January 20, 2017
Jan. 30:
Edward Hackett (Brandeis University, Vice Provost for Research)
Collaboration and Creativity: Lessons from Synthesis Centers (and Elsewhere)
Collaboration and Creativity: Lessons from Synthesis Centers (and Elsewhere)
Feb. 6:
Les Beldo (Williams College, Environmental Studies)
What is a Whale Stock? And Other Moral Questions in Large Cetacean Management
What is a Whale Stock? And Other Moral Questions in Large Cetacean Management
Feb. 13:
Caterina Scaramelli (MIT, HASTS)
Making Livable Natures: Caring for Wetlands in Turkey
Making Livable Natures: Caring for Wetlands in Turkey
Feb. 27:
Ateya Khorakiwala (Harvard, GSD)
Architectural Strategies and Infrastructural Landscapes of the Green Revolution in India in the 1960s
Architectural Strategies and Infrastructural Landscapes of the Green Revolution in India in the 1960s
Mar. 6:
Matthew Hersch (Harvard, History of Science)
In-House to Outhouse: The Strange Life of Film-Return Spy Satellites, 1946–1986
In-House to Outhouse: The Strange Life of Film-Return Spy Satellites, 1946–1986
Mar. 20:
William Deringer (MIT, HASTS)
The Social Rate of Discount and the Political Economy of the Future in the 1960s
The Social Rate of Discount and the Political Economy of the Future in the 1960s
Mar. 27:
Meera Subramanian (MIT, Knight Science Journalism Fellow)
Eco Swaraj: Can India’s Model of the Micro Transform Development for the 21st Century?
Eco Swaraj: Can India’s Model of the Micro Transform Development for the 21st Century?
Apr. 3:
Kara Swanson (Northeastern University, Law)
Counting Black Inventors: The Historical Role of the US Patent System as a Political Resource
Counting Black Inventors: The Historical Role of the US Patent System as a Political Resource
Apr. 10:
Sarah Richardson (Harvard, History of Science)
Can a Cell Have a Sex?
Note: CGIS South S050, 1730 Cambridge Street
Can a Cell Have a Sex?
Note: CGIS South S050, 1730 Cambridge Street
Apr. 17:
Kenneth Oye (MIT, Political Science)
Assessing and Mitigating Synthetic Biology Risks: Exemplary Cases and Cautionary Tales
Assessing and Mitigating Synthetic Biology Risks: Exemplary Cases and Cautionary Tales
Apr. 24:
Daniel Wikler (HSPH, Ethics and Population Health)
Wrong Way After Nuremberg: Misconceiving Research Ethics
Wrong Way After Nuremberg: Misconceiving Research Ethics