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My work investigates the nature of expertise: what is it, who has it, how is it developed, how it shared, how can it be recognised and acted upon.
In answering these questions, I have developed three main sets of interests:
- Understanding the nature of expertise as a property of social groups. Known as Studies of Expertise and Experience, this approach has developed a $acirc; Periodic Table of Expertises$acirc; that can be used to identify different types and levels of expertise. This work has implications for a range of topics in Science and Technology Studies, including public understanding of science, interdisciplinary working and understanding of scientific controversies.
- Measuring the distribution of interactional expertise. Developing the Periodic Table of Expertises has led to the creation of a new research method $acirc; the Imitation Game $acirc; to measure the way in which one of its key categories $acirc; interactional expertise $acirc; is distributed. If successful, the method will provide a new way of mapping the interactions between social groups.
- The role of expertise in technological decision-making in the public domain. Drawing on the $acirc; Third Wave of Science Studies$acirc; , this work explores how experts and citizens can contribute to technological decision-making in the public domain without reducing the process to either technocracy or populism. It has implications for democratic decision-making and for participatory forms of social research.
Research Centre
Centre for Study of Knowledge Expertise and Science
Links to
ALL @ SEE: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/socsi/expertise
Expertise blog: http://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/imgame/blog-2/
Cyhoeddiad
2026
- Collins, H. and Evans, R. 2026. Tacit knowledge, replication, expertise, and democracy. In: Fouché, R. ed. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Society. Oxford University Press(10.1093/9780197852712.003.0098)
- Collins, H. et al. 2026. More problems of large language models in comparison with human knowledge. AI and Society (10.1007/s00146-026-03021-w)
- Collins, H. and Evans, R. 2026. Veritocracy: Truth, science, and how to preserve democracy. Collective Studies in Knowledge and Society USA: Bloomsbury Academic. (10.5040/9798216198840)
2025
- Collins, H. , Evans, R. and Reyes-Galindo, L. 2025. Virtual diversity: Resolving the tension between the wider culture and the institution of science. Social Studies of Science 55 (2), pp.262-287. (10.1177/03063127241263609)
- Collins, H. , Evans, R. and Reyes-Galindo, L. 2025. Virtual diversity revisited.. Social Studies of Science 55 (2), pp.316-324. (10.1177/03063127251330545)
- Hutchinson, D. et al., 2025. EcoMaps and young minds: Charting the environmental imagination. Presented at: WISERD Annual Conference 2025 Aberystwyth, Wales 30 June - 01 July 2025. Participation and partnership in a time of precarity and polarisation - Abstract Booklet. Aberystwyth University: Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research and Data. , pp.41-41.
2024
- Hacking, N. , Lewis, J. and Evans, R. 2024. Mapping approaches to ‘citizen science’ and ‘community science’ and everything in-between: The evolution of new epistemic territory?. Minerva 62 (4), pp.549-572. (10.1007/s11024-024-09529-z)
- Hacking, N. , Evans, R. and Lewis, J. 2024. Expertise, trading zones and the planning system: a case study of an energy-from-biomass plant. Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space 7 (3), pp.1418-1435. (10.1177/25148486231212083)
- Collins, H. and Evans, R. 2024. Studies of expertise and experience: Demarcating and defending the role of science in democracy. In: Pritchard, D. , Farina, M. and Lavazza, A. eds. Expertise: Philosophical Perspectives. Oxford: Oxford University Press. , pp.147-168. (10.1093/oso/9780198877301.003.0009)
- Caudill, D. , Collins, H. and Evans, R. 2024. Judges should be discerning consensus, not evaluating scientific expertise. University of Cincinnati Law Review 92 (4) 11.
2023
- Collins, H. et al. 2023. Hypernormal science and its significance. Perspectives on Science 31 (2), pp.262-292. (10.1162/posc_a_00572)
- Hacking, N. , Lewis, J. and Evans, R. 2023. It is time to rethink what citizen science really is. [Online].Vol. 28 MarThe Conversation: The Conversation Trust. Available at: https://theconversation.com/its-time-to-rethink-what-citizen-science-really-is-202397.
- Evans, R. , Hacking, N. and Lewis, J. 2023. Expanding citizen science: community action without primary data collection. Citizen Science: Theory and Practice 8 (1), pp.1-12. 11. (10.5334/cstp.503)
- Collins, H. et al. 2023. The Third Wave and populism: Scientific expertise as a check and balance. In: Eyal, G. and Medvetz, T. eds. The Oxford Handbook of Expertise and Democratic Politics The Oxford Handbook of Expertise and Democratic Politics. Oxford University Press. , pp.52-77. (10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190848927.001.0001)
- Evans, R. 2023. The consensus rule: judges, jurors, and admissibility hearings. Villanova Law Review 67 (5), pp.883-892.
2022
- Evans, R. 2022. SAGE advice and political decision-making: 'following the science' in times of epistemic uncertainty. Social Studies of Science 52 (1), pp.53-78. (10.1177/03063127211062586)
- Collins, H. et al. 2022. The face-to-face principle: science, trust, democracy and the internet. Cardiff: Cardiff University Press. (10.18573/book7)
2021
- Evans, R. et al. 2021. Evaluating the Imitation Game as a method for comparative research: a replication study using Imitation Games about religion. International Journal of Social Research Methodology (10.1080/13645579.2021.1986316)
- Evans, R. , Lewis, J. and Hacking, N. 2021. Tackling air quality monitoring with a citizen science group. [Online].Wiserd Blogs: WISERD. Available at: https://wiserd.ac.uk/news/tackling-air-quality-monitoring-citizen-science-group.
