The Department of Science and Technology Studies, UCL is an interdisciplinary centre for the integrated study of science's history, philosophy, sociology, communication and policy, located in the heart of London. Founded in 1921. Award winning for teaching and research, plus for our public engagement programme. Rated as outstanding by students at every level.

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PhD students (directory)

This is a directory for Web pages produced by research students in STS. Student can update this list by sending an e-mail to sts@ucl.ac.uk

PhD programme

Current MPhil/PhD students

student subject
Anzures, Tonatiuh Scientific migration and the brain drain in Mexico
Au, Yin Chung Visualisation in Cell Biology
Boyle, Alison Modern Physics in the Museum
Cho, Hyun Sook Korean BSE protests
Chou, Ju-Yi
 From insiders to outsiders: British homeopathy as a medical reform movement, 1875-1893
   
Huang, Hsiang-Fu Popular astronomy display in nineteenth century Britain
Iorizzo, Dolores
 Bacon's Medical Philosophy and Early Royal Society Experiments
MacKenzie, Hugh
 Ontological reductionism
Magnusson, Kajsa-stina Nanotechnology
Nissen, Timothy
 Incorporating societal concerns into research and development of security centric technologies
O'Donnell, Thomas  Women's Medicine and Female Bodies in Medieval Ireland
Paskins, Matthew
 The Society of Arts and cultures of invention and experiment
Peres, Sara Breeding resilience: plant biodiversity and climate change
Ratcliffe, Steph
 Natural Kinds and chemical processes
Shan, Yafeng The Primary Unit of Appraisal in Scientific Change Revisited
Solberg, Christian
 Trust and risk in seismic engineering
Sommer, Andreas Crossing the boundaries of mind and science: Carl du Prel (1839-1899), psychical research, and the demarcation problem. (Now moved to Psychology)
Smallman, Melanie The impact of 10 years of public dialogue in science
Vanderslott, Samantha Open Innovation Approaches to Neglected Disease Research 
Wilson, Jennifer Biography of Kathleen Lonsdale

Completed PhD degrees

These students completed their PhD in the Department, (listings since 2000). Update your link by sending an e-mail to sts@ucl.ac.uk

Recent dissertations are available online (link) 

     
Everett, Jonathan 2013 Kantian approaches to the philosophy of science
Vijayan, Shana 2013 Performance Anxiety: The nature of performance management in the NHS under New Labour.
Teira Serrano, David 2011 Impartiality in Clinical Trials
Serpente, Norberto 2011 Cells from Icons to Symbols: Molecularising Cell Biology in the 1980s
Entradas, Marta 2011 Who's for the planets? - An analysis of the 'public for space exploration' and views of practitioners on their 'publics' and public communication.
Morley, Irenie TBC The MMR Controversy
McCabe, Irena 2012 Second Best as Researcher, Second to None as Populariser? The Atmospheric Science of John Tyndall FRS (1820-1893)
Clarke, Brendan 2010 Causation in Medicine
Aicardi, Christine
2010
Harnessing non-modernity: A case study in Artificial Life
Jones, Allan 2010 History of science broadcasting in the BBC
Kroener, Inga 2010 CCTV - A Technology Under the Radar?
Milne, Richard 2009 No Natural Home: Placing the Promise of Biopharming
Priestley, Mark 2008 Logic and the invention of programming languages
Riesch, Hauke 2008 Scientists' views on the scientific method
Ambrosio, Chiara 2007 Iconicity, models and visual metaphors in Pablo Picasso: Creativity, network thinking and visual cognition
Taylor, Georgette 2006 Variations on a theme: Patterns of congruence and divergence among 18th century chemical affinity theories
Washer, Peter 2006 Representations of newly emerging and re-emerging diseases
Godwin, Matthew 2005 Anatomy of the 'Brain Drain' in UK after WW2
Jackson, Catherine 2009 From analysis to synthesis: Organic chemistry in the 19th century
Leung, Danny 2005 Physiological and biological thinking in late nineteenth-century English medicine, with reference to Clifford Allbutt
Lock, Simon Jay 2009 Lost in translations: Discourses, boundaries and legitimacy in the public understanding of science in the UK
Gooneratne, Sakura 2005 White dwarfs: the controversy between Chandrasekhar and Eddington 1930-1936
Stilgoe, Jack 2004 Mobile health risks: attempting a sociology of public science
Marie, Jennifer 2004 The Importance of Place: A History of Genetics in 1930s Britain
Bregman, Leigh 2003 "Snug Little Coteries": A History of Scientific Societies in Early Nineteenth Century Cape Town, 1824-1835
Doubleday, Rob 2003 Corporate uses of "transparency" in GM food controversies
Palmieri, Paolo 2002 Galileo's mathematical philosophy
Waller, John 2001 The Social and Intellectual Origins of Sir Francis Galton’s (1822-1911) Ideas on Heredity and Eugenics
Hedgecoe, Adam 2000 Narratives of geneticization: cystic fibrosis, diabetes, and schizophrenia
pre-2000 PhDs not listed    

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