Extraordinary advances in human genetics have taken place since the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003. But much of this new knowledge on how our DNA shapes us has neglected to consider the social context. Likewise, social science research often ignores the role of genetics. This conference features interdisciplinary research that gets to the heart of how biological and social factors jointly shape our lives.
Our diverse line-up features psychologists, sociologists, economists, criminologists, philosophers, and geneticists, and we hope that our audience will be even more diverse. The event is open to students and researchers, even if (especially if!) you don’t have a background in genetics!
Location: Domus Academica, Auditorium 6, Sentrum
Conference programme
Day 1
- 09:00 – 09:15: Mingling with tea and coffee
- 09:15 – 09:30: Welcome and opening remarks by Joakim Ebeltoft and Perline Demange
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09:30 – 10:15: Andrea Ganna – The impact of genetic factors for educational attainment on income, health and employee sorting
- 10:15 – 10:45: Coffee Break
- Discovering Social Science Genetics
- 10:45 – 11:10: Ziada Ayorech – Common misconceptions in Social Science Genetics
- 11:10 – 11:35: Fartein Torvik – Reproduction of social differences in mental health
- 11:35 – 12:00: Ida Sønderby – The TRICXY-MINDS project - Gaining Insight on Mental Disorders through Studying the Rare Genetic Variants Sex Chromosome Aneuplodies
- 12:00 – 13:00: Lunch Break
- 13:00 – 13:45: Asta Breinholt – Interactions between Childhood Socioeconomic Status and Genotype in Educational Outcomes: A Novel Theoretical Typology and Meta-Analysis of Molecular Genetic Studies
- 13:45 – 14:00: Coffee Break
- Flash talks
- 14:00 – 14:10: Bernt Glaser – Age at autism diagnosis and family wellbeing: exploring the association and its confounding factors in the The Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study (MoBa).
- 14:10 – 14:20: Christopher Rayner – Genome-wide Association with Selective Participation in Research Studies
- 14:20 – 14:30: Qiyuan Peng – Parental Influence on Children's Educational Achievements: Analyzing Direct and Indirect Genetic Effects through Trio-GCTA
- 14:30 – 14:40: Maria Andersen – Life-Course Patterns of Mental Disorders and Symptoms by Parental Status: A Total Population Study
- 14:40 – 14:50: Questions round
- 14:50 – 15:15: Coffee Break
- 15:10 – 16:00: Camilla Stoltenberg – A story of how the whole country is slowly becoming a cohort for genetics, social sciences and more
- Drinks.
Day 2
- Ethics and societal impact
- 09:00 – 9:25: Rosa Cheesman – Concepts in ethics for Social Science Genetics
- 09:25 – 9:50: Yaël Friedman – On social responsibility in sociogenetic research
- 09:50 – 10:15: Mareile Kaufmann – Natural Born Killers? Behavioural Genetics and Criminology
- 10:15 – 10:30: Coffee Break
- 10:30 – 11:15: Tim Morris – Harmonising study data to enable cross cohort genetic and social science research
- 11:15 – 11:45: Coffee Break
- Flash talks
- 11:45 – 11:55: Torkild Lyngstad – Evocative effects on family dynamics
- 11:55 – 12:05: Gareth Griffith – Disentangling geography and genetics: contextual consequences of genetically proxied mental health exposures
- 12:05 – 12:15: Christina Dardani – Revisiting the Links Between Asthma and the Psychosis Spectrum: shared molecular mechanisms