Program on Science, Technology and Society at Harvard

Harvard Kennedy School of Government | Harvard University

2016

January 19, 2016

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Wondering what we were up to in 2016? Our Fall 2016 Newsletter is now available!

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Missed The Expertise and Public Trust Project’s inaugural event “What Should Democracies Know?” featuring post-election reflections by Archon Fung, Ned Hall, Jane Mansbridge, David Kennedy and Sheila Jasanoff? The video and event summary are now available.

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Missed our Science and Democracy Lecture with Rachel Kyte on Looking up: How coalitions of bottom-up organizations are driving action for sustainable development? Watch the video here.

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Sheila Jasanoff’s latest book The Ethics of Invention: Technology and the Human Future is now available for order at Amazon and at the publisher’s link.

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A summary of our workshop “The Molecularization of Identity: Science and Subjectivity in the 21st Century,” is now available in Genetics ResearchThe summary was written by workshop organizers, and past STS Fellows, Ian McGonigle and Ruha Benjamin

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Sheila Jasanoff was recently featured on a University of Melbourne podcast on “Twin Engines of Truth? How Science and Law Interact to Construct our World.”

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We’re pleased to announce this year’s STS Undergraduate Prize Competition winners: Nicole Bassoff, Leah Singer, and Emma Woo! Watch videos where the winners discuss their work here.

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Missed our April 20th Science and Democracy panel with Yaron Ezrahi, Andy Stirling, Shiv Visvanathan, and Jane Mansbridge on “The Elusive Demos: Democracy in the Digital Age?” The video is now available. 

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April 29-30th, we hosted”The Molecularization of Identity: Science and Subjectivity in the 21st Century,” co-organized by current and former fellows, Ruha Benjamin and Ian McGonigle.

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Former STS Fellow S.M. Amadae recently published Prisoners of Reason: Game Theory and Neoliberal Political Economy

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On Wednesday, April 20th, we hosted a panel discussion with Yaron Ezrahi, Andy Stirling, Shiv Visvanathan, and Jane Mansbridge on “The Elusive Demos: Democracy in the Digital Age. Watch this space for the video when it becomes available!

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Calling all Harvard undergraduates: submit your paper or thesis chapter for consideration in our STS Undergraduate Prize CompetitionDeadline: April 8th.

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Ian McGonigle, a current STS Fellow and Harvard, Anthropology/Middle Eastern Studies doctoral student, recently published ” two articles in Genetics Research. Find them here and here.

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Join us February 24th for a book launch and reception in honor of David Kennedy‘s new book, A World of Struggle: How Power, Law, and Expertise Shape Global Political Economy.