New from Minnesota - Society for Social Studies of Science

Thursday
019. Understanding the Politics of Expertise in Policy Domains
8:30 to 10:00 am
Crowne Plaza: Newman
Chairs:
Shobita Parthasarathy, University of Michigan
Abby Kinchy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Participants:
Regulatory Sciences and Political Consumerism in US Food Safety
Regulatory Politics. Angie Boyce, Cornell University
Stem Cell Patents and the Politics of Expertise in the United States
and Europe. Shobita Parthasarathy, University of Michigan
Converging Expertise at the Vaccine Court: Mothers, Lawyers, and
Scientists. Anna Kirkland, University of Michigan
Categories and Sources of Expertise about Transgenic Crops:
Battles over “Marketability” in Canada. Abby Kinchy, Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute
Discussant:
Clark Miller, Arizona State University
020. Making Environmental Sense
8:30 to 10:00 am
Crowne Plaza: Kaye
Chair:
Alison Kenner, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Participants:
“Sensing” Natural Disasters in Sri Lanka. Vivian Y. Choi, University
of California, Davis
Creating Parks from Brownfields: Environmental Sense‐Making in
Post‐Industrial Southeast Chicago. Christine Walley, MIT