2020
- Collins, H. et al. 2020. Experts and the will of the people: society, populism and science. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave. (10.1007/978-3-030-26983-8)
2019
- Collins, H. and Evans, R. 2019. Studies of expertise and experience: a sociological perspective on expertise. In: Ward, P. et al., The Oxford Handbook of Expertise. Oxford Handbooks Online(10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198795872.013.4)
- Evans, R. et al. 2019. Groups and individuals: conformity and diversity in the performance of gendered identities. British Journal of Sociology 70 (4), pp.1561-1581. (10.1111/1468-4446.12507)
- Collins, H. et al. 2019. Bonfire Night and Burns Night: Using the Imitation Game to research English and Scottish identities. In: Caudill, D. S. et al., The Third Wave in Science and Technology Studies: Future Research Directions on Expertise and Experience. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. , pp.109-131. (10.1007/978-3-030-14335-0_7)
- Collins, H. and Evans, R. 2019. Populism and science. Epistemology & Philosophy of Science 56 (4), pp.200-218. (10.5840/eps201956476)
- Evans, R. , Collins, H. and Weinel, M. 2019. Imitation Game. In: Atkinson, P. et al., SAGE Research Methods Foundations. Sage. , pp.1-23.
2018
- Collins, H. and Evans, R. 2018. A sociological/philosophical perspective on expertise: the acquisition of expertise through socialization. In: Ericsson, K. A. et al., The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance. Cambridge Univeristy Press. , pp.21-32. (10.1017/9781316480748.002)
2017
- Collins, H. and Evans, R. 2017. A general theory of the use of technology in sport and some consequences. In: Schulenkorf, N. and Frawley, S. eds. Critical Issues in Global Sport Management. Routledge. , pp.219-237.
- Collins, H. et al. 2017. The Imitation Game and the nature of mixed methods. Journal of Mixed Methods Research 11 (4), pp.510-527. (10.1177/1558689815619824)
- Collins, H. M. , Evans, R. J. and Weinel, M. 2017. STS as science or politics. Social Studies of Science 47 (4), pp.580-586. (10.1177/0306312717710131)
- Collins, H. M. and Evans, R. J. 2017. The bearing of studies of expertise and experience on ethnography. Qualitative Inquiry 23 (6), pp.445-451.
- Collins, H. and Evans, R. 2017. Probes, surveys, and the ontology of the social. Journal of Mixed Methods Research 11 (3), pp.328-341. (10.1177/1558689815619825)
- Collins, H. and Evans, R. 2017. Why democracies need science. Cambridge and Malden, MA: Polity Press.
- Collins, H. , Evans, R. and Weinel, M. 2017. Interactional expertise. In: Felt, U. et al., Handbook of Scinece and Technology Studies (4th Edition). MIT Press. , pp.765-792.
- Collins, H. , Evans, R. and Higgins, C. 2017. Bad call: Technology's attack on referees and umpires and how to fix it. MIT Press.
2016
- Collins, H. and Evans, R. 2016. A thousand words is worth a picture. Social Studies of Science 46 (2), pp.312-324. (10.1177/0306312716637437)
- Collins, H. M. , Evans, R. J. and Weinel, M. 2016. Expertise revisited, Part II: Contributory expertise. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 56 , pp.103-110. (10.1016/j.shpsa.2015.07.003)
- Collins, H. M. et al. 2016. Modelling architecture in the world of expertise. Room One Thousand 4 , pp.24-34.
2015
- Collins, H. M. and Evans, R. J. 2015. Expertise revisited, Part I - interactional expertise. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 54 , pp.113-123. (10.1016/j.shpsa.2015.07.004)
- Fisher, E. et al., 2015. Mapping the integrative field: taking stock of socio-technical collaborations. Journal of Responsible Innovation 2 (1), pp.39-61. (10.1080/23299460.2014.1001671)
- Evans, R. 2015. What is expertise? Technical knowledge and political judgment. In: Villumsen Berling, T. and Bueger, C. eds. Security Expertise: Practice, Power, Responsibility. PRIO New Security Studies Abingdon: Routledge. , pp.19-36.
2014
- Collins, H. M. and Evans, R. J. 2014. Actor and analyst: A response to Coopmans and Button. Social Studies of Science 44 (5), pp.786-792. (10.1177/0306312714546242)
- Evans, R. J. 2014. Expert advisers: why economic forecasters can be useful even when they are wrong. In: Martini, C. and Boumans, M. eds. Experts and Consensus in Social Science. Ethical Economy Vol. 50.Springer International. , pp.233-252.
- Evans, R. J. 2014. Science and democracy in the third wave: Elective modernism not epistocracy. In: Holst, C. ed. Expertise and Democracy. Oslo, Norway: ARENA, Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo. , pp.85-102.
