The following articles by Dr. Jasanoff will be discussed:

1. “Is Science Social Constructed – And Can It Still Inform Public Policy?,” Science and Engineering Ethics, Vol. 2, No. 3 (1996), pp. 263-276

2. “Technology as a Site and Object of Politics,” in C. Tilly and R. Goodin, eds., Oxford Handbook of Contextual Political Analysis (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006), pp. 745-763.

3. “Technologies of Humility: Citizen Participation in  overning Science,” /Minerva/, Vol. 41 (2003), pp. 223-244.

For access to these articles, please contact the CNS Media Coordinator at 893-8850 or by email info@cns.ucsb.edu

Sheila Jasanoff is the Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Her research concerns the role of science and technology in the law, politics, and public policy of modern democracies, with a particular focus on the challenges of globalization. She has written and lectured widely on problems of  environmental regulation, risk management, and biotechnology in the United  States, Europe, and India. This event is co-sponsored by the NSF Center for Nanotechnology in Society and the Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management.

All are welcome to attend to this free event.