Climate Cluster III: Climate Science Communication and Skepticism
Why is climate change a hot button issue? Through an interdisciplinary conversation, this panel will explore the heated dynamics of climate politics. Panelists: Ronnie Lipschutz (Professor of Politics, UCSC), Chaone Mallory (Assistant Professor, Philosophy, Villanova University) and Mark Snyder, (Ph.D., Earth and Planetary Sciences, UCSC, Assistant Project Earth Scientist and Lecturer). Continue Reading Climate Cluster III: Climate Science Communication and Skepticism
The Science and Politics of Psychedelic Research
The development of new pharmacological therapies for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and other mental disorders requires an intricate lattice of practices. The recent success in carrying out clinical drug trials for the use of MDMA in the treatment of PTSD is the result of careful scientific and political collaboration. Bringing key members of MAPS into the space of the Science and Justice Working Group, we will consider unprecedented collaborations and the delicate consensus needed to bring this science more fully into mainstream medicine. Continue Reading The Science and Politics of Psychedelic Research
Climate Cluster Panel Discussion: Climate Change Scientists in the Trenches
Climate change science is attracting an exceptional amount of public interest, yet debates over the merit and implications of climate change research seldom unpack the complex set of practices and networks that make up this field. This panel will explore the multiple realities of conducting climate change science at a time of heightened skepticism and media attention. Panelists: Jason Box (Associate Professor of Geography Atmospheric Sciences, Ohio State University), Jeffrey Bury (Assoc. Prof, Environmental Studies, UCSC), Ken Mankoff (Ph.D. Student, Earth & Planetary Sciences, UCSC), Lisa Sloan (Professor of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Director of the Climate Change and Impacts Laboratory, UCSC) Continue Reading Climate Cluster Panel Discussion: Climate Change Scientists in the Trenches
Science & Justice Training Program Information Session
New date and place: Tuesday, 1/25/11, 12:00-1:30 PM, Humanities I room 320 The second cohort of our Science & Justice Training Program begins in Spring 2011! We are hosting an information session on January 25 in Humanities I 320, 12:00-1:30 PM. A pizza lunch will be provided. Graduate students from all campus departments are welcome… Continue Reading Science & Justice Training Program Information Session
Climate Cluster I: Thinking Through the Technical Fix
Panel discussion exploring technical approaches to climate change including consensus, uncertainty, indeterminacy and model downscaling. Panelists: Andrew Mathews, (Assistant Professor, UCSC Anthropology), Michael Loik (Associate Professor, UCSC Env Studies), Barry Nickel (UCSC Lecturer, Director of Center for Integrated Spatial Research, Environmental Studies) and Bruce Daniels, (PhD student, UCSC EPS). Moderated by Tiffany Wise-West, (PhD student, UCSC Environmental Studies). Continue Reading Climate Cluster I: Thinking Through the Technical Fix
Troy Duster: “Criminal Justice/Genomic Justice?”
A Conversation With: Troy Duster, Professor of Sociology & Director of Institute for the History of the Production of Knowledge, New York University and author of Backdoor to Eugenics (Routledge, 2003). Continue Reading Troy Duster: “Criminal Justice/Genomic Justice?”