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Harvard Kennedy School faculty disseminate their research in working publications and papers that contribute to public knowledge and fuel policy innovation. This list features recent faculty publications, including journal articles, books, edited volumes, research papers, and public testimony.

Faculty Publications

The Biopolitics of CRISPR

Jasanoff, Sheila. "The Biopolitics of CRISPR." The CRISPR Revolution in Science, Religion, and Ethics. Ed. Arvin M. Gouw and Ted Peters. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2025.

Future Conversations – A Topical Exchange

Borrmann, Vera, Christopher Coenen, Alfred Nordmann, Roberto Cantoni, Sascha Dickel, Christopher Groves, Armin Grunwald, Ben Hurlbut, Sheila Jasanoff, George Khushf, Sebastian Pfotenhauer, Arie Rip, Martin Sand, and Christina Schües. "Future Conversations – A Topical Exchange." Hermeneutics, History, and Technology: The Call of the Future. Ed. Armin Grunwald, Alfred Nordmann, and Martin Sand. Routledge, 2023.

Technology in the Imagination of Society – A Conversation

Jasanoff, Sheila, and Alfred Nordmann. "Technology in the Imagination of Society – A Conversation." Hermeneutics, History, and Technology: The Call of the Future. Ed. Armin Grunwald, Alfred Nordmann, and Martin Sand. Routledge, 2023.

A Stress Test for Politics: A Comparative Perspective on Policy Responses to COVID-19

Jasanoff, Sheila, and Stephen Hilgartner. "A Stress Test for Politics: A Comparative Perspective on Policy Responses to COVID-19." Routledge Handbook of Law and the COVID-19 Pandemic. Ed. Joelle Grogan, and Alice Donald. Routledge, 2022.

The Practices of Objectivity in Regulatory Science

Jasanoff, Sheila. "The Practices of Objectivity in Regulatory Science." Social Knowledge in the Making. Ed. Charles Camic, Neil Gross, and Michèle Lamont. University of Chicago Press, 2021, 307-338.

Imagined Worlds: The Politics of Future-Making in the 21st Century

Jasanoff, Sheila. "Imagined Worlds: The Politics of Future-Making in the 21st Century." The Politics and Science of Prevision: Governing and Probing the Future. Ed. Andreas Wenger, Ursula Jasper, and Myriam Dunn Cavelty. Routledge, 2020.

Knowing Earth

Jasanoff, Sheila. "Knowing Earth." Earth 2020: An Insider’s Guide to a Rapidly Changing Planet. Ed. Philippe Tortell. Open Book Publishers, 2020.

Traveling Imaginaries: The ‘Practice Turn’ in Innovation Policy and the Global Circulation of Innovation Models

Pfotenhauer, Sebastian, and Sheila Jasanoff. "Traveling Imaginaries: The ‘Practice Turn’ in Innovation Policy and the Global Circulation of Innovation Models." The Routledge Handbook of the Political Economy of Science. Ed. David Tyfield, Rebecca Lave, Samuel Randalls, and Charles Thorpe. Routledge, 2017.

Taking Life: Private Rights in Public Nature

Jasanoff, Sheila. "Taking Life: Private Rights in Public Nature." Lively Capital: Biotechnologies, Ethics, and Governance in Global Markets. Ed. Kaushik Sunder Rajan. Duke University Press, 2012, 155-183.

Thin Air

Jasanoff, Sheila. "Thin Air." Débordements: Mélanges offerts à Michel Callon. Ed. Madeleine Akrich, Yannick Barthe, Fabian Muniesa, and Philippe Mustar. Presses des Mines, 2010, 191-202.

A Social Contract for the Life Sciences: The US Case

Jasanoff, Sheila. "A Social Contract for the Life Sciences: The US Case." Trattato di Biodiritto. Ed. Stefano Rodotà and Mariachiara Tallacchini. Giuffrè, 2010, 103-121.

An STS Scholar Reflects on Philosophy

Jasanoff, Sheila. "An STS Scholar Reflects on Philosophy." Philosophy of Science: 5 Questions. Ed. Robert Rosenberger. Automatic Press / VIP, 2010, 109-127.

A Field of Its Own: The Emergence of Science and Technology Studies

Jasanoff, Sheila. "A Field of Its Own: The Emergence of Science and Technology Studies." Oxford Handbook of Interdisciplinarity. Ed. Robert Frodeman, Julie Thompson Klein, and Carl Mitcham. Oxford University Press, 2010, 191-205.

Beyond Calculation: A Democratic Response to Risk

Jasanoff, Sheila. "Beyond Calculation: A Democratic Response to Risk." Disaster and the Politics of Intervention. Ed. Andrew Lakoff. Columbia University Press, November 2009.

Border Crossings: Social Sciences and Public Policy, Preface

Jasanoff, Sheila. "Border Crossings: Social Sciences and Public Policy, Preface." Science for Policy. Ed. Angela Guimaraes Pereira and Silvio Functowicz. Oxford University Press, July 2009, xi-xxvi.

Ethical, Environmental and Social Implications of Science and Technology: Challenges for the Future

Jasanoff, Sheila. "Ethical, Environmental and Social Implications of Science and Technology: Challenges for the Future." Higher Education in the World 2008. Ed. Global University Network for Innovation (GUNI). Palgrave Macmillan, May 2008, 137-141.

Making Order: Law and Science in Action.