2013
- Collins, H. M. and Evans, R. J. 2013. Quantifying the tacit: the imitation game and social fluency. Sociology n/a (10.1177/0038038512455735)
- Evans, R. J. and Crocker, H. 2013. The Imitation Game as a method for exploring knowledge(s) of chronic illness. Methodological Innovations Online 8 (1), pp.34-52. (10.4256/mio.2013.003)
2012
- Collins, H. M. and Evans, R. J. 2012. Sport-decision aids and the 'CSI-effect': why cricket uses Hawk-Eye well and tennis uses it badly. Public Understanding of Science 21 (8), pp.904-921. (10.1177/0963662511407991)
- Elwyn, G. et al. 2012. Detecting deterioration in patients with chronic disease using telemonitoring: navigating the 'trough of disillusionment'. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 18 (4), pp.896-903. (10.1111/j.1365-2753.2011.01701.x)
- Sutherland, W. J. et al., 2012. A Collaboratively-Derived Science-Policy Research Agenda. PLoS ONE 7 (3) e31824. (10.1371/journal.pone.0031824)
2011
- Collins, H. M. , Weinel, M. and Evans, R. J. 2011. Object and shadow: responses to the CPS critiques of Collins, Weinel and Evans', "Politics and policy of the Third Wave". Critical Policy Studies 5 (3), pp.340-348. (10.1080/19460171.2011.606309)
- Evans, R. J. 2011. Collective epistemology: the intersection of group membership and expertise. In: Schmid, H. B. , Sirtes, D. and Weber, M. eds. Collective Epistemology. Epistemische Studien : Schriften zur Erkenntnis- und Wissenschaftstheorie Vol. 20.Frankfurt: Ontos Verlag. , pp.177-202.
2010
- Collins, H. , Evans, R. and Gorman, M. E. 2010. Trading Zones and Interactional Expertise. In: Gorman, M. E. ed. Trading Zones and Interactional Expertise: Creating New Kinds of Collaboration. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. , pp.7-24.
- Collins, H. M. and Evans, R. J. 2010. The third wave of science studies: studies of expertise and experience. In: Sergio, D. and Juhno, P. eds. Themes in Transdisciplinary Research. IEAT. , pp.299-363.
- Collins, H. M. , Weinel, M. and Evans, R. J. 2010. The politics and policy of the Third Wave: new technologies and society. Critical Policy Studies 4 (2), pp.185-201. (10.1080/19460171.2010.490642)
- Evans, R. J. and Collins, H. M. 2010. Interactional expertise and the imitation game. In: Gorman, M. E. ed. Trading Zones and Interactional Expertise: Creating New Kinds of Collaboration. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. , pp.53-70.
2009
- Evans, R. J. et al. 2009. Qualitative research, deliberative inquiry and policy making. Qualitative Researcher (10), pp.10-11.
- Evans, R. J. and Kotchetkova, I. 2009. Qualitative research and deliberative methods: promise or peril?. Qualitative Research 9 (5), pp.625-643. (10.1177/1468794109343630)
- Evans, R. J. , Kotchetkova, I. and Langer, S. 2009. Just around the corner: rhetorics of progress and promise in genetic research. Public Understanding of Science 18 (1), pp.43-59. (10.1177/0963662507078016)
2008
- Collins, H. M. and Evans, R. J. 2008. You cannot be serious! Public understanding of technology with special reference to 'Hawk-Eye'. Public Understanding of Science 17 (3), pp.283-308. (10.1177/0963662508093370)
- Evans, R. J. 2008. The sociology of expertise: the distribution of social fluency. Sociology Compass 2 (1), pp.281-298. (10.1111/j.1751-9020.2007.00062.x)
- Evans, R. J. and Kotchetkova, I. 2008. Qualiti methods briefing number 2 - Facilitation or interpretation?: Qualitative research and deliberative methods. Cardiff: Cardiff School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University. Available at: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/socsi/qualiti/MethodsBriefResearchFind/MethodsBriefing02.pdf.
- Kotchetkova, I. and Evans, R. J. 2008. Promoting deliberation through research: qualitative methods and public engagement with science and technology. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University. Available at: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/socsi/qualiti/WorkingPapers/Qualiti_WPS_007.pdf.
- Kotchetkova, I. , Evans, R. J. and Langer, S. 2008. Articulating contextualized knowledge: focus groups and/as public participation?. Science as Culture 17 (1), pp.71-84. (10.1080/09505430701872897)
2007
- Evans, R. J. and Plows, A. J. 2007. Listening Without Prejudice? Re-Discovering the Value of the Disinterested Citizen. Social Studies of Science 37 (6), pp.827-854. (10.1177/0306312707076602)
- Collins, H. M. and Evans, R. 2007. Rethinking expertise. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
- Collins, H. M. and Evans, R. J. 2007. Expertise: from attribute to attribution and back again?. In: Hackett, E. et al., The Handbook of Science and Technology Studies. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. , pp.609-630.
- Collins, H. M. , Evans, R. J. and Gorman, M. 2007. Trading zones and interactional expertise. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 38 (4), pp.657-666. (10.1016/j.shpsa.2007.09.003)
- Evans, R. J. 2007. Social networks and private spaces in economic forecasting. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 38 (4), pp.686-697. (10.1016/j.shpsa.2007.09.011)
- Evans, R. J. , Plows, A. and Welsh, I. 2007. Towards an anatomy of public engagement with medical genetics. In: Atkinson, P. , Glasner, P. and Greenslade, H. eds. New Genetics, New Identities. Abingdon: Routledge. , pp.139-156.
