12. Conclusions and outlook

Almost 20 years ago, G. Paillotin, Director General of INRA, spoke with M. Callon about "laboratory research" and the emergence of "outdoor research" ... What foresight from an agronomist and a sociologist combined! "For some years now, we've been seeing "concerned groups" organizing themselves to appropriate the terms and issues of research and to engage in dialogue with scientists; this is what can be called "outdoor research", as G. Paillotin put it. "This dialogue often proves unexpectedly fruitful, but some researchers remain sceptical: is science open to lay people still science? Since then, the scientific community has made progress on the subject,...