WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER, 2 - Society for Social Studies of Science

Friday
University of Chicago
Two Forms of Participation? Stem Cell Research Regulation and
Citizen Participation in a Semi‐direct Democracy. Raffael
Himmelsbach, University of Lausanne
Problem, Tool or Opportunity? The Use of Race in Gene‐
Environment Interaction Studies. Janet Shim, University of
California, San Francisco; Martine Lappe, University of California,
San Francisco; L. Katherine Thomson, University of California, San
Francisco; Katherine Weatherford Darling, UC San Francisco
Chair:
Janet Shim, University of California, San Francisco
126. Science and Technology Policy and International
Security
10:30 to 12:00 pm
Crowne Plaza: Owens
Participants:
The Construction of a Security‐oriented Technology Policy in
Europe. NIKOLAOS KARAMPEKIOS, University of Athens,
Philosophy and History of Science, Dept. History of Technology
Securitizing Technosciences: The 9/11‐effect on the Research
Landscape. Mats Fridlund, University of Gothenburg; Gustaf
Nelhans, University of Gothenburg
Putting Science into Orbit: Skylab, the Beginning of "Science‐in‐
Space." Hyoung Joon An, Georgia Institution of Technology
Redefining Safety in Commercial Space. Michael Bouchey,
Colorado School of Mines; Jason A Delborne, Colorado School of
Mines
Yuri Gagarin the First Human in Space: Eagle or Lungfish? John M
Wilkes, Worcester Polytechnic Institute