Changing Science in Precarious Times

Session Submission Type: Invited Session (90 minute)

Description

This invited SKAT panel explores how science and technology studies (STS) can shed light on the current crisis of scientific norms, leadership, and accepted practices in the United States. While leaders in politics, public health, and biomedical research have been quick to call for a return to “normal” and to save and restore science, we consider the value of nuanced critique and reflection to rethink science-as-usual. We ask panelists to reflect on other times of tension within science and medicine, the value STS brings to analyzing and critiquing the current climate, and advice they may give to practitioners and publics.

Sub Unit

• Science, Knowledge, and Technology Section / Changing Science in Precarious Times

Presider

• Melanie Jeske, Baylor College of Medicine

Panelists

• Steven Epstein, Northwestern University

• Oliver E. Rollins, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Jill A. Fisher, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

• Shobita Parthasarathy, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

• Scott Frickel, Brown University

Session Organizers

• Claire Laurier Decoteau, University of Illinois-Chicago

• Melanie Jeske, Baylor College of Medicine