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市民大會或共識會議常被政府機構用來作為制定或影響政策的工具。包括美國衛生研究所(National Institutes of Health)、美國農業部(US Department of Agriculture)都曾採用。這本來是設計讓政府制定決策的過程中,公眾能有發聲的機會,在某些特定的地方議題上提供一些洞見與意見。
政策制定者想利用市民會議多聽各方意見解決歧見,下場就是強化各自的意見、增加衝突、不能達成共識。可是政策制定者還是很喜歡採用這種方式。支持採行公眾會議的人認為這種集會有可能達成共識,並且提供了一般大眾、專家和決策者之間雙向對話的管道,可以及早發掘並辯論相關的倫理、法律、和社會(ethical, legal and social, ELSI)關注;最終能夠對於新興科學領域和它們的社會應用性進行一個長期的規劃。
最近發生的議題有國土安全部(Department of Homeland Security,DHS)下的國家生物與農業防禦設施(National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility,NBAF)的選址問題。其實採行市民會議,反而得到與大眾意見相反的結果。這個由北卡州立大學科技公眾溝通計畫中心和威斯康辛大學麥迪遜分校生命科學溝通系合作的研究,發現最後選出的六個可能 NBAF 場址的排名和沒有明確界定的「社區接受度」這個要項有關。他們比較 DHS 排名和最後選的六個社區人口普查,以及對媒體人、決策者、和社區領袖作深入訪問。
來自馬來西亞,畢業於台灣國立清華大學生命科學系學士暨碩士班,以及美國加州大學戴維斯分校(University of California at Davis)遺傳學博士班,從事果蠅演化遺傳學研究。曾於台灣中央研究院生物多樣性研究中心擔任博士後研究員,現任教於國立清華大學分子與細胞生物學研究所,從事鳥類的演化遺傳學、基因體學及演化發育生物學研究。過去曾長期擔任中文科學新聞網站「科景」(Sciscape.org)總編輯,現任台大科教中心CASE特約寫手、Readmoo部落格【GENE思書軒】、關鍵評論網專欄作家;個人部落格:The Sky of Gene;臉書粉絲頁:GENE思書齋。