In this interview, Arie Rip talks to Jane Calvert about his life in STS and the history and future of the field. He begins in the late 1960s, when he started teaching a course in “chemistry and society.” He then gives a first-hand account of the formation of the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST) and the Society for the Social Studies of Science (4S), and the growth of research in the “melting pot” that STS became. He goes on to discuss recent work on new and emerging technologies and responsible research and innovation. His narrative shows the connections, historically and in the present, between the different strands of STS, including sociological work, science policy and innovation studies. He argues that we are seeing a “mainstreaming” of STS as it permeates other academic disciplines and arenas such as government agencies and charities. He suggests that this mainstreaming may mean STS will disappear as an independent discipline. In her reflection following the interview, Jane Calvert focuses on Rip’s point that STS is both a social movement and an academic discipline. She argues that this raises questions about what type of work we want to do as STS researchers, and how much freedom we have to choose.

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“在这里可以做的事情在其他地方做不了那么容易”：Jane Calvert与Arie Rip交谈

在这次采访中，Arie Rip与Jane Calvert谈了他在STS中的生活以及该领域的历史和未来。他始于1960年代后期，当时他开始教授“化学与社会”课程。然后，他直接介绍了欧洲科学技术研究协会（EASST）和社会科学社会研究协会（4S）的成立以及“熔炉”中研究的发展STS成为了。他继续讨论新技术和负责任的研究与创新的最新工作。他的叙述显示了STS的不同方面在历史上和现在之间的联系，包括社会学工作，科学政策和创新研究。他认为，随着STS渗透到其他学术学科和领域，例如政府机构和慈善机构，我们看到了STS的“主流”。他建议这种主流化可能意味着STS将作为独立学科消失。在接受采访后，Jane Calvert反映了Rip的观点，即STS既是社会运动，也是一门学科。她认为，这引发了有关我们作为STS研究人员想要从事哪种类型的工作以及我们必须选择多少自由度的疑问。