Lou Lennad is a PhD candidate in Public Policy on the Science, Technology and Policy Studies track at Harvard Kennedy School. In addition to being a Fellow in the STS Program, she is a graduate student affiliate of the Center for European Studies and the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs.

Her research first focused on the governance of science and technology, especially human genetics and neurotechnology, before turning to the science and technology of governance. Her dissertation research, supervised by Sheila Jasanoff, explores the relationship between expertise, democracy and legitimacy as it plays out in the recent emergence of the field of ‘behavioral science for public policy’. She compares the behaviorist practices of continental Europe to the Anglo-American ones.

Lou holds an MSc in STS from University College London, and three bachelor’s degrees in Political Science, Genetics, and Law. She gained field experience at the French INSERM ethics committee and at the OECD.