So happy this is finally out.
The first paper in our attempt to begin to think about spaces for responsible innovation beyond the tired tropes of ELSI panels etc. #sts #rri #soba
@engineeringlife.bsky.social
We are the Engineering Life group of STS researchers at the University of Edinburgh -- Jane Calvert, Reuben Message, Rob Smith & Sophie Stone
So happy this is finally out.
The first paper in our attempt to begin to think about spaces for responsible innovation beyond the tired tropes of ELSI panels etc. #sts #rri #soba
Book cover at the link below
Also our new book came out! It's technically a textbook, but should be a good primer for anyone trying to work out how to understand synbio in society using an approach
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#synbio #engbio #sts #governance
a collaborative researcher's packing list.
18.07.2025 19:26 β π 8 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0Sigh. This is such a terrible take on synthetic human genomes that just repeats tropes of the past.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Large number of UCU members at Edinburgh rally
Incredible support for our staff at @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social on picket lines today in their fight against management's plans to slash budgets and jobs β
20.06.2025 13:11 β π 72 π 26 π¬ 1 π 5A photo of Blue from Pigeonwing dance company digging a hole on a beach
I'm still not sure what to make of a meeting that in many ways replayed the meeting it was thinking with (and all the tired tropes we've learnt since then), but I am VERY into it accommodating our weird events on the beach. #asilomar #sts #synbio
www.science.org/content/arti...
The Biological Engineering Collaboratory's next session, "If a squirrel falls in the woods", is tomorrow, 3pm (UK time). Rob and Sarah will talk about squirrels, gene drive technology and governance of environmental synthetic biology. Want to join us? It's online and open to all, DM me for details.
03.02.2025 10:22 β π 3 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0For the first SSN seminar for 2025, Professor Jane Calvert will talk about her remarkable new book that reflects on the value and the limits of interdisciplinary collaboration & the 'place' of science and technology studies (STS). Join us online on Feb 18th!
30.01.2025 07:34 β π 8 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0a castle in tuscany, surrounded by clouds. The text on it says 'Conferences as sites of governance, or haunted by dreams of a tuscan castle'
Some promo! On Monday I'll be talking about Asilomar, why old visions of governance repeat, why it's so tiring and whether there's any way out of that loop. That's in Exeter at the wonderful Egenis Centre.
29.01.2025 22:09 β π 16 π 4 π¬ 0 π 2New Research Fellow job on pollinators at Science, Technology and Innovation Studies in Edinburgh! Working with #STS researcher Jane Calvert, ecologist Chris Kaiser-Bunbury, philosopher John DuprΓ© and artist Daisy Ginsberg. Apply by 14th October 2024: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
07.10.2024 09:34 β π 7 π 9 π¬ 0 π 0a drawing of a circle of colourful soba noodles with people chatting informally. in the centre is a black and white elsi panel with people saying the same thing over and over again. the drawing is by Anais Moisy
We wrote a paper about some of our experiences being in and trying to create spaces for responsible innovation in #synbio and #molbot. It's a preprint so thoughts and comments would be lovely to have! #sts
Oh and it has my favourite title ever....
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
We have a slightly strange (long contract; part-time) but quite exciting job for an #sts person to work with an environmentally-focused #synbio lab led by the amazing Louise Horsfall in Edinburgh. Happy to answer any questions!
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
My dear and brilliant friend, Jane Calvert, has a great new book released through MIT Press on the question of where STS fits in the academy. Check A Place for Science and Technology Studies!
mitpress.mit.edu/9780262546942/
Thank you Janella!! What a nice message to find when we've just joined blue sky!
12.02.2024 11:26 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Wondering how Β£100m for "UK #biotech firms to help pioneer new technologies" for flood protection and all I can come up with is giant beavers...
www.gov.uk/government/n...