Equitable technology development: A framework and methods for scientists and engineers
Equity requires a rethinking of the processes and methods that applied scientists and engineers work through as they develop solutions that are simultaneously technical and social. By bridging insights from science and technology studies with critical analysis of participatory development practice,...
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| description | Equity requires a rethinking of the processes and methods that applied scientists and engineers work through as they develop solutions that are simultaneously technical and social. By bridging insights from science and technology studies with critical analysis of participatory development practice, we propose a framework for understanding equitable technology development. We explore this through an illustrative case of water monitoring technology development, undertaken with scientists, engineers and communities in Vanuatu. Analysis suggests a typology of five methodological considerations that are significant for the practice of equitable technology development, locating equitable technology development as both a technical and an ethical challenge. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-30c7cdfec33847a6a5f8c583bc84da732025-01-19T06:26:42ZengElsevierSustainable Futures2666-18882025-06-019100451Equitable technology development: A framework and methods for scientists and engineersJonathan Ensor0Steven Johnson1Daniel Vorbach2James Moir3Equitable Technology Laboratory & Stockholm Environment Institute & Interdisciplinary Global Development Centre, University of York, Heslington, York, UK; Corresponding author.Equitable Technology Laboratory & School of Physics, Engineering and Technology & York Biomedical Research Institute, University of York, Heslington, York, UKStockholm Environment Institute, University of York, Heslington, York, UKDepartment of Biology, University of York, Heslington, York, UKEquity requires a rethinking of the processes and methods that applied scientists and engineers work through as they develop solutions that are simultaneously technical and social. By bridging insights from science and technology studies with critical analysis of participatory development practice, we propose a framework for understanding equitable technology development. We explore this through an illustrative case of water monitoring technology development, undertaken with scientists, engineers and communities in Vanuatu. Analysis suggests a typology of five methodological considerations that are significant for the practice of equitable technology development, locating equitable technology development as both a technical and an ethical challenge.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666188825000218Technology developmentInnovation processesEquityKnowledgePowerTransdisciplinary methods |
| spellingShingle | Jonathan Ensor Steven Johnson Daniel Vorbach James Moir Equitable technology development: A framework and methods for scientists and engineers Sustainable Futures Technology development Innovation processes Equity Knowledge Power Transdisciplinary methods |
| title | Equitable technology development: A framework and methods for scientists and engineers |
| title_full | Equitable technology development: A framework and methods for scientists and engineers |
| title_fullStr | Equitable technology development: A framework and methods for scientists and engineers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Equitable technology development: A framework and methods for scientists and engineers |
| title_short | Equitable technology development: A framework and methods for scientists and engineers |
| title_sort | equitable technology development a framework and methods for scientists and engineers |
| topic | Technology development Innovation processes Equity Knowledge Power Transdisciplinary methods |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666188825000218 |
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