- Welsh, I. , Plows, A. and Evans, R. J. 2007. Human rights and genomics: science, genomics and social movements at the 2004 London Social Forum. New Genetics and Society 26 (2), pp.123-135. (10.1080/14636770701466816)
2006
- Evans, R. J. and Marvin, S. 2006. Researching the sustainable city: three modes of interdisciplinarity. Environment and Planning A 38 (6), pp.1009-1028. (10.1068/a37317)
- Collins, H. and Evans, R. 2006. The third wave of science studies: studies of expertise and experience. In: Selinger, E. and Crease, R. eds. The Philosophy of Expertise. New York, NY: Columbia University Press. , pp.39-110.
- Collins, H. M. et al. 2006. Experiments with interactional expertise. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 37 (4), pp.656-674. (10.1016/j.shpsa.2006.09.005)
- Evans, R. J. 2006. Evaluating an electronic plagiarism detection service: The importance of trust and the difficulty of proving students don't cheat. Active Learning in Higher Education 7 (1), pp.87-99. (10.1177/1469787406061150)
2005
- Evans, R. J. 2005. Introduction: Demarcation socialized: constructing boundaries and recognizing difference. Science, Technology & Human Values 30 (1), pp.3-16. (10.1177/0162243904270713)
2004
- Evans, R. J. 2004. Talking About Money: Public Participation and Expert Knowledge in the Euro Referendum. The British Journal of Sociology 55 (1), pp.35-53. (10.1111/j.1468-4446.2004.00005.x)
2003
- Collins, H. M. and Evans, R. J. 2003. King Canute meets the Beach Boys: responses to the Third Wave. Social Studies of Science 33 (3), pp.435-452. (10.1177/03063127030333007)
2002
- Collins, H. M. and Evans, R. J. 2002. The Third Wave of Science Studies: Studies of Expertise and Experience. Social Studies of Science 32 (2), pp.235-296. (10.1177/0306312702032002003)
- Welsh, I. and Evans, R. 2002. Xenotransplantation, risk, regulation and surveillance: social and technological dimensions of change. In: Chadwick, R. and Schroeder, D. eds. Applied Ethics: Critical Concepts in Philosophy. Vol. 3, Ethical Issues in Medicine, Technology and the Life Sciences London: Routledge. , pp.146-168.
2001
- Evans, R. J. , Guy, S. and Marvin, S. 2001. Views of the city: multiple pathways to sustainable transport futures. Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability 6 (2), pp.121-133. (10.1080/13549830120052773)
1999
- Evans, R. J. 1999. Economic models and policy advice: theory choice or moral choice?. Science in Context 12 (02), pp.351-376. (10.1017/S026988970000346X)
- Evans, R. J. 1999. Macroeconomic forecasting: a sociological appraisal. Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy Abingdon: Routledge.
- Evans, R. J. , Guy, S. and Marvin, S. 1999. Making a difference: sociology of scientific knowledge and urban energy policies. Science, Technology & Human Values 24 (1), pp.105-131. (10.1177/016224399902400106)
- Welsh, I. and Evans, R. J. 1999. Xenotransplantation, risk, regulation and surveillance: social and technological dimensions of change. New Genetics and Society 18 (2-3), pp.197-217. (10.1080/14636779908656899)
1998
- Evans, R. J. 1998. Economic models: the past, present and future?. Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal 16 (2), pp.115-122. (10.1080/14615517.1998.10590196)
1997
- Evans, R. J. 1997. Soothsaying or science?: Falsification, uncertainty and social change in macroeconomic modelling. Social Studies of Science 27 (3), pp.395-438. (10.1177/030631297027003002)
1996
- Kirchler, E. , Fehr, E. and Evans, R. J. 1996. Social exchange in the labor market: reciprocity and trust versus egoistic money maximization. Journal of Economic Psychology 17 (3), pp.313-341. (10.1016/0167-4870(96)00013-X)
Adrannau llyfrau
- Collins, H. and Evans, R. 2026. Tacit knowledge, replication, expertise, and democracy. In: Fouché, R. ed. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Society. Oxford University Press(10.1093/9780197852712.003.0098)
- Collins, H. and Evans, R. 2024. Studies of expertise and experience: Demarcating and defending the role of science in democracy. In: Pritchard, D. , Farina, M. and Lavazza, A. eds. Expertise: Philosophical Perspectives. Oxford: Oxford University Press. , pp.147-168. (10.1093/oso/9780198877301.003.0009)
- Collins, H. et al. 2023. The Third Wave and populism: Scientific expertise as a check and balance. In: Eyal, G. and Medvetz, T. eds. The Oxford Handbook of Expertise and Democratic Politics The Oxford Handbook of Expertise and Democratic Politics. Oxford University Press. , pp.52-77. (10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190848927.001.0001)
- Collins, H. and Evans, R. 2019. Studies of expertise and experience: a sociological perspective on expertise. In: Ward, P. et al., The Oxford Handbook of Expertise. Oxford Handbooks Online(10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198795872.013.4)
- Collins, H. et al. 2019. Bonfire Night and Burns Night: Using the Imitation Game to research English and Scottish identities. In: Caudill, D. S. et al., The Third Wave in Science and Technology Studies: Future Research Directions on Expertise and Experience. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. , pp.109-131. (10.1007/978-3-030-14335-0_7)
- Evans, R. , Collins, H. and Weinel, M. 2019. Imitation Game. In: Atkinson, P. et al., SAGE Research Methods Foundations. Sage. , pp.1-23.
