Biography
Morgan Meyer is a researcher whose work lies at the intersection of the social sciences, science and technology studies (STS), and contemporary issues related to biotechnology. His research explores the dynamics of the production, regulation, and reception of scientific innovations, with a particular focus on the boundaries between technical expertise, societal issues, and public debates. His recent work analyzes the evolution of scientific practices, particularly in the fields of genome editing (such as CRISPR/Cas9), participatory biotechnology (DIYbio), and low-tech approaches, highlighting the reconfigurations of knowledge, spaces, and the actors involved. Meyer also examines scientific controversies, such as that surrounding genetically modified babies, by studying the mechanisms through which research is evaluated, legitimized, and politicized, as well as the interactions between scientific communities, the media, and the public sphere. Her approach combines quantitative (scientometrics, lexicometrics) and qualitative methods to capture the temporalities, geographies, and discursive frameworks of scientific and technological debates.
Publication(s)
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2024
Key and emerging themes in gene editing: A lexicometric analysis of publications in the biological sciences (1990–2022) DOI : 10.1002/ppp3.10461
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2023
Theories and practices of knowledge brokering DOI : 10.4324/9781003290650-12
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2023
The Gene-Edited Babies Controversy: Reactions in the Scientific Community, Social Media, and the Press DOI : 10.1007/978-3-031-33325-5_11
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2022
Technical Problematisation: A Democratic Way to Deal with Contested Projects? DOI : 10.1177/0971721821995584
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2022
Taking responsibility, making irresponsibility: Controversies in human gene editing DOI : 10.1177/03063127211025631
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2021
Biohacking DOI : 10.1002/9781119537151.ch16
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2021
The Geographies and Politics of Gene Editing: Framing Debates Across Seven Countries DOI : 10.3389/fpos.2021.731496
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2021
Experimenting and documenting low tech DOI : 10.1080/09537325.2021.1914834
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2020
The Fabric of the Public in Debates About Gene Editing DOI : 10.1080/17524032.2020.1811477
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2020
The rise of biohacking: Tracing the emergence and evolution of DIY biology through online discussions DOI : 10.1016/j.techfore.2020.120206
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2020
The CRISPR babies controversy: Responsibility and regulation in the spotlight DOI : 10.15252/embr.202050307
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2020
Tools from below: Making agricultural machines convivial DOI : 10.12681/grsr.24828
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2019
Hacking as collaborative exploration DOI : 10.1414/95822
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2019
The divergent governance of gene editing in agriculture: a comparison of institutional reports from seven EU member states DOI : 10.1007/s11816-019-00578-5
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2018
Do-it-yourself biology and medicine: History, practices, issues; [Biologie et médecine do-it-yourself] DOI : 10.1051/medsci/20183405022
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2017
“Participating means accepting”: debating and contesting synthetic biology DOI : 10.1080/14636778.2017.1320942
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2016
A space for silence: exhibiting and materialising silence through technology DOI : 10.1177/1474474015588708
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2015
The virus, the genius and the ministry Tinkering life in a garage; [Bricoler le vivant dans des garages Le virus, le génie et le ministère] DOI : 10.4000/terrain.15756
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2015
Amateurization and re-materialization in biology: Opening up scientific equipment DOI : 10.4324/9781315776781
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2015
Le confinement des controverses comme objet d'étude DOI : 10.3917/herm.073.0098
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2015
Epistemic Communities and Collaborative Research DOI : 10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.41024-X
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2015
Devices and trajectories of responsible innovation: problematising synthetic biology DOI : 10.1080/23299460.2014.1002056
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2013
Domesticating and democratizing science: A geography of do-it-yourself biology DOI : 10.1177/1359183513483912
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2013
Introduction to special section: Intermediaries between science, policy and the market DOI : 10.1093/scipol/sct051
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2013
Tinkering biology: Policies and issues of the do-it-yourself biology; [Bricoler la biologie: Les politiques et les enjeux de la Do-it-yourself biology] DOI : 10.1051/medsci/201329s210
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2013
Assembling, governing, and debating an emerging science: The rise of synthetic biology in France DOI : 10.1525/bio.2013.63.5.10
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2013
Do-it-yourself biology: Challenges and promises for an open science and technology movement DOI : 10.1007/s11693-013-9116-4
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2013
Aiming high, but investing little DOI : 10.1038/embor.2012.190
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2013
Situating knowledge intermediation: Insights from science shops and knowledge brokers DOI : 10.1093/scipol/sct034
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2013
The French landscape of synthetic biology; [Le paysage français de la biologie de synthèse]
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2012
Bricoler, domestiquer et contourner la science: L'essor de la biologie de garage DOI : 10.3917/res.173.0303
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2012
Placing and tracing absence: A material culture of the immaterial DOI : 10.1177/1359183511433259
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2011
Curatorship researchers on display: Moving the laboratory into the museum DOI : 10.1080/09647775.2011.585800
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2011
Le laboratoire «en verre»: exposer la science en action au musée
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2010
Knowledge brokers as the new science mediators; [Les courtiers du savoir, nouveaux intermédiaires de la science] DOI : 10.4267/2042/38655
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2010
The rise of the knowledge broker DOI : 10.1177/1075547009359797
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2009
Creativity and its contexts: The emergence, institutionalisation and professionalisation of science and culture in Luxembourg DOI : 10.1080/13507480903063605
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2009
Boundary object or boundary project? Construction, (NON)utilisation and politics of a database; [Objet-frontière ou projet-frontière?: Construction, (non-)utilisation et politique d'une banque de données] DOI : 10.3917/rac.006.0127
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2009
Tales of Emergence-Synthetic Biology as a Scientific Community in the Making DOI : 10.1017/S1745855209990019
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2008
The dynamics of science in a small country: The case of Luxembourg DOI : 10.3152/030234208X317133
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2008
The material presence of absence: A dialogue between museums and cemeteries DOI : 10.5153/sro.1780
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2007
Increasing the frame: Interdisciplinarity, transdisciplinarity and representativity DOI : 10.1179/030801807X211702
Teaching
Controversies
FORMAT RESOURCES Introduction: Contextualization through viewing and analyzing a 25-minute documentary Participatory class project documentary Bibliographic research: press, websites, reports Project; class project + personalized follow-up poly · Analysis of documents: identifying key players, developing a timeline, identifying main points of controversy Project; PC + personalized support poly Establishing contacts for interviews, conducting interviews Lectures + Flipped Classroom + project poly Bibliographic research using scientific databases Course + Project poly Training in Cortext or an equivalent system (data mining, semantic analysis, network analysis, scientometrics) Course + PC poly Different types of controversy Flipped classroom poly Problem-based learning PC + personalized support Reading social science articles related to the controversy PC Writing assignment independent work + personalized support Preparation for the oral exam independent work + personalized support
PhD supervision
- 2020 Building with raw earth and dry stone: a disruptive innovation? Socio-technical experiments around construction practices in the process of stabilization GOIZAUSKAS Jean