CNS Speaker Series
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Feb2320122135 Social Science & Media Studies Bldg.Denis Simon
Vice-Provost for International Strategic Initiatives
Arizona State UniversityThe PRC government’s ambitious program to catapult China into the ranks of the world’s leading innovation driven nations has led to the development of policies that conflict with China’s obligations under the WTO. To address...
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Feb920122135 Social Science & Media Studies Bldg.CNS Globalization and Nanotechnology IRG Members
Rich Appelbaum, Professor in the Department of Sociology and Professor and MacArthur Chair in the Department of Global and International Studies, a member of the CNS Executive Committee, and the leader of CNS-UCSB’s Globalization and Nanotechnology IRG.
Aashish Mehta, Assistant Professor in the Department of Global and International Studies
Matthew Gebbie, Ph.D. student in the Materials Department
Shirley Han, Ph.D. student in the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology
Galen Stocking, Ph.D. student in the Department of Political Science
UCSBChina is investing heavily in “indigenous innovation,” in an effort to become less dependent on export-oriented low-cost manufacturing, and more self-reliant as a global high-tech leader. In this panel, members of CNS-UCSB’s...
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Jan262012Loma Pelona Conference CenterChris Mooney
Lawrence Badash Memorial Lecture Series
Science reporter and author Chris Mooney discusses the psychological factors contributing to today's polarized political environment. Many experts today say that liberals and conservatives live in separate and often incompatible realities....
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Jan132012McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSBProfessor Peter Van Wyck (Concordia University) and Professor Andrew Lakoff (USC)
Catastrophic events produce radical uncertainty. The temporality of such events varies: they could be sudden, unexpected, but ever–possible (e.g. natural disasters or terrorist attacks) or protracted events whose long duration...
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Nov302011Girvetz 2320Karl Bryant
Assistant Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies
State University of New York, New PaltzKarl Bryant will lead an interactive demonstration and workshop on how to use NVivo, a powerful qualitative data management program. We will cover a range of NVivo basics, especially focused on data coding and analysis functions. No prior...
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Oct262011Girvetz 2320Sharon Ku
CNS Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher
Guest Researcher, National Institutes of Health Office of History
This presentation analyzed the politics of the National Nanotechnology Initiative’s (NNI) Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) strategy and outcomes of its implementation. Primary sources from the National Institutes of Health’s...
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Oct1320112320 Girvetz HallCyrus Mody
Assistant Professor, History of Science
Rice UniversityThe late '60s and early '70s are remembered on many American campuses as times of strife and protest. It is well known to historians (though perhaps less so in the popular imagination) that much of the Vietnam-era campus protest centered...
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Sep2920112320 Girvetz HallStephen Zehr
Professor, Sociology
University of Southern IndianaThe National Science Foundation is designed as a dynamic organization to take advantage of new trends and problems in scientific and policy communities. However, from the standpoint of researchers, NSF programs and funding initiatives may...
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Aug112011TBA
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Aug22011CNS Conference RoomCathy Boggs
Acting Education and Communications Director.
CNS INSET summer interns Sergio Cardenas, Alex Lyte, and William Reynolds will give their oral research presentations, plus a discussion of public speaking/presentation tips led by Cathy Boggs.
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Apr202011CNS Conference Room, Girvetz 2620Céline Lafontaine
Professeur agrégée, Département de sociologie
Université de MontréalAbstract: This presentation is based on a series of interviews with 20 Canadian nanotechnology researchers, focusing primarily on the economic, political and epistemological issues relating to the delineation of the...
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Mar302011CNS Conference Room, Girvetz 2320Luis Campos
Assistant Professor of History
Drew UniversityAbstract: Is synthetic biology the new new thing for nanostudies? Over the past decade, various laboratory efforts labeled "synthetic biology" often initially cultivated a self-consciously "revolutionary...
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Feb92011CNS Conference Room, Girvetz 2620Jackie Isaacs
Professor in Mechanical Engineering
Associate Director, Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing (NSEC)
Northeastern UniversityAbstract: The NSF-funded Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing (CHN) at Northeastern University is a collaborative center with core research partners at the University of Massachusetts...
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Jan192011CNS Conference Room, Girvetz 2620Fred Block
Research Professor in Sociology
UC DavisAbstract: The talk will put nanotechnology in the context of the broader innovation system and discuss the dilemmas we face in conceptualizing this system and improving its effectiveness. The premise is that...
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Dec12010Multicultural Center LoungeSheila Davis
Executive Director, Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition
Abstract: How will manufacturing, recycling and disposal of nanotechnologies potentially impact the environment, the health of workers and communities' health? The CNS Speaker Series welcomes Sheila Davis, Executive Director of the Silicon...
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Oct282010CNS Conference Room (Girvetz 2320)Guillermo Foladori & Edgar Zayago
Dept of Development Studies, Universidad Autonoma de Zacatecas, Mexico
Latin American Nanotechnology & Society Network (ReLANS)
CNS will host two scholars from Mexico, who will address nanotechnology & society issues in Mexico. Their visit is part of Workshop One coordinated under a UC Mexus grant to assist in development of a Center for Nanotechnology in...
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Jul282010CNS Conference Room, Girvetz 2320Dr. Gwen D'Arcangelis
Postdoctoral Researcher, CNS-UCSB
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Apr122010CNS Conference Room, Girvetz 2320Dr. Kalpana Sastry
Head of Division of Agricultural Research Systems Management Policies
National Academy of Agricultural Research Management, Hyderabad, IndiaDr. R. Kalpana Sastry is presently Head of Division of Agricultural Research Systems Management Policies at National Academy of Agricultural Research Management, Hyderabad, India. She focuses on agricultural innovations, intellectual property...
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Apr52010CNS Conference Room, Girvetz 2320Dr. Sarah DaviesArizona State University
The CNS-UCSB Speaker Series welcomes Dr. Sarah Davies on Monday April 5, 2010. Dr Davies will give a public lecture guiding us in understanding how the general public responds to and discusses emerging technologies. Currently based...
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Feb262010CNS Conference Room, Girvetz 2320Dr. John Gastil
John Gastil is Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Washington where he teaches small group decision making, political deliberation, inter-cultural communication, theory development, and public scholarship. His research centers on political communication and deliberation with vectors to group decision-making, civic engagement, public opinion and attitudes, elections, and governance.
University of WashingtonThis talk will introduce the theory of cultural cognition, which presents a concise account of how public opinion forms and changes over time in response to political cultural signals from elites. The presentation will review recent evidence on...
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Apr302009Elings Hall 1601Michael Bess
Chancellor's Professor of History
Vanderbilt UniversityScience fiction films and novels often present us with remarkably imaginative visions of the future. In this talk I argue that all the most popular and influential versions of such sci-fi visions – movies like Star Wars,...
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May152008Dr. Arie Rip
Professor of Philosophy of Science and Technology
School of Management and Governance of the University of Twente, The Netherlands