- Collins, H. and Evans, R. 2018. A sociological/philosophical perspective on expertise: the acquisition of expertise through socialization. In: Ericsson, K. A. et al., The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance. Cambridge Univeristy Press. , pp.21-32. (10.1017/9781316480748.002)
- Collins, H. and Evans, R. 2017. A general theory of the use of technology in sport and some consequences. In: Schulenkorf, N. and Frawley, S. eds. Critical Issues in Global Sport Management. Routledge. , pp.219-237.
- Collins, H. , Evans, R. and Weinel, M. 2017. Interactional expertise. In: Felt, U. et al., Handbook of Scinece and Technology Studies (4th Edition). MIT Press. , pp.765-792.
- Evans, R. 2015. What is expertise? Technical knowledge and political judgment. In: Villumsen Berling, T. and Bueger, C. eds. Security Expertise: Practice, Power, Responsibility. PRIO New Security Studies Abingdon: Routledge. , pp.19-36.
- Evans, R. J. 2014. Expert advisers: why economic forecasters can be useful even when they are wrong. In: Martini, C. and Boumans, M. eds. Experts and Consensus in Social Science. Ethical Economy Vol. 50.Springer International. , pp.233-252.
- Evans, R. J. 2014. Science and democracy in the third wave: Elective modernism not epistocracy. In: Holst, C. ed. Expertise and Democracy. Oslo, Norway: ARENA, Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo. , pp.85-102.
- Evans, R. J. 2011. Collective epistemology: the intersection of group membership and expertise. In: Schmid, H. B. , Sirtes, D. and Weber, M. eds. Collective Epistemology. Epistemische Studien : Schriften zur Erkenntnis- und Wissenschaftstheorie Vol. 20.Frankfurt: Ontos Verlag. , pp.177-202.
- Collins, H. , Evans, R. and Gorman, M. E. 2010. Trading Zones and Interactional Expertise. In: Gorman, M. E. ed. Trading Zones and Interactional Expertise: Creating New Kinds of Collaboration. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. , pp.7-24.
- Collins, H. M. and Evans, R. J. 2010. The third wave of science studies: studies of expertise and experience. In: Sergio, D. and Juhno, P. eds. Themes in Transdisciplinary Research. IEAT. , pp.299-363.
- Evans, R. J. and Collins, H. M. 2010. Interactional expertise and the imitation game. In: Gorman, M. E. ed. Trading Zones and Interactional Expertise: Creating New Kinds of Collaboration. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. , pp.53-70.
- Collins, H. M. and Evans, R. J. 2007. Expertise: from attribute to attribution and back again?. In: Hackett, E. et al., The Handbook of Science and Technology Studies. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. , pp.609-630.
- Evans, R. J. , Plows, A. and Welsh, I. 2007. Towards an anatomy of public engagement with medical genetics. In: Atkinson, P. , Glasner, P. and Greenslade, H. eds. New Genetics, New Identities. Abingdon: Routledge. , pp.139-156.
- Collins, H. and Evans, R. 2006. The third wave of science studies: studies of expertise and experience. In: Selinger, E. and Crease, R. eds. The Philosophy of Expertise. New York, NY: Columbia University Press. , pp.39-110.
- Welsh, I. and Evans, R. 2002. Xenotransplantation, risk, regulation and surveillance: social and technological dimensions of change. In: Chadwick, R. and Schroeder, D. eds. Applied Ethics: Critical Concepts in Philosophy. Vol. 3, Ethical Issues in Medicine, Technology and the Life Sciences London: Routledge. , pp.146-168.
Cynadleddau
- Hutchinson, D. et al., 2025. EcoMaps and young minds: Charting the environmental imagination. Presented at: WISERD Annual Conference 2025 Aberystwyth, Wales 30 June - 01 July 2025. Participation and partnership in a time of precarity and polarisation - Abstract Booklet. Aberystwyth University: Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research and Data. , pp.41-41.
Erthyglau
- Collins, H. et al. 2026. More problems of large language models in comparison with human knowledge. AI and Society (10.1007/s00146-026-03021-w)
- Collins, H. , Evans, R. and Reyes-Galindo, L. 2025. Virtual diversity: Resolving the tension between the wider culture and the institution of science. Social Studies of Science 55 (2), pp.262-287. (10.1177/03063127241263609)
- Collins, H. , Evans, R. and Reyes-Galindo, L. 2025. Virtual diversity revisited.. Social Studies of Science 55 (2), pp.316-324. (10.1177/03063127251330545)
- Hacking, N. , Lewis, J. and Evans, R. 2024. Mapping approaches to ‘citizen science’ and ‘community science’ and everything in-between: The evolution of new epistemic territory?. Minerva 62 (4), pp.549-572. (10.1007/s11024-024-09529-z)
- Hacking, N. , Evans, R. and Lewis, J. 2024. Expertise, trading zones and the planning system: a case study of an energy-from-biomass plant. Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space 7 (3), pp.1418-1435. (10.1177/25148486231212083)
- Caudill, D. , Collins, H. and Evans, R. 2024. Judges should be discerning consensus, not evaluating scientific expertise. University of Cincinnati Law Review 92 (4) 11.
- Collins, H. et al. 2023. Hypernormal science and its significance. Perspectives on Science 31 (2), pp.262-292. (10.1162/posc_a_00572)
- Evans, R. , Hacking, N. and Lewis, J. 2023. Expanding citizen science: community action without primary data collection. Citizen Science: Theory and Practice 8 (1), pp.1-12. 11. (10.5334/cstp.503)
- Evans, R. 2023. The consensus rule: judges, jurors, and admissibility hearings. Villanova Law Review 67 (5), pp.883-892.
