Ana Maria Delgado Aleman
postdoktor
Senter for vitenskapsteori
Vitenskaps- og teknologistudier
Ana Delgado's research falls mainly within environmental issues, the dynamics of public formation, and emerging technologies. Her latest research focuses on the digitalisation of biology, particularly on the epistemic and political dimensions of computer-based designs in synthetic biology.
Articles in international journals: Delgado, A., S. Funtowicz, Dankel, D.J. (2012). "Super-computers, evolution and the fabrication of life: How can Science and Technology Studies (STS) contribute to more reflexive developments in systems and synthetic biology?" International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development (forthcoming) Delgado, A. & Rommetveit, K. (2012) “Our strength is diversity”: imaginaries of nature and community in a Brazilian social movement" International Journal of Sustainable Development (Forthcoming) Delgado, A., Rommetveit, K., Barceló, M., and Lemkow, L. (2012) "Imagining High-tech bodies: Science fiction and the ethics of enhancement" Science Communication (online first Jun 2011) Delgado, A., Kjølberg, K. and Wickson, F. (2011). “Public engagement coming of age: From theory to practice in STS encounters with nanotechnology” Public Understanding of Science 20(6):829-845 Wickson, F; Delgado, A., and Kjølberg, K.(2010). "Who or What is the Public?" Nature Nanotechnology 5: 757–758 Delgado, A (2010) Democratizar la Ciencia? “Dialogo, Apertura yParticipación. Revista de Ciencia, Tecnología y Sociedad” (submitted to Revista Iberoamericana de Ciencia Technología y Sociedad). 15(5):1-15 Delgado, A.(2010): "Activist Trust: the Diffusion of Green Expertise in a Brazilian Landscape". Public Understanding of Science (19):5, 562-578 Delgado, A, & R. Strand. (2009) "Looking North and South: Ideals and Realities of Inclusive Environmental Governance?", Geoforum 41 (1):144-153. Delgado, A. (2008) "Opening Up For Participation in Agro-biodiversity Conservation: the Expert-Lay Interplay in a Brazilian Social Movement?" i Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, 21(6), s. 559-577 Books: Delgado, A. (Ed) (2012) Ciudadanía y Tecnociencia. Ética y Gobernanza en la Sociedad Digital. Barcelona: Icaria Editorial (forthcoming) Phd Thesis: Delgado, A. 2009: "Toward Inclusive Environmental Governance: A Study of the Expert-Lay interplay in a Brazilian Social Movement", printed by the University of Bergen.
Participation in ongoing projects:
Reflexive Systems Biology: Towards an Appreciation of Biological, Scientific and Ethical Complexity (Norwegian Research Council).
Technolife (European Commission)
Participation in completed projects:
Nanoplat: A Deliberative Platform for Nanotechnologies (European Commission)
Interdisciplinary Studies of Ethical and Societal Implications of Nanotechnology (Norwegian Research Council)
Alarm: Assessing Large Scale Risks for Biodiversity with Tested Methods (European Commission).
Regions and Alternative processes of Modernization (University of Bergen)