Koichi Mikami

essay
November 19, 2021

ELSI is Our Next Battlefield

ELSI refers to “ethical, legal, and social issues/implications” of science and technology (S&T). The term has been...
book review
November 17, 2021

テクノサイエンス・リスクと社会学：科学社会学の新たな展開 [The Social Risks of Technoscience]

The English title of this book is slightly misleading. Despite its emphasis on social risks, the main discussion of...
book review
November 16, 2021

リスク化される身体　—現代医学と統治のテクノロジ [Body as Risk—modern Medicine and the Technology of Governance]

I sometimes wonder what the value(s) of critical sociological engagement with science for scientists themselves might be
Research Article
November 15, 2021

The Case of Inferred Doability: An Analysis of the Socio-institutional Background of the STAP Cell Scandal

On 28 January 2014, Haruko Obokata and her colleagues held a press conference regarding their new method...
book review
November 15, 2021

村上陽一郎の科学論: 批判と応答 [Yoichiro Murakami’s Science Studies: Critiques and Response]

"For the half a century since he decided to pursue his career in the then young academic discipline of philosophy and...