Prometheus

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GENERAL EDITOR

Stuart Macdonald ([e-mail])

Leicester University, UK

EDITORS

Peter Drahos

Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, Australia ([e-mail])

Areas of expertise: patents, intellectual property, trade, regulatory and governance theory.

Hans-Jürgen Engelbrecht

Department of Economics and Finance, Massey University, New Zealand ([e-mail])

Areas of expertise: information/knowledge-based economy/policy/society, economic growth and knowledge spillovers, the role of human capital, happiness economics, behavioural economics related to the information/knowledge-based economy

Richard Hawkins

Science, Technology and Society Program, University of Calgary, Canada ([e-mail])

Areas of expertise: research policy, innovation theory and policy, university-industry collaboration, intellectual property, standards, technical regulation, electronic media industries

Steven Henderson

Southampton Solent University, UK ([e-mail])

Areas of expertise: strategic management, organisational learning, critical thinking

Richard Joseph

130 Orange Valley Road, Kalamunda, WA, Australia ([e-mail])

Areas of expertise: science and technology policy, Australian government policy, academic freedom and managerialism

Karmo Kroos

Department of Economics, Estonian Business School, Estonia ([e-mail])

Areas of expertise: theories of social change, elites as agents of social change, the role of the university, higher education policy, sociology of knowledge, Central and Eastern Europe

Robin Mansell

Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK ([e-mail])

Areas of expertise: internet governance, telecommunications policy and regulation, social impact of new media, political economy of media and communication, development and ICTs

Martin Meyer

Business School, University of Aberdeen, UK ([e-mail])

Areas of expertise: science and technology indicators, university-industry technology transfer, third mission, triple helix, intellectual property management, science-based innovation, new technologies (especially nanotechnology), technological systems, sectoral systems of innovation, programme evaluation

Joanne Roberts

Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton, Winchester, UK ([e-mail])

Areas of expertise: knowledge economy, knowledge creation and transfer communities of practice, business services, internationalisation of services, information and communication technologies innovation systems

Kevin Scally

Cork University School of Business (CUBS), University College Cork, Ireland ([e-mail])

Areas of expertise: invention and design; USPTO patents and innovation; IP and nonprofits; software usability; creativity, iconoclasm and play

Peter Senker

University of Sussex, Brighton, UK ([e-mail])

Areas of expertise: technology, inequality, wealth and poverty; technology and the environment, capitalism and neoliberalism

Uta Wehn

IHE Delft Institute for Water Education in partnership with UNESCO, Delft, The Netherlands ([e-mail])

Areas of expertise: knowledge, ICTs and innovation for development; inter-organisational data and knowledge sharing; knowledge management; capacity development; innovation systems; water innovation studies; citizen science

BOOK REVIEW EDITOR

Steven Umbrello

Managing director, Institute for Ethics and Emerging technologies, Boston MA ([e-mail])

WEBSITE DESIGN

Simon Dunn

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Cover Credit: Laconian cup with the punishment of Atlas and Prometheus. Vatican, Gregorian Museum of the Etruscan Art.

© 2020. Photo Scala, Florence

Prometheus

Volume 39 Issue 1 March 2023

Contents

 Editorial 5

 Stuart Macdonald

Research papers

 Dispelling the Digital Enchantment: how can we move beyond its destructive influence and reclaim our right to an open future?  8

Karen Yeung

 Learning research: theory building and theory testing in educational technology innovation and beyond  28

Matthew D. Regele

Book reviews

 S. Scott Graham, The Doctor and the Algorithm. Promise, Peril, and the Future of Health AI reviewed by Israel Cedillo Lazcano 51

 Graham Dutfield, That High Design of Purest Gold: A Critical History of the Pharmaceutical Industry reviewed by Kevin Scally 55

 Benoît Godin, Gérald Gaglio and Dominique Vinck (eds) Handbook on Alternative Theories of Innovation reviewed by Richard Joseph 57

 Larry A. DiMatteo, Cristina Poncibò and Michel Cannarsa (eds) Cambridge Handbook of Artificial Intelligence: Global Perspectives on Law and Ethics reviewed by Tania Sourdin 60

 S. Voeneky, P. Kellmeyer, O. Mueller and W. Burgard (eds) Cambridge Handbook of Responsible Artificial Intelligence: Interdisciplinary Perspectives reviewed by Matija Franklin 66