Introduction: How participation relates to science and technology and how science and technology shapes participation

Abstract

This IDS Bulletin brings together insights from Science and Technology Studies and Development Studies - two academic and applied fields in which questions and issues about participation, science and technology are taken up and investigated. Cases, concepts and analyses emerging from studies in developing and developed countries show much similarity and prove to be fruitful terrain for collaboration. The overall argument emerging from this IDS Bulletin, is that bringing together Science and Technology Studies and Development Studies contributes to the participation debate. In addition to advancing the theoretical understanding of participation, this IDS Bulletin argues that processes of participation can be enhanced when centred around issues of science and technology. © Institute of Development Studies.