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The mission of the Science, Technology, and Society Center (STSC) is to advance understanding of scientific and technological practice and knowledge in their local, national and international settings, coordinating and promoting scholarship, teaching, and outreach regarding their deep intertwinings in society.

Berkeley’s STSC is uniquely positioned within IAS to emphasize our commitment to scholarship on science, technology and society in a globalizing world.

Among our organizing themes are: sustained inquiry into open and closed science; overcoming local and global divides; links between science and democracy.

Learn more about the Center and its themes, its events and projects, and the rich resources of people, courses, and programs at Berkeley.

 

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New Directions in Scholarship: Science/ Gender/ Race/ Nation ~May 5, 2008

International Conference onĀ  Global Values for Global Health ~ May 5th and 6th, 2008
University of California                Brochure | Program

CIRM Fellowship in the Humanities/Social Sciences

UC Berkeley Stem Cell Center is soliciting applications for a predoctoral stem cell research fellowship in the humanities / social sciences awarded to UC Berkeley by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. This CIRM fellowship provides a $25,000 stipend, partial tuition payment, and a $5,000 research allowance for the 2008-9 academic year. U.S. citizenship or permanent residency is NOT required.

Prospective CIRM humanities/social science scholars must have advanced to candidacy by July 1, 2008, and must dedicate full time effort toward completion of their doctoral project during their year of funding. Fellows' projects must be directly relevant to the current or anticipated practice of basic or translational stem cell research. The 2008-9 CIRM Fellow will also be expected to participate in programmatic activities of the Berkeley Stem Cell Center.

Candidates should submit a short cv, 2-page research proposal, and one letter of recommendation to Jessica Davies by May 15, 2008. Applications will be evaluated by the Humanities / Social Science Fellowship Selection Committee. The successful candidate will likely be notified by May 30, 2008. Fellowship funding will begin on July 1, 2008. Please direct any questions to Charis Thompson or David Winickoff.

 

 

STS-Related Events at Berkeley

Amit Prasad, "Capitalizing Disease: Neo-liberal Governmentality and Drug Testing in India"; Wednesday, 21 May, 2008 - Amit Prasad

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Chancellor's Stem Cell Initiative at STSC

Chancellor Birgeneau has recently allocated funds to jump start UC Berkeley's brand new Stem Cell Center.

Through the STSC, a proportion of the Chancellor's funds will be made available for research and training in the Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications (ELSI) of stem cell research. These funds are being used to support the Regional Oral History Office's comprehensive stem cell archive, and four ELSI conferences. In addition to the comprehensive stem cell archive and the conferences, the ELSI effort will include the training of a number of graduate and undergraduate students, under the Stem Cells and Humanities grant awarded to Professors Cori Hayden and Chris Thompson by the Townsend Center for the Humanities.

If you have questions about the ELSI Program or funds application process , please contact Professor Charis Thompson. Charis Thompson, STSC Co-Director, is the Project Director for the Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues (ELSI) portion of UC Berkeley's Stem Cell initiative.

UC STS Network Wiki
As part of the UC STS Network, UC Davis has launched an interactive wiki site, "STSNET". It provides a collective space to post local events, grad community activities, syllabi, and upcoming STS classes across the network. You can help keep the site up to date by registering and editing the pages yourself, or you can write Joseph Dumit and Chris Kortright at UC Davis and they will post it.

 

STSC Location and Contact Information

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University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-2300
Telephone: 510-642-9656
Fax: 510-642-9466

E-mail: stsc@berkeley.edu
URL: http://stsc.berkeley.edu



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