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recent decades, science has been increasingly called upon to forge
closer connections with the broader society. The days of the
basic researcher toiling away in a laboratory with little concern about
or accountability to external influences seems to be growing more
distant every day. The trend toward a more societally-responsive
scientific enterprise has been well documented by scholars who study
science in society. Concepts describing this trend – such as
"Mode 2 science," "use-inspired basic research," and "well-ordered
science" – will be quite familiar to anyone well-acquainted with the
discipline of "science and technology studies." But this trend is
not just something that affects natural scientists. It also affects
scholars like myself who study science in society. This leads me
to ask: What is the relationship between science studies and
science policies? And how should that relationship be shaped?
