Corporate Influence on Science and Regulation – I

Abstract

The influence of corporate interests – most notably from the cigarette, chemical, pharmaceutical, and food industries – on science and on health and environmental regulation has attracted a growing media and public attention. STS research has explored this issue in different ways, for example through the analysis of the impact of industry-funding on scientific publications, the study of corporate-biases in the production regulatory standards, or more broadly by questioning the commercialization of science. This panel brings together researchers taking on board the question of corporate influence on science and public regulation. This session will focus on theories and analytical frameworks that can help analyze corporate influence.

Individual Presentations

• Conflicts of Interest, Ignorance, Hegemony and the Diethylstilboestrol Food Crisis in the United States - Jean-Paul Gaudillière, Cermes3

• Why Don’t We Care about Electrosmog? Undone Science and the Public Sphere - David J Hess, Vanderbilt

• Patron or Perish? Interrogating the Role of Industry Funding in Academic Research - Michael Katell, University of Washington (Information School); Meg Young; Peaks Krafft

• Toward a Convergence Regime: Science and Neoliberal Governmentality - Pascal Ragouet, Université de Bordeaux - Centre Emile Durkheim; Léo Mignot, Université de Bordeaux - Centre Emile Durkheim; Vincent Grimaud, Université de Bordeaux - Centre Emile Durkheim

Session Organizers

• Henri Boullier, INRA - IRISSO, Université Paris-Dauphine

• Boris Hauray, Inserm