Science, Technology and Innovation Studies Seminar Series, Semester Two 2015-16
All seminars are held in the Staff Room, 6th floor, Crystal
Macmillan Building (University of Edinburgh, George Square).
MONDAY, 11TH JANUARY, 3.30-5.00pm
Dr Tiago Moreira (Durham University)
Assembling the ‘ageing society’
MONDAY, 18TH JANUARY, 3.30-5.00pm
Dr Duncan Wilson (University of Manchester)
Roadmaps and Pipelines, Hurdles and Obstacles: Translational Medicine and the Bioethics Backlash
MONDAY, 25TH JANUARY, 3.30-5.00pm
Dr Lara Marks (King’s College, London)
History on-line: The case of monoclonal antibodies
MONDAY, 1ST FEBRUARY, 3.30-5.00pm
Dr Marisa Wilson (GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh)
Cuban Exceptionalism? Openings and Closures for Alternative Food Networks in the (Post)colonial Caribbean
MONDAY, 8TH FEBRUARY, 3.30-5.00pm
Prof Bing Liu (Tsinghua University)
The local knowledge, public understanding of science and STS studies in China
MONDAY, 15TH FEBRUARY, 3.30-5.00pm
Dr Stefan Ecks (Social Anthropology, University of Edinburgh)
Psychiatric innovation in the post-Prozac era
MONDAY, 22ND FEBRUARY, 3.30-5.00pm
Dr Taylor Spears (Sociology, University of Edinburgh)
Cultures of financial modelling in the interest rate derivatives markets
MONDAY, 29TH FEBRUARY, 3.30-5.00pm
Dr Annamaria Carusi (University of Sheffield)
New roles for medical humanities
MONDAY, 7TH MARCH, 3.30-5.00pm
Dr Gian Marco Campagnolo (Science, Technology and Innovation Studies, University of Edinburgh)
Laughing with numbers
MONDAY, 14TH MARCH, 3.30-5.00pm
Prof Ellen Moors (University of Utrecht)
Co-creation in health innovation
MONDAY, 21ST MARCH, 3.30-5.00pm
Dr Christine Knight (Science, Technology and Innovation Studies, University of Edinburgh)
Negative stereotypes of the Scottish diet: A qualitative analysis of deep-fried Mars bar references in the Scottish press