergence in Planetary Action Systems', Theory Culture and Society, 11,2, pp.187-211
  • I. Welsh 2004. 'The Political Economy of Fraud in a Globalised Industry: the case of seafarers' certifications' Sociological Review, 52, 3: 336- (With Bernardo Obando-Rojas, Michael Bloor, Tony Lane, Vidu Badigannavar, Michael Maguire.
  • I. Welsh 2004. 'Rebels with a Cause, Folk Devils without a Panic: Press jingoism, policing tactics and anti-capitalist protests in London and Prague' (pdf file) Internet Journal of Criminology, (With Dr Fiona Donson, Dr Graeme Chesters and Dr Andrew Tickle)
  • I. Welsh 2004. 'Network Movement in the Czech Republic: Peturbating Prague', Jnl of European Area Studies, 12,3, 321-337.
  • Doherty, Plows and Wall (2003) ‘The Preferred Way of Doing Things’: The British Direct Action Movement in Parliamentary Affairs, Vol 56 No 4 oct 2003
  • Doherty, B., Paterson, M. Plows, A. and Wall, D. (2003) 'Explaining the Fuel Protests', British Journal of Politics and International Relations, Vol. 5, No.1, pp.1-23.
  • R Evans 'Talking about Money: Public Participation and Expert Knowledge in the Euro Referendum' British Journal of Sociology. ISSN 0007-1315 print/1468-4446 online
  • R Evans Collins HM* 'King Canute Meets the Beach Boys: Responses to the Third Wave' Social Studies of Science Vol 33, No 3, pp435-452 ISSN 0306-312
  • A Plows Wall D* Doherty B* 'Covert Repertoires: Ecotage in the UK' in Social Movement Studies, Jordan, Lent, McKay and Mische (eds) Volume 3, Number 2 / October 2004
  • I Welsh Scourfield J* 'Risk, reflexivity and social control in child protection: new times or same old story' , Critical Social Policy, Vol 23, No 3, pp398-420
  • I Welsh G Chesters* 'The Rebel Colours of S26: strategic and tactical framings during the Prague IMF/WB protests' Sociological Review
  • A Plows 'Activist Networks in the UK- Mapping the Build- Up to the Anti-Globalization Movement' Anti-Capitalist Britain John Carter and Dave Morland (eds) New Clarion Press ISBN 1873797443
  • A Plows entry on environmental activists in Taylor (ed) (2005) Encyclopaedia of Nature and Religion
  • I Welsh Green Movements in G Ritzer (ed) Encyclopaedia of Social Theory and the Environment Sage pp345-348

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Presentations

  • R Evans Department of Sociology, University of York. Title of paper Knowledge and Participation: Connecting Expertise and Democracy, 22 October 2003
  • I Welsh Anglo-German Research Foundation Seminar, Bath University. Efficiency & Democracy a Tale of Two Cultures: Science, Biotechnology and Democracy in the Bio-tech Age, November, 2003
  • A Plows CESAGen seminar series. Title of talk The Emerging Politics of New Genetic Technologies, Lancaster University, 19 January 2004
  • A Plows Innogen seminar series. Title of talk Strange bedfellows and usual suspects: mapping the emergent complexity of 'social movement society' engagement with human genetic technologies, Edinburgh University, 15 March 2004
  • A Plows The Social and Cultural Movements Group 2nd International Conference: Imaging Social Movements, Edge Hill College, UK. Title of paper Twyford Down 1992, Blackwood 2004: the implications of a potential re-emergence of UK roads protests, 1-3 July 2004
  • A Plows keynote speaker at 2004 postgraduate forum on genetics and society conference hosted at Egenis, 1-3 sept 2004. Title of paper: Drawing lines in shifting sands: public engagement with human geneticsA Plows guest speaker at Womens’ Studies MA, University of Wales Bangor one day event November 2004. Title of talk: PGD,PND- new reproductive technologies and the challenge of “informed choice” for feminism
  • I Welsh A Plows R Evans “Genomics and Society” CESAGen 1st International Conference, The Royal Society London. Title of paper Towards an Anatomy of Public Engagement with Medical Genetics: Strange Bedfellows and the Usual Suspects, 1-3 March 2004
  • A Plows presentation ‘Biological Citizenship and public engagement: direct action groups and the policy process’ given at the Genetics and Society one- day conference on ‘Biocitizenship’ , October 13th 2004,organised by Flo Ticehurst of the Wales Genepark held at Cardiff university
  • I Welsh, A Plows presentation ‘ human genetics, immateriality and sustainable development’ given at ESRC centre BRASS seminar series, Cardiff University, Summer 2004
  • R Evans The Annual Meeting of the Society for the Social Studies of Science. Title of paper Inter-disciplinarity and The Sustainable City: Moving Beyond Science, Technology or Society’ Atlanta, 15-19 October 2003
  • A Plows Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST 8) session 22. Title of paper Interactions between science communication and science policies, Barcelona, Spain 2-6 June 2004
  • A Plows Meetings of Research Committee 47 of the International Sociological Association (ISA) in conjunction with Centre d’Analyse et d’Intervention Sociologique (CADIS) at EHESS. Title of paper Mapping the emergent complexity of Social Movements Society Engagement with Human Genetic technologies: implications for social movement theory, Paris 11-12 June 2004

Business and Practitioner Engagement

  • A Plows Presentation of research project to the Cardiff ‘Genetics and Society’ one-day event organised by the Wales Genepark, February 2004
  • A Plows talk on social movement theory and complexity given at radical theory forum event organised as fringe event at European Social Forum, London October 2004
  • R Evans, A Plows and I Welsh attendance/ participant observation at human genetics, nanotech and science and society themed workshops at the European Social Forum, London October 2004
  • R Evans ESRC Science in Society Programme Meeting 3-4 December 2003
  • R Evans Royal Society ‘Cybersecurity’ workshop, Hewlett Packard Labs, Bristol as ‘social aspects of science/technology’ expert’, 19 March 2004

Public Policy Contributions

  • R Evans Member of steering committee for ESRC Attitudes to Genomics Survey
  • A Plows response to Human Genetics Commission consultation ‘Choosing the future’ November 2004
  • A Plows powerpoint and subsequent written presentation to EU- funded Property Regulation in European Science, Ethics and Law Project (PropEur) workshop, held at Cardiff university, July 2004. Title of talk/paper: Regulating “Pandora’s Box of Treasures”: Evaluating the Charitable Trust model


Reports/briefing papers

  • A Plows see above PropEur. Presentation Regulating “Pandora’s Box of Treasures”: Evaluating the Charitable Trust model submitted as a paper

Working Papers

  • Welsh, Ian Plows, Alexandra and Evans, Robert (2005) Another Science for Another World?: Science and Genomics at the London Social Forum Cardiff working paper series no 70
  • Evans and Plows (2005) Discriminating Citizens: Making Judgements About Science Cardiff University Working Paper number 69
  • R Evans Science in the Democratic Process: The Euro in the UK General Election, Cardiff University School of Social Sciences Working Paper No 33 ISBN 1 872330 79 7

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