- Evans, R. 2022. SAGE advice and political decision-making: 'following the science' in times of epistemic uncertainty. Social Studies of Science 52 (1), pp.53-78. (10.1177/03063127211062586)
- Evans, R. et al. 2021. Evaluating the Imitation Game as a method for comparative research: a replication study using Imitation Games about religion. International Journal of Social Research Methodology (10.1080/13645579.2021.1986316)
- Evans, R. et al. 2019. Groups and individuals: conformity and diversity in the performance of gendered identities. British Journal of Sociology 70 (4), pp.1561-1581. (10.1111/1468-4446.12507)
- Collins, H. and Evans, R. 2019. Populism and science. Epistemology & Philosophy of Science 56 (4), pp.200-218. (10.5840/eps201956476)
- Collins, H. et al. 2017. The Imitation Game and the nature of mixed methods. Journal of Mixed Methods Research 11 (4), pp.510-527. (10.1177/1558689815619824)
- Collins, H. M. , Evans, R. J. and Weinel, M. 2017. STS as science or politics. Social Studies of Science 47 (4), pp.580-586. (10.1177/0306312717710131)
- Collins, H. M. and Evans, R. J. 2017. The bearing of studies of expertise and experience on ethnography. Qualitative Inquiry 23 (6), pp.445-451.
- Collins, H. and Evans, R. 2017. Probes, surveys, and the ontology of the social. Journal of Mixed Methods Research 11 (3), pp.328-341. (10.1177/1558689815619825)
- Collins, H. and Evans, R. 2016. A thousand words is worth a picture. Social Studies of Science 46 (2), pp.312-324. (10.1177/0306312716637437)
- Collins, H. M. , Evans, R. J. and Weinel, M. 2016. Expertise revisited, Part II: Contributory expertise. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 56 , pp.103-110. (10.1016/j.shpsa.2015.07.003)
- Collins, H. M. et al. 2016. Modelling architecture in the world of expertise. Room One Thousand 4 , pp.24-34.
- Collins, H. M. and Evans, R. J. 2015. Expertise revisited, Part I - interactional expertise. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 54 , pp.113-123. (10.1016/j.shpsa.2015.07.004)
- Fisher, E. et al., 2015. Mapping the integrative field: taking stock of socio-technical collaborations. Journal of Responsible Innovation 2 (1), pp.39-61. (10.1080/23299460.2014.1001671)
- Collins, H. M. and Evans, R. J. 2014. Actor and analyst: A response to Coopmans and Button. Social Studies of Science 44 (5), pp.786-792. (10.1177/0306312714546242)
- Collins, H. M. and Evans, R. J. 2013. Quantifying the tacit: the imitation game and social fluency. Sociology n/a (10.1177/0038038512455735)
- Evans, R. J. and Crocker, H. 2013. The Imitation Game as a method for exploring knowledge(s) of chronic illness. Methodological Innovations Online 8 (1), pp.34-52. (10.4256/mio.2013.003)
- Collins, H. M. and Evans, R. J. 2012. Sport-decision aids and the 'CSI-effect': why cricket uses Hawk-Eye well and tennis uses it badly. Public Understanding of Science 21 (8), pp.904-921. (10.1177/0963662511407991)
- Elwyn, G. et al. 2012. Detecting deterioration in patients with chronic disease using telemonitoring: navigating the 'trough of disillusionment'. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 18 (4), pp.896-903. (10.1111/j.1365-2753.2011.01701.x)
- Sutherland, W. J. et al., 2012. A Collaboratively-Derived Science-Policy Research Agenda. PLoS ONE 7 (3) e31824. (10.1371/journal.pone.0031824)
- Collins, H. M. , Weinel, M. and Evans, R. J. 2011. Object and shadow: responses to the CPS critiques of Collins, Weinel and Evans', "Politics and policy of the Third Wave". Critical Policy Studies 5 (3), pp.340-348. (10.1080/19460171.2011.606309)
- Collins, H. M. , Weinel, M. and Evans, R. J. 2010. The politics and policy of the Third Wave: new technologies and society. Critical Policy Studies 4 (2), pp.185-201. (10.1080/19460171.2010.490642)
- Evans, R. J. et al. 2009. Qualitative research, deliberative inquiry and policy making. Qualitative Researcher (10), pp.10-11.
