Co-Host UK-India G20 Event in Delhi
I felt very privileged to co-organise this UK-India dialogue on BioGovernance and Science Diplomacy with Krishna Ravi Srinivas at the RIS in Delhi last week, as part of a series of discussions leading up to this year’s G20 meeting. (Background paper and full agenda can be found here: https://lnkd.in/eMdA5Gzn) We were thrilled to have Dr Renu Swarup give the opening … Continue reading
Scandals and RRI – Call for Papers
In collaboration with Kathleen Vogel (Arizona State University), Sonia Ben Ouagrham-Gormley (George Mason University) I’m organising a special issue for the top quartile journal, Journal of Responsible Innovation on the topic ‘How Do Scandals Shape the Understanding and Practice of Responsible Research and Innovation?‘ Scientific scandals are particularly important to our understanding and practice of … Continue reading
Decolonising policy
Following my Critical Policy Studies article on decolonising science policy , it was great to be invited to contribute to the panel “Beyond Critical? Decolonialising Policy Studies organised by CPS editing team at the 6th International Conference on Public Policy. My wonderful colleague Dr. Trude Sundberg also gave a talk at the event, on the topic ‘Decolonialising … Continue reading
Climate and Health
I joined the Wellcome Trust’s Climate Impacts Advisory Committee in June. The Wellcome Climate Impacts Awards fund transdisciplinary teams to deliver short-term, high-impact projects, combining evidence generation with communications and/or public engagement. The aim is to make the impacts of climate change visible across a wide range of physical and mental health outcomes in order to drive … Continue reading
Legacies of the Asilomar
The three day event, ‘Engineering Life: Regulating Science, Risks, and Society in Europe‘, organised by Luis Campos (Rice University), Francesco Cassata (University of Genoa and Centro Linceo ‘B. Segre’), and Christina Brandt (Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena) in June was a real intellectual treat. I was glad to be able to contribute a talk, titled ‘From Self-Governing to … Continue reading
Ahead of the Future
As an empirical sociologist, I normally avoid speculating about the future in public. But I was immediately intrigued when I received the invitation to give a talk at the Future Trends Forum organised by the Bankinter Innovation Foundation. This is partly because this year the Forum brought together scientific experts from the fields of AI, … Continue reading
‘Augmented Agency’ at the End of April
At the time of writing, it’s already August. I have been on the road a lot since April. This also includes two extended travel with my parents to celebrate their respective 70th birthday 🎉. The ‘Augmented Agency ∝ Augmented Fairness Forum’ was definitely a highlight of GSEJ’s event of 2022/23 (notice the symbol in the … Continue reading
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