Sujatha Raman

Contact

• workRoom B101 West Wing, Law and Social Sciences Building
  University Park
  Nottingham
  NG7 2RD
  UK
• work0115 8467039
• fax0115 846 6349
• sujatha.raman@nottingham.ac.uk

Research Summary

Working within Science and Technology Studies (STS), I am interested in studying the relationships between scientific research, policy and publics around emerging sustainability challenges, and… read more

Recent Publications

• JEWITT, S. and RAMAN, S., 2012. Energy Poverty, Institutional Reform and Challenges of Sustainable Development: the case of India Progress in Development Studies. (In Press.)
• RAMAN, S and TUTTON, R, 2010. Life, Science, And Biopower Science Technology & Human Values. 35(5), 711-734
• RAMAN, S. and MOHR, A., 2010. Narratives of Sustainable Energy Transitions: What role for social scientists? In: Sussex Energy Group Conference.
• MOHR, A., RAMAN, S. and ELLIOTT, R., 2009. An independent evaluation of the BBSRC and MRC Stem Cell Dialogue Project 2008 Institute for Science & Society, University of Nottingham.

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Current Research

Working within Science and Technology Studies (STS), I am interested in studying the relationships between scientific research, policy and publics around emerging sustainability challenges, and assessing their implications for science and democracy. At present, I am exploring the case of bioenergy and bioenergy research. I currently direct a programme of work on Social and Ethical dimensions within the Lignocellulosic Conversion to Bioethanol (LACE) project (2009-2013). LACE is one of six scientific projects in the BBSRC-funded Sustainable Bioenergy Centre (BSBEC) which focuses on second-generation approaches to biofuels. Working with Dr Alison Mohr and Dr Kate Millar and drawing on participatory and real-time technology assessment (RTTA) methods, this work is an example of new attempts to embed social science within a scientific project so that the wider implications of research applications may be considered at an early stage. My work on bioenergy is situated within a broader interest in interrogating imaginaries and practices around sustainable energy. In this context, I am looking at the implications of the emerging geo-economic discourse of material scarcities that affect the production of key renewable energy technologies. In collaboration with Dr Sarah Jewitt (School of Geography), I am also beginning to explore the social and justice dimensions of sustainable energy policies in India.

Past Research

Normal 0 false false false EN-GB ZH-CN X-NONE I recently contributed to the evaluation, led by Dr Alison Mohr, of the 2008 stem cell dialogue sponsored by BBSRC, MRC and Sciencewise. This work is part of my broader interest in developing critical approaches to the study of public engagement around science.

• JEWITT, S. and RAMAN, S., 2012. Energy Poverty, Institutional Reform and Challenges of Sustainable Development: the case of India Progress in Development Studies. (In Press.)
• RAMAN, S and TUTTON, R, 2010. Life, Science, And Biopower Science Technology & Human Values. 35(5), 711-734
• RAMAN, S. and MOHR, A., 2010. Narratives of Sustainable Energy Transitions: What role for social scientists? In: Sussex Energy Group Conference.
• MOHR, A., RAMAN, S. and ELLIOTT, R., 2009. An independent evaluation of the BBSRC and MRC Stem Cell Dialogue Project 2008 Institute for Science & Society, University of Nottingham.
• RAMAN, S., 2005. Delegitimizing science: risk or opportunity? Social Epistemology. 19(1), 49-62
• RAMAN,S., 2005. Introduction: institutional perspectives on science-policy boundaries Science and Public Policy. 32(6), 418-422
• RAMAN, SUJATHA, 2003. From Uncertainty to Indeterminacy: Implications for the Politics of Risk In: Political Studies Association Annual Conference Proceedings, Leicester.
• HELLSTRÖM, T. and RAMAN, S., 2001. The commodification of knowledge about knowledge: knowledge management and the reification of epistemology Social Epistemology. 15(3), 139-154
• RAMAN, S., 2001. Offshored workers or new intellectuals? Emerging from the great labour divide in university research Organization: the interdisciplinary journal of organization, theory and society. 8(2), 441-447
• RAMAN, S., 2000. From Industrial Feudalism to Industrial Capitalism: Putting Labour Back into Knowledge Politics. In: The Future of Knowledge Production in the Academy Open University Press, Buckingham. 109-24
• RAMAN, S., 2000. The business of building regulation. In: The Business of Greening Routledge, London and New York. 134-50
• RAMAN, S., 1998. Professing change: of seductive endings and homely beginnings Social Epistemology. VOL 12(NUMBER 1), 95-102
• RAMAN, S., 1996. Challenging High-tech War: Surgical Strike or Collateral Damage. In: Scientific and Technical Communication Theory, Practice and Policy Sage Publications Ltd, London, UK. 352-73