- Evans, R. J. and Kotchetkova, I. 2009. Qualitative research and deliberative methods: promise or peril?. Qualitative Research 9 (5), pp.625-643. (10.1177/1468794109343630)
- Evans, R. J. , Kotchetkova, I. and Langer, S. 2009. Just around the corner: rhetorics of progress and promise in genetic research. Public Understanding of Science 18 (1), pp.43-59. (10.1177/0963662507078016)
- Collins, H. M. and Evans, R. J. 2008. You cannot be serious! Public understanding of technology with special reference to 'Hawk-Eye'. Public Understanding of Science 17 (3), pp.283-308. (10.1177/0963662508093370)
- Evans, R. J. 2008. The sociology of expertise: the distribution of social fluency. Sociology Compass 2 (1), pp.281-298. (10.1111/j.1751-9020.2007.00062.x)
- Kotchetkova, I. , Evans, R. J. and Langer, S. 2008. Articulating contextualized knowledge: focus groups and/as public participation?. Science as Culture 17 (1), pp.71-84. (10.1080/09505430701872897)
- Evans, R. J. and Plows, A. J. 2007. Listening Without Prejudice? Re-Discovering the Value of the Disinterested Citizen. Social Studies of Science 37 (6), pp.827-854. (10.1177/0306312707076602)
- Collins, H. M. , Evans, R. J. and Gorman, M. 2007. Trading zones and interactional expertise. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 38 (4), pp.657-666. (10.1016/j.shpsa.2007.09.003)
- Evans, R. J. 2007. Social networks and private spaces in economic forecasting. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 38 (4), pp.686-697. (10.1016/j.shpsa.2007.09.011)
- Welsh, I. , Plows, A. and Evans, R. J. 2007. Human rights and genomics: science, genomics and social movements at the 2004 London Social Forum. New Genetics and Society 26 (2), pp.123-135. (10.1080/14636770701466816)
- Evans, R. J. and Marvin, S. 2006. Researching the sustainable city: three modes of interdisciplinarity. Environment and Planning A 38 (6), pp.1009-1028. (10.1068/a37317)
- Collins, H. M. et al. 2006. Experiments with interactional expertise. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 37 (4), pp.656-674. (10.1016/j.shpsa.2006.09.005)
- Evans, R. J. 2006. Evaluating an electronic plagiarism detection service: The importance of trust and the difficulty of proving students don't cheat. Active Learning in Higher Education 7 (1), pp.87-99. (10.1177/1469787406061150)
- Evans, R. J. 2005. Introduction: Demarcation socialized: constructing boundaries and recognizing difference. Science, Technology & Human Values 30 (1), pp.3-16. (10.1177/0162243904270713)
- Evans, R. J. 2004. Talking About Money: Public Participation and Expert Knowledge in the Euro Referendum. The British Journal of Sociology 55 (1), pp.35-53. (10.1111/j.1468-4446.2004.00005.x)
- Collins, H. M. and Evans, R. J. 2003. King Canute meets the Beach Boys: responses to the Third Wave. Social Studies of Science 33 (3), pp.435-452. (10.1177/03063127030333007)
- Collins, H. M. and Evans, R. J. 2002. The Third Wave of Science Studies: Studies of Expertise and Experience. Social Studies of Science 32 (2), pp.235-296. (10.1177/0306312702032002003)
- Evans, R. J. , Guy, S. and Marvin, S. 2001. Views of the city: multiple pathways to sustainable transport futures. Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability 6 (2), pp.121-133. (10.1080/13549830120052773)
- Evans, R. J. 1999. Economic models and policy advice: theory choice or moral choice?. Science in Context 12 (02), pp.351-376. (10.1017/S026988970000346X)
- Evans, R. J. , Guy, S. and Marvin, S. 1999. Making a difference: sociology of scientific knowledge and urban energy policies. Science, Technology & Human Values 24 (1), pp.105-131. (10.1177/016224399902400106)
- Welsh, I. and Evans, R. J. 1999. Xenotransplantation, risk, regulation and surveillance: social and technological dimensions of change. New Genetics and Society 18 (2-3), pp.197-217. (10.1080/14636779908656899)
- Evans, R. J. 1998. Economic models: the past, present and future?. Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal 16 (2), pp.115-122. (10.1080/14615517.1998.10590196)
- Evans, R. J. 1997. Soothsaying or science?: Falsification, uncertainty and social change in macroeconomic modelling. Social Studies of Science 27 (3), pp.395-438. (10.1177/030631297027003002)
- Kirchler, E. , Fehr, E. and Evans, R. J. 1996. Social exchange in the labor market: reciprocity and trust versus egoistic money maximization. Journal of Economic Psychology 17 (3), pp.313-341. (10.1016/0167-4870(96)00013-X)
Gwefannau
- Hacking, N. , Lewis, J. and Evans, R. 2023. It is time to rethink what citizen science really is. [Online].Vol. 28 MarThe Conversation: The Conversation Trust. Available at: https://theconversation.com/its-time-to-rethink-what-citizen-science-really-is-202397.
- Evans, R. , Lewis, J. and Hacking, N. 2021. Tackling air quality monitoring with a citizen science group. [Online].Wiserd Blogs: WISERD. Available at: https://wiserd.ac.uk/news/tackling-air-quality-monitoring-citizen-science-group.
Llyfrau
- Collins, H. and Evans, R. 2026. Veritocracy: Truth, science, and how to preserve democracy. Collective Studies in Knowledge and Society USA: Bloomsbury Academic. (10.5040/9798216198840)
- Collins, H. et al. 2022. The face-to-face principle: science, trust, democracy and the internet. Cardiff: Cardiff University Press. (10.18573/book7)
- Collins, H. et al. 2020. Experts and the will of the people: society, populism and science. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave. (10.1007/978-3-030-26983-8)
- Collins, H. and Evans, R. 2017. Why democracies need science. Cambridge and Malden, MA: Polity Press.
- Collins, H. , Evans, R. and Higgins, C. 2017. Bad call: Technology's attack on referees and umpires and how to fix it. MIT Press.
- Collins, H. M. and Evans, R. 2007. Rethinking expertise. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
- Evans, R. J. 1999. Macroeconomic forecasting: a sociological appraisal. Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy Abingdon: Routledge.
Monograffau
- Evans, R. J. and Kotchetkova, I. 2008. Qualiti methods briefing number 2 - Facilitation or interpretation?: Qualitative research and deliberative methods. Cardiff: Cardiff School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University. Available at: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/socsi/qualiti/MethodsBriefResearchFind/MethodsBriefing02.pdf.
- Kotchetkova, I. and Evans, R. J. 2008. Promoting deliberation through research: qualitative methods and public engagement with science and technology. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University. Available at: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/socsi/qualiti/WorkingPapers/Qualiti_WPS_007.pdf.
Ymchwil
Mae fy ymchwil gyfredol yn canolbwyntio ar ddwy brif thema:
- Astudiaethau Arbenigedd a Phrofiad (SEE). Sail y gwaith hwn yw'r papur 'Third Wave of Science Studies', a ysgrifennwyd ar y cyd â'r Athro Harry Collins ac a gyhoeddwyd yn 2002. Mae hyn wedi arwain at y teipoleg arbenigedd a nodir yn Rethinking Expertise (2007), archwiliad o Why Democratcies Need Science (2017) ac, yn fwyaf diweddar, beirniadaeth o wleidyddiaeth populist a gyhoeddwyd fel Experts and the Will of the People (2020). Mae prosiectau sy'n gysylltiedig â hyn yn cynnwys darparu cyngor gwyddonol i lywodraeth y DU yn ystod camau cynnar pandemig covid-19, prosiect gwyddoniaeth dinasyddion wedi'i leoli yng Nghanolfan Cymdeithas Sifil WISERD a rôl fentora o fewn prosiect LPIP Cymru Wledig .
- Arbenigedd rhyngweithiol a'r gêm dynwared. Un o'r deilliannau mwyaf cynhyrchiol o'r gwaith ar arbenigedd yw'r syniad o arbenigedd rhyngweithiol a datblygiad y Gêm Dynwared. Wedi'i chynllunio'n wreiddiol fel prawf prawf cysyniad ar gyfer y syniad o arbenigedd rhyngweithiol, arweiniodd y Gêm Dynwared at grant Ymchwil Uwch € 2.26M gan yr ERC'. Mae canlyniadau cynnar y gwaith hwn ar gael fel erthyglau cyfnodolion, gyda'r prosiect yn ei gyfanrwydd bellach yn cael ei ysgrifennu fel ymchwil 'Llawlyfr Gêm Dynwared' a fydd yn cael ei gyflwyno i MIT Press yn haf 2025. Mae gwaith mewn arbenigedd rhyngweithiol bellach yn cael ei ddefnyddio i ddatblygu rhaglen ymchwil sy'n gwerthuso ac yn beirniadu defnyddiau posibl Modelau Iaith Mawr (LLMs).
Bywgraffiad
Ymunais â'r Ysgol Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol ym mis Ionawr 1998, yn dilyn swydd ymchwil 2 flynedd yn y Ganolfan Technoleg Trefol ym Mhrifysgol Newcastle upon Tyne a chyfnod byr fel Cymrawd Addysgu yn yr LSE.
Yn y 25+ mlynedd rydw i wedi bod yng Nghaerdydd, rwyf wedi dysgu dulliau ymchwil cymdeithasol – ansoddol a meintiol – ac astudiaethau gwyddoniaeth a thechnoleg ar draws ystod lawn ein rhaglenni israddedig ac ôl-raddedig. Rwyf hefyd wedi ymgymryd ag ystod o rolau gweinyddol, gan gynnwys Cyfarwyddwr Addysgu a Dysgu (2015-2020), ac ar hyn o bryd rwy'n Ddirprwy Bennaeth yr Ysgol.
Trwy gydol y cyfnod hwn, mae fy ngwaith ymchwil wedi bod yn neilltuo i ddatblygu'r 'Drydedd Don o Astudiaethau Gwyddoniaeth', a elwir hefyd yn 'Astudiaethau Arbenigedd a Phrofiad'. Gellir olrhain tarddiad hyn i bapur yn 2002, a ysgrifennwyd ar y cyd â'r Athro Harry Collins, sydd wedi arwain at amrywiaeth o brosiectau damcaniaethol, methodolegol ac empirig. Efallai mai'r mwyaf boddhaol o'r rhain yw'r gweithdai SEESHOP sydd wedi cael eu cynnal bob blwyddyn ers 2007, gyda'r casgliad golygedig hwn – Y drydedd don mewn astudiaethau gwyddoniaeth a thechnoleg: cyfeiriadau ymchwil yn y dyfodol ar arbenigedd a phrofiad – yn cynnwys rhai o'r cyfraniadau mwy diweddar.
Aelodaethau proffesiynol
- Editorial Board Member: Social Studies of Science; Methodological Innovations Online
- Member of: Society for Social Studies of Science (4S)
- Referee for journals including SSS, ST&HV, PUS, AJS, ASR, Minerva and BJS; for grant awarding bodies including ESRC, NSF and Research Council of Norway
- Fellow of ILT, now Higher Education Academy, since 2003
Pwyllgorau ac adolygu
- Adolygydd ar gyfer cyfnodolion a chyrff cyllido ymchwil, ac mae rhai ohonynt wedi'u cofnodi ar fy mhroffil tafarnau.
- Panel Asesu Grant ESRC (2016-2020)
Meysydd goruchwyliaeth
- Astudiaethau gwyddoniaeth a thechnoleg
- Ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd â gwyddoniaeth a thechnoleg
- Arbenigedd a Gwneud Penderfyniadau
