CULTIVATING COLLABORATIONS IN SCIENTIFIC ENDEAVORS
Have you ever found yourself in a conversation with someone on an important topic and you just keep talking past one another rather than addressing each other’s perspectives? “It’s a …
Message from SRPoiSE Board of Management
Dear SRPoiSE Membership The SRPoiSE Board of Management thanks the Center for Values in Medicine, Science and Technology at the University of Texas Dallas for hosting the SRPoiSE conference this …
Call for Initial Abstracts: Making the Case
Making the Case: Feminist and Critical Race Theorists Investigate Case Studies Editors: Heidi Grasswick and Nancy McHugh Volume to be published with SUNY Press Over the past twenty-five years feminist …
Kyle Whyte named Timnick Chair in the Humanities in the College of Arts and Letters at Michigan State University
Kyle Whyte, a leading researcher and authority in the ethical and political issues surrounding climate policy and indigenous peoples, has been named as the inaugural Timnick Chair in the Humanities …
Interview with Matt Brown
“Ultimately, there needs to be more of a sense that climate scientists are trustworthy to the values that the public holds,” Brown says. “I’m not sure that’s communicated very well …
Interview with Kyle Whyte
“Colonization has always inflicted anthropogenic climate change on indigenous peoples. Whether it’s forced removal, deforestation, or pollution, we can see countless examples of this. Most of these were cases of …
SRPoiSE: Second Annual Meeting: Call for Proposals
Submissions are invited for the Second Annual Meeting of SRPoiSE, to be held at Michigan State University Detroit Center, March 27- 28, 2015. This conference seeks to convene presentations, panels, …
Don Howard on Robot Ethics
By: Dave Saldana Don Howard is not interested in setting out a parade of the horribles and scary what-ifs. We don’t have to ponder, as the classic sci-fi film “RoboCop” …
Interview with Katie Plaisance
Actionable scholarship, she explains, looks at the implications of real-world knowledge creation, and what can been done with the accumulated knowledge.
Science-Policy Interface: International Comparison Workshop
May 21st to May 23rd Organized by Heather Douglas, University of Waterloo Nicolae Morar (The Rock Ethics Institute, Penn State University) & Kevin Elliott (Michigan State University) From May 21st …
Reilly Center: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Ethics Education in Science and Engineering
The Reilly Center for Science, Technology, and Values at the University of Notre Dame seeks to appoint a Postdoctoral Fellow for three years beginning July 1, 2014. Applicants must have …
Notre Dame: NBC “What Would You Fight For” Series
The University of Notre Dame’s award-winning “What Would You Fight For?” series, now in its seventh season, showcases the work, scholarly achievements, and global impact of Notre Dame faculty, students, …
Michigan State University: Researchers Receive Grant for Ethics Education Project
A team of multidisciplinary MSU researchers has received a 3-year grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for $196,759. The team, which consists of Dr. Michael O’Rourke, Dr. Thomas Dietz, …
University of Waterloo’s Paul Thagard Wins Prestigious Killam Prize
His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada presented the 2013 Killam Prize to five eminent Canadians during a ceremony in Rideau Hall on Tuesday, April 23, …