STS Lectures and Presentations
STS Lectures
"Technology: Democracy's Last Frontier" A Public Lecture by Sheila Jasanoff
Professor Jasanoff has pioneered and led the field of science and technology studies (STS) for over 30 years, exploring the role of science and technology in the law, politics, and policy of modern democracies. She has published more than 100 articles and book chapters, and is author or editor of pathbreaking books in STS such as Science at the Bar: Law, Science and Technology in America (1995), States of Knowledge: The Co-Production of Science and Social Order (2004), and Reframing Rights: Bioconstitutionalism in the Genetic Age (2011). Prof. Jasanoff was also a co-editor of the Handbook of Science and Technology Studies (1995) and the founding chair of the STS Department at Cornell University. She served as President of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) and on the Board of Directors of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She is recipient of numerous grants and awards, including over a dozen National Science Foundation grants, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a Don K. Price award of the American Political Science Association for the best book on science and politics. She holds AB, JD, and PhD degrees from Harvard University.