Jasanoff, Sheila. "Making Order: Law and Science in Action." The Handbook of Science and Technology Studies, Third Edition. Ed. Edward J. Hackett, Olga Amsterdamska, Michael Lynch, and Judy Wajcman. MIT Press, 2007, 761-786.

Risk in Hindsight: Toward a Politics of Reflection.

Jasanoff, Sheila. "Risk in Hindsight: Toward a Politics of Reflection." Risk Society and the Culture of Precaution. Ed. Ingo K. Richter, Sabine Berking, and Ralf Müller-Schmid. Palgrave Macmillan, 2006, 28-46.

The Value of Legality in Environmental Action.

Jasanoff, Sheila. "The Value of Legality in Environmental Action." Forging Environmentalism: Explorations in Justice, Livelihood, and Contested Environments. Ed. Joanne Bauer. M.E. Sharpe, 2006, 329-346.

“Technology as a Site and Object of Politics.

Jasanoff, Sheila. “Technology as a Site and Object of Politics." The Oxford Handbook of Contextual Political Analysis. Ed. Charles Tilly and Robert E. Goodin. Oxford University Press, 2006, 745-763.

Science and Environmental Citizenship.

Jasanoff, Sheila. "Science and Environmental Citizenship." Handbook of Global Environmental Politics. Ed. Peter Dauvergne. Edward Elgar, 2005, 365-382.

Restoring Reason: Causal Narratives and Political Culture.

Jasanoff, Sheila. "Restoring Reason: Causal Narratives and Political Culture." Organizational Encounters with Risk. Ed. Bridget Hutter and Michael Power. Cambridge University Press, 2005, 209-232.

Judgment under Siege: The Three-Body Problem of Expert Legitimacy.

Jasanoff, Sheila. "Judgment under Siege: The Three-Body Problem of Expert Legitimacy." Democratization of Expertise? Exploring Novel Forms of Scientific Advice in Political Decision-Making. Ed. Sabine Maasen and Peter Weingart. Springer: Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook (Vol. 24), 2005, 209-224.

Let Them Eat Cake: GM Foods and the Democratic Imagination.

Jasanoff, Sheila. "Let Them Eat Cake: GM Foods and the Democratic Imagination." Science and Citizens. Ed. Melissa Leach, Ian Scoones, and Brian Wynne. London: Zed Books, 2005, 183-199.

The Idiom of Co-Production.

Jasanoff, Sheila. "The Idiom of Co-Production." States of Knowledge: The Co-Production of Science and the Social Order. Ed. Sheila Jasanoff. Routledge, 2004.

Ordering Knowledge, Ordering Society.

Jasanoff, Sheila. "Ordering Knowledge, Ordering Society." States of Knowledge: The Co-Production of Science and the Social Order. Ed. Sheila Jasanoff. Routledge, 2004.

Afterword.

Jasanoff, Sheila. "Afterword." States of Knowledge: The Co-Production of Science and the Social Order. Ed. Sheila Jasanoff. Routledge, 2004.

Introduction: Globalization and Environmental Governance.

Long Martello, Marybeth, and Sheila Jasanoff. "Introduction: Globalization and Environmental Governance." Earthly Politics. Ed. Marybeth Long Martello and Sheila Jasanoff. MIT Press, 2004, 1-30.

Heaven and Earth: The Politics of Environmental Images.

Jasanoff, Sheila. "Heaven and Earth: The Politics of Environmental Images." Earthly Politics. Ed. Marybeth Long Martello and Sheila Jasanoff. MIT Press, 2004, 31-54.

Conclusion: Knowledge and Governance.

Jasanoff, Sheila, and Marybeth Long Martello. "Conclusion: Knowledge and Governance." Earthly Politics. Ed. Marybeth Long Martello and Sheila Jasanoff. MIT Press, 2004, 335-350.

DNA's Identity Crisis.

Jasanoff, Sheila. "DNA's Identity Crisis." DNA and the Criminal Justice System. Ed. David Lazer. MIT Press, 2004, 337-355.

“The Epistemic Discretion of Judges and Daubert’s Legacy.”

Jasanoff, Sheila. “The Epistemic Discretion of Judges and Daubert’s Legacy.” Science, Law and the Courts in Europe. Ed. Amedeo Santosuosso, et al. Pavia: Collegio Ghisleri, 2004, 37-53.

In a Constitutional Moment: Science and Social Order at the Millennium.

Jasanoff, Sheila. "In a Constitutional Moment: Science and Social Order at the Millennium." Social Studies of Science and Technology: Looking Back, Ahead (Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook, 23). Ed. B. Joerges and H. Nowotny. Kluwer, September 2003.

A Living Legacy: The Precautionary Ideal in American Law.

Jasanoff, Sheila. "A Living Legacy: The Precautionary Ideal in American Law." Precaution, Environmental Science and Preventive Public Policy. Ed. Joel A. Tickner. Island Press, 2002, 227-240.

Hidden Experts: Judging Science after <i>Daubert</i>.

Jasanoff, Sheila. "Hidden Experts: Judging Science after Daubert." Trying Times: Science and Responsibilities after Daubert. Ed. Vivian Weil. Illinois Institute of Technology, 2001, 30-37.

Image and Imagination: The Formation of Global Environmental Consciousness.

Jasanoff, Sheila. "Image and Imagination: The Formation of Global Environmental Consciousness." Changing the Atmosphere: Expert Knowledge and Environmental Governance. Ed. P. Edwards and C. Miller. MIT Press, 2001, 309-337.