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STS Research Seminar: Dr Joy Y. Zhang and Dr Saheli Datta Burton
16 November 2022, 3:00 pm–4:30 pm
Join this STS Research Seminar with Dr Joy Y. Zhang and Dr Saheli Datta Burton
This event is free.
Event Information
Open to
- UCL staff | UCL students | UCL alumni
Availability
- Yes
Cost
- Free
Organiser
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UCL Department of Science and Technology Studies
Location
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G21 Ramsay LTChristopher Ingold Building20 Gordon StLondonWC1H 0AJ
The elephant and the dragon in contemporary life sciences
In this interactive session Dr Joy Y. Zhang and Dr Saheli Datta Burton are to discuss their new Manchester University Press book, the Elephant and the Dragon in Contemporary Life Sciences: A Call for Decolonising Global Governance.
This book provides a powerful diagnosis of why the global governance of science struggles in the face of emerging powers. Through unpacking critical events in China and India over the past twenty years, it demonstrates that the 'subversiveness' assumed in the two countries' rise in the life sciences reflects many of the regulatory challenges that are shared worldwide. It points to a decolonial imperative for science governance to be responsive and effective in a cosmopolitan world.
About the Speakers
Dr Saheli Datta Burton
Lecturer (Teaching) in Science Policy (Responsible Research and Innovation) at University College London
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Reader in Sociology at University of Kent
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