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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.
News
New Directions in Scholarship: Science/ Gender/ Race/ Nation ~May 5, 2008
International Conference on Global Values for Global
Health ~ May 5th and 6th, 2008
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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.
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
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STSC Location and Contact Information
360 Stephens Hall #2300
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