1 Specter (2012).

2 See, e.g., Varmus and others (2003); Brooks and others (2009); Calvert (2013); Hicks (2016); Kaldewey (2018).

3 Fleming (2010: 192).

4 Baker (2017: 11).

5 Pierrehumbert (2015).

6 See, e.g., Sarewitz and Pielke (2007: 11–12).

7 Locher and Fressoz (2012); Bonneuil and Fressoz (2016); Malm (2016).

8 See, e.g., Sarewitz (2004); Sarewitz and Pielke (2007).

9 Sarewitz and Pielke (2007: 14).

10 Gramelsberger and Feichter (2011: 11–15); see also Hulme (2014).

11 See also Hulme (2012).

12 Taylor and Buttel (1992: 410).

13 To name but a few contributions in this context, see, e.g., Adger and others, (2013); Hulme (2014); Weaver and others (2014); Hackmann, Moser, and St. Clair (2014); Victor (2015); Malm (2016).

14 Malm (2016: 6, emphasis in original).

15 Malm (2016: 6, emphasis in original).

16 US National Research Council (2012: 1–2, emphasis added).

17 US National Research Council (2012: 1–2, emphasis added).

18 US Government Accountability Office (2010b: 2). See also US Government Accountability Office (2011).

19 Turner and Isenberg (2018: 33).

20 Although the literature points to several reasons why the selection of scientists and technical experts makes political sense (see, e.g., Smallman 2020).

21 See, e.g., Keller (2009); Boswell (2012).

22 For the notion of following the actors, see, e.g., Latour and Woolgar (1979); Pinch and Bijker (1984); Latour (1987); Latour (1999).