Gwendolyn Blue
Gwendolyn Blue is a critical interpretive social scientist who conducts research on environmental governance, public science, and participatory practice. Her focus is primarily on symbolic and epistemic politics (e.g. how issues are represented, whose expertise counts, which values matter), and how these politics influence participatory engagement across issues such as climate change, genomics, and zoonotic disease. She is particularly interested in identifying the assumptions, values, and contexts that ‘open up’ and ‘close down’ inclusive engagement. Gwendolyn’s research traverses science, politics, and communication and her research goals are oriented toward promoting inclusive engagement with public issues that involve science and technology, including efforts to extend the 'demos' of liberal democracy beyond human-centered approaches.