The ‘Japan problem’ in science and technology and basic research as a culture Miwao Matsumoto OriginalPaper Pages: 4 - 21
A Citizens' Conference on Gene Therapy in Japan: A Feasibility Study of the Consensus Conference Method in Japan Yukio Wakamatsu OriginalPaper Pages: 22 - 43
Coping with uncertainty: New forms of knowledge production Günter Küppers OriginalPaper Pages: 52 - 62
Knowledge-intensive business services in the new mode of knowledge production Christiane Hipp OriginalPaper Pages: 88 - 106
Biographies of scientists and public understanding of science Sugiyama Shigeo OriginalPaper Pages: 124 - 134
Technology: Servant or master? An economic viewpoint Jacobus A. Doeleman OriginalPaper Pages: 135 - 155
Scientific rationality and the ‘even stronger programme’ Tetsuji Iseda OriginalPaper Pages: 156 - 163
Lessons from nursing theories: Toward the humanisation of technology Seiya Abiko OriginalPaper Pages: 164 - 175
Technology, human, and society centred visions of the future of technology Tarja Kuosa OriginalPaper Pages: 176 - 192