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''Undone science'' refers to areas of research that are left unfunded, incomplete, or generally ignored but that social movements or civil society organizations often identify as worthy of more research. This study mobilizes four recent studies to further elaborate the concept of undone science as it relates to the political construction of research agendas. Using these cases, we develop the argument that undone science is part of a broader politics of knowledge, wherein multiple and competing groups struggle over the construction and implementation of alternative research agendas. Overall, the study demonstrates the analytic potential of the concept of undone science to deepen understanding of the systematic nonproduction of knowledge in the institutional matrix of state, industry, and social movements that is characteristic of recent calls for a ''new political sociology of science.'' [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reports on environmental problems that can be categorized as nasty surprises. Example of synthetic industrial chemicals that can interfere with the endocrine system of animals and human; Other environmental surprises that occurred in the field of environmental policy landscape; Discussion on how environmental surprises show the conflict between precautionary and conventional modes of environmental decision making,