Mapping Controversies on Science for Politics (MACOSPOL) is a joint enterprise of researchers in science, technology and society located throughout Europe aiming to bring together their various expertises to devise a collaborative tool (a platform) to map out science and technology controversies. The aim is to provide European citizens wishing to involve themselves in technological and scientific issues with tools similar to those devised for generating opinions in normal political matters.
The digital world facilitates exchange of methods and expertise and this is what we wish to take advantage of by bringing the MACOSPOL consortium together. This consortium will create a link between the best research in Science, Technology and Society and the most advanced research on web-based tools. Once the platform is operational, it will be tested on current pressing controversies to see if it can allow European citizens to come to better judgment about those issues.
- The results from the project can be viewed on the on-line platform of the consortium.
