README.txt For the documents submitted to the UK Data Service for research on ÒThe construction of security concerns and non-concerns in synthetic biologyÓ Sam Weiss Evans, DPhil sam@evansresearch.org as part of ESRC/AHRC/DSTL Award ES/K011308/1 24 March 2015 File List and description SAWEVANS-README.txt: This file SAWEvans-Interview1.doc: Interview transcript with Clem Fortman SAWEvans-Interview2.doc: Interview Transcript with Megan Palmer SAWEvans-document_analysis.docx: Documents used in document analysis SAWEvans-Interview_guide.docx: Questions used to guide interviews SAWEvans-information_sheet.pdf: Information sheet on the research project provided to those interested SAWEvans-informed_consent.doc: Sample informed consent form for interviews SAWEvans-image-LBNL1.jpg: Image of safety and security at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory SAWEvans-image-LBNL2.jpg: Image of safety and security at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory SAWEvans-image-LBNL3.jpg: Image of safety and security at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory SAWEvans-image-LBNL4.jpg: Image of safety and security at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory SAWEvans-image-LBNL5.jpg: Image of safety and security at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. this is a card that is part of every security access badge. SAWEvans-image-synbioroadmap_leaflet.jpg: Leaflet handed out at the Spring 2014 Synberc Retreat. Assuming because there was discussion at the retreat about the (non-)value of roadmaps SAWEvans-image-Syndustry_leaflet.jpg: propoganda item of the ETC Group, found at Synberc SAWEVans-datalist.xls: list of interviews conducted that are archived SAWEvans-Talk-2014-Harvard_slides.pdf: Talk given at Harvard UniversityÕs History of Science Department on the ways of constructing what counts as a threat in emerging technology throughout history. SAWEvans-Talk-2014-Harvard_notes.pdf: Notes for presentation at Harvard on ÒIs this a threat?Ó SAWEvans-Talk-2014-Synberc.ppt: 2014 talk at the United States' National Science Foundation's funded Synthetic Biology Engineering Research Center (Synberc)Õs Retreat SAWEvans-Talk-2013-Exeter.pdf: Talk given shortly after the start of this project outlining a set of blackballing strategies employed in getting security off the mind of researchers in synthetic biology SAWEvans-Talk-2014-Royal_Society.pdf: Talk given at the Royal Society on the role of social scientists in reconfiguring the practice and narrative of security in research and innovation SAWEvans-Talk-2014-BWCMX.pdf: Talk given to the United Nations Biological Weapons Convention Meeting of Experts in Geneva in 2014 on the difference between Ôcaring forÕ and Ôtaking care ofÕ security in synthetic biology SAWEvans-Talk-2014-EASST_slides.pdf: Talk given to the European Associate for the Study of Science and Technology annual meeting on the ways of taking care of security in synthetic biology. This work was done in collaboration with Emma Frow. SAWEvans-Talk-2014-EASST_notes.pdf: Notes for the EASST talk. SAWEvans-DURC_comments.pdf: comments on the United States Government Policy for Institutional Oversight of Life Sciences Dual Use Research of Concern