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This dataset is held in the Edinburgh DataVault, directly accessible only to authorised University of Edinburgh staff. External users may request access to a copy of the data by contacting the Principal Investigator, Contact Person or Data Manager named on this page. Requests for access will not necessarily be granted. University of Edinburgh users who wish to have direct access should consult the information about retrieving data from the DataVault at: https://www.ed.ac.uk/is/research-support/datavault.
Abstract
Data in support of doctoral thesis titled "The construction of publics: an examination of how visions of digital health technologies shape publics' potential roles in governance practices of such technologies". This study constitutes the third approach of the wider doctoral research and aims at exploring how current policy discourses around DH technologies may influence how publics participate in DH governance processes.
To achieve such aims, the research objectives are:
• to develop an in-depth understanding of how PI activities are design and implemented in a small number of case studies.
• to acquire in-depth knowledge about discourses, visions and other factors that may influence PI practitioners and DH governance experts' conceptualisation and practice of PI.
• to examine how local discourses and policy implementations of DH technologies present and use publics and engagement activities within governance processes.
• to understand the tensions that may exists between high-level conceptualisations of publics and PI driven by dominant discourses and visions of DH technologies.
Examining visions and imaginaries of DH technologies is important because it may provide rich insights into how these discourses influence how publics participate in governance processes of DH technologies. Existing literature has highlighted how perceptions of publics underpinned by knowledge deficit rationales can lead to the design and implementation of PI exercises as means to gain public trust and support. The analysis of how visions and imaginaries of DH technologies shape perceptions of publics can help to better understand how PI activities are taking place in the field of DH governance. Hence, it may help suggests basis for transformation and improvement of DH governance policies in a way that are more capable of incorporating the perspectives of publics
To achieve such aims, the research objectives are:
• to develop an in-depth understanding of how PI activities are design and implemented in a small number of case studies.
• to acquire in-depth knowledge about discourses, visions and other factors that may influence PI practitioners and DH governance experts' conceptualisation and practice of PI.
• to examine how local discourses and policy implementations of DH technologies present and use publics and engagement activities within governance processes.
• to understand the tensions that may exists between high-level conceptualisations of publics and PI driven by dominant discourses and visions of DH technologies.
Examining visions and imaginaries of DH technologies is important because it may provide rich insights into how these discourses influence how publics participate in governance processes of DH technologies. Existing literature has highlighted how perceptions of publics underpinned by knowledge deficit rationales can lead to the design and implementation of PI exercises as means to gain public trust and support. The analysis of how visions and imaginaries of DH technologies shape perceptions of publics can help to better understand how PI activities are taking place in the field of DH governance. Hence, it may help suggests basis for transformation and improvement of DH governance policies in a way that are more capable of incorporating the perspectives of publics
| Date made available | 28 Aug 2024 |
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| Publisher | Edinburgh DataVault |