Erik Fisher is the principle investigator for the Socio-Technical Integration Research project (STIR; NSF #0849101), assistant director of international activities at the Center for Nanotechnology in Society (CNS; NSF #0531194), and assistant professor in the School of Government, Politics, and Global Studies at Arizona State University. Fisher has a joint appointment at the Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes (CSPO) and leads a Real-time Technology Assessment research thrust for CNS. Fisher studies the multi-level governance of emerging technologies, spanning the nested chains of agency from “lab to legislature.” He developed the collaborative, interdisciplinary approach of Midstream Modulation to help understand how social and ethical aspects of science and engineering decision-making may be broadened. Fisher holds a doctorate in environmental studies (science policy), a master’s degree in classics (both from the University of Colorado), and a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and mathematics (from St. John’s College in Santa Fe and Annapolis).

Sally Randles is Senior Research Fellow at the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, University of Manchester, UK. Her research focus is emergent technologies, governance and society. As Principal Investigator for the University of Manchester on the (2009) FP7, NANOPLAT project she led on value chains in nano-consumer products and distributed governance. She is currently PI for Univ Manchester on the 3 year FP7 RES-AGORA project (commissioned February 2013) on socio-normative governance frameworks for responsible research and innovation. She holds a BSc in Management Sciences from Lancaster University, an MBA and a PhD from the University of Manchester in urban geography and political economy. Previous roles include principal economic development officer within regional government in the UK, community development officer in Spitalfields, east London, and survey officer and author at the UK Consumers’ Association publishers of ‘Which?’ magazine.