Synthetic biology and the social sciences: making room for collaboration

Speaker: Professor Jane Calvert, University of Edinburgh

Jane works in the sociology of the life sciences, and her current research focuses on attempts to engineer living things in the emerging field of synthetic biology. She has a long-standing interest in interdisciplinary collaborations of all sorts. 

We also had two respondents to Jane's lecture. The first was Dr Ros Williams from the University of Sheffield. Ros’ work spans across Science and Technology Studies (STS), critical media studies, sociologies of race and ethnicity, and of health and illness. The second was Dr Koichi Mikami from Keio University in Japan. Koichi is interested in exploring the role of social sciences and humanities in the governance of science and technology. 

• Watch the video of the lecture and the Q&A

Previous speakers

• 2024 Professor Jack Stilgoe, University College London
• 2023 Professor Jane Calvert, University of Edinburgh
• 2022 Professor Klaus Hoeyer, University of Copenhagen