[CANCELLED] London PUS Seminar - Jamie Lewis (Cardiff) on PU Social Science - 24th October
Due to unforseen circumstances, we have been forced to cancel the below event. We apologise for any inconvenience, and will announce if/when the seminar is rescheduled.
Jamie Lewis is a Lecturer in Sociology at the School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University. He will be talking about the Public Understanding of Social Science. The London PUS (Public Understanding of Science) seminar series has been running since 1991. It provides an academic space in which to discuss the many aspects of science in public from multiple perspectives in a relaxed but rigorous environment.
[CANCELLED] London PUS Seminar - Jamie Lewis (Cardiff) on PU Social Science - 24th October
24 Oct 2018, 16:15 – 18:15
Due to unforseen circumstances, we have been forced to cancel the below event. We apologise for any inconvenience, and will announce if/when the seminar is rescheduled.
On October 24th, Jamie Lewis (Cardiff) will give a seminar on Public Understanding of Social Science. Further details and abstract TBC. For more information, visit https://londonpus.wordpress.com/
Dr Lewis was appointed lecturer in sociology in the School of Social Sciences in September, 2016. Previous to that, he was a SAGE postdoctoral research associate tasked with collecting and producing qualitative datasets to be published and used as a pedagogiocal resource on SAGE's Research Methods (SRM) platform.
His research interests straddle the sociology of Science and Technology Studies (STS), public understanding of science (PUS) and medical sociology. In particular:
- developments in qualitative research;
- the sociology of biomedical knowledge with particular emphasis on the social implications of new genetic and stem cell technologies;
- issues of culture, interdisciplinarity and collaboration in big science;
- the impact of public engagement on higher education;
- aspects of practical accomplishment and modelling in the laboratory.
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