August 28, 2020
Sep. 14:
Matthew Sample (STS, Harvard)
Imagining Responsibility, Imagining Responsibly: Reflecting on Our Shared Understandings of Science
Imagining Responsibility, Imagining Responsibly: Reflecting on Our Shared Understandings of Science
Sep. 21:
Janet A. Vertesi (Sociology, Princeton)
Shaping Science: Organizations, Cultures, and Decision-Making on NASA's Teams
Shaping Science: Organizations, Cultures, and Decision-Making on NASA's Teams
Sep. 28:
Whitney E. Laemmli (History, Carnegie Mellon)
"Alien Gesticulations": Movement Science in Germany, 1928-1936
"Alien Gesticulations": Movement Science in Germany, 1928-1936
Oct. 5:
Andre Uhl (Visual Studies, Harvard)
Shifting Baselines—Artificial Intelligence and the Ethical Singularity
Shifting Baselines—Artificial Intelligence and the Ethical Singularity
Oct. 19:
Noah Walker-Crawford (Social Anthropology, University of Manchester)
The Politics of Personhood in Climate Change Litigation
The Politics of Personhood in Climate Change Litigation
Oct. 26:
Meg Perret (History of Science, Harvard)
"Climate Change Creates Female Super-Race": Male Extinction, Endangered Turtles & Coral Reef Collapse
"Climate Change Creates Female Super-Race": Male Extinction, Endangered Turtles & Coral Reef Collapse
Nov. 2:
Ben Hurlbut (Center for Biology and Society, ASU)
Can't Stop Progress: Inevitability as Authorization in the Politics of Genome Editing
Can't Stop Progress: Inevitability as Authorization in the Politics of Genome Editing
Nov. 9:
Noelle Eckley Selin (MIT) and Henrik Selin (Boston University)
Mercury Stories: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Analyzing Sustainability Challenges
Mercury Stories: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Analyzing Sustainability Challenges
Nov. 16:
JoAnne Yates (MIT) and Craig Murphy (Wellesley)
Where Standards and Regulations Meet: Referring to Standards in US and European Regulation Since 1945
Where Standards and Regulations Meet: Referring to Standards in US and European Regulation Since 1945
Nov. 23:
Daniel Hirschman (Sociology, Brown)
The Costs of Climate Change
The Costs of Climate Change
Nov. 30:
Jayita Sarkar (Diplomatic History, Boston University)
Ploughshares and Swords: Technopolitics and Geopolitics in India's Nuclear Program
Ploughshares and Swords: Technopolitics and Geopolitics in India's Nuclear Program