The Third Wave in Science and Technology Studies Future Research Directions on Expertise and Experience

David S. Caudill, PhD, is the Golderg Family Chair in Law at Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law. He is the author of No Magic Wand (2006, with L.H. LaRue) and Stories about Science in Law (2011), as well as numerous articles and book chapters on expert evidence.

Shannon N. Conley, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in Integrated Science and Technology at James Madison University, where she co-directs the Science, Technology, and Society Futures Lab. She is a member of the Socio-Technical Integration Research (STIR) project, which embeds social scientists and humanities scholars in laboratories to explore responsible innovation.

Michael Gorman, PhD, is a Full Professor in Science, Technology & Society at the University of Virginia, and was an NSF Program Director for two years (2011-2012). His most recent book is Gorman, M.E. (Editor), Trading Zones and Interactional Expertise: Creating New Kinds of Collaboration (MIT Press,2010). 

Martin Weinel, PhD is a sociologist and researcher at the Cardiff School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University. He has written on aspects of expertise, science policy, interdisciplinarity, science communication and the Imitation Game. He is currently working on two EU-funded projects exploring the use of new technologies in industrial settings.