Frugal Ground for STS and IS: Problems of Innovation and their Commonalities

Judith Sutz

doi:10.17351/ests2023.1401

Judith Sutz

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17351/ests2023.1401

Abstract

The fields of “science, technology, and society” and “innovation studies” may come closer together in a frugally-fruitful way by engaging—with their specific tools—in the comprehension of and action upon some innovation problems, particularly those involving inequality.

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