UCL Department of Science and Technology Studies

What is the place of science in modern society?
Who counts as a scientist? What do I have to do get earn that identity? 
Which activities count as rightfully "scientific" and which activities certainly should not?

Panel discussion in the evening

Join us in a panel discussion on questions like these, arising from Mark Henderson's book The Geek Manifesto.

21 January 2013, 18:00-20:00 in UCL Roberts Building Foyer

We've assembled a panel of thinkers on these questions. We want to bring them, and you, into an open discussion.

To discuss the place of science in our society, we will be joined by:

• Mark Henderson, author of·The Geek Manifesto
• Lisa Jardine, Director of the UCL Centre for Editing Lives and Letters
• Geraint Rees, Director of the UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience
• James Wilsdon, Professor of Science and Democracy, University of Sussex
• Jack Stilgoe, UCL Department of Science and Technology Studies (chair) 

This event is free but please RSVP: sts@ucl.ac.uk or 020 7679 1328

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The UCL Roberts Building is located at the intersection of Torrington Place and Malet Place (map)

MSc programme launch party

This event celebrates the launch of our new MSc programmes, revamped for 2013, with admissions now underway. 

• History and Philosophy of Science MSc (link)
• Science, Technology, and Society MSc (link)

Many of the tutors at the heart of our MSc programme will be at this event. We want you to have a chance to ask about the programme and its opportunities. Also on hand will be our MSc Admissions team, ready to answer questions or arrange a further discussion later.

For more information about the MSc programmes, visit www.ucl.ac.uk/sts/msc (link)

Why The Geek Manifesto?

The Geek Manifesto is our department's OneBook for 2012-13. The OneBook programme aims to increase intellectual integration across our academic programmes and encourages informal learning. Each year, we ask staff and students to read one book in common during the summer, then arrive for the new session ready to discuss both its substance and its broader value. The work comes into use across the curriculum.