629 KB46 KB196520252019Carradore, Robertoštevilka:3letnik:56str. 798-813, 949ISSN:0040-3598COBISSID:36545117URN:URN:NBN:SI:doc-WXHPXHQTenVisoka šola za politične vedeTeorija in praksaAgricultureanaliza tveganjabiopesticidiBiotechnologyBiotehnologijadružbena sprejemljivostKmetijstvoPesticidesPesticidiSociologija znanostiSociology of sciencevirusiMaking viruses more socially acceptable| a sociological framework for virus-based plant protection products|A new class of biopesticides in agriculture is being developed in Europe. This biotechnological innovation is based on the use of a virus as a biocontrol agent and is presented by scientists in response to the EU policy of reducing chemical pesticides; yet, the negative social image of viruses could act as a brake on innovation and worsen the fiduciary pact existing between technoscience and society. This contribution aims to trace the theoretical space for social acceptability within risk analysis, first by looking at how the scientific image of viruses has changed and, second, by proposing a sociological framework for investigating the social image of virus-based biotechnological innovationsV evropskem kontekstu se je razvila nova skupina biopesticidov v kmetijstvu. Ta biotehnološka inovacija temelji na uporabi virusov kot biokontrolnih dejavnikov in jo znanstveniki predstavljajo kot odgovor regulacijski politiki Evropske unije, ki zahteva zmanjšanje kemijskih pesticidov; vendar bi lahko negativna družbena percepcija virusov delovala kot zavora tovrstne inovacije in poslabšala fiduciarno zavezništvo med tehnoznanostjo in družbo. Prispevek preučuje teoretski okvir družbene sprejemljivosti znotraj analize tveganj, pri čemer ga zanima, prvič, kako se je znanstvena predstava virusov spremenila, in, drugič, sociološki okvir za raziskovanje družbenih predstav biotehnoloških inovacij, ki se opirajo na viruseTEXTznanstveno časopisjejournalsSlovenian National E-content AggregatorNational and University Library of SloveniaUniverza v Ljubljani, Fakulteta za družbene vede