August 24, 2025
Sep. 8:
Alistair Sponsel (Tufts University, History)
Dreamscapes of British Biotechnology circa 1980
Note: Will begin at 12pm
Dreamscapes of British Biotechnology circa 1980
Note: Will begin at 12pm
Sep. 15:
Sebastian Pfotenhauer (Technical University Munich, STS)
Innovation Cultures Revisited: Narratives, Values, and Directionality in Remaking Regions
Innovation Cultures Revisited: Narratives, Values, and Directionality in Remaking Regions
Sep. 22:
Venkatesh Narayanamurti (Harvard SEAS)
America's Social Contract with S&T at a Time of Seismic Change
Note: CGIS South S250
America's Social Contract with S&T at a Time of Seismic Change
Note: CGIS South S250
Sep. 29:
Mason Barnard (Harvard Law School)
Who Governs the T-Shirt? Towards a Theory of Labor Governance
Who Governs the T-Shirt? Towards a Theory of Labor Governance
Oct. 6:
Shira Zilberstein (Harvard, Sociology)
The Organizational Dynamics of Applied Science: Developing Healthcare AI
The Organizational Dynamics of Applied Science: Developing Healthcare AI
Oct. 20:
Felice Frankel (MIT, Chemical Engineering)
Framing Reality: Ethics and Illusion in AI and Scientific Imaging
Framing Reality: Ethics and Illusion in AI and Scientific Imaging
Oct. 27:
Julia Menzel (University of Toronto Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology)
Austerity Politics and the End of Cold War Science
Austerity Politics and the End of Cold War Science
Nov. 3:
Oliver Lazarus (Harvard, History of Science)
The Pen and the Plow: American Agricultural Science and the Infrastructures of Domestication
The Pen and the Plow: American Agricultural Science and the Infrastructures of Domestication
Nov. 10:
Theo Aalders (Humboldt Fellow, Harvard STS)
Infrastructural Ghosts and the Specter of Sabotage
Infrastructural Ghosts and the Specter of Sabotage
Nov. 17:
Thea N. Riofrancos (Providence College)
Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism
Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism
Nov. 24:
Moira Weigel (Harvard, Comp Lit)
From Aurola to ZGGCD: Building Machine Readable Brands Across Global Platforms
From Aurola to ZGGCD: Building Machine Readable Brands Across Global Platforms
Dec. 1:
Kyle Schirmann (Harvard Business School)
Narrative and the Causal Turn in Management Research
Narrative and the Causal Turn in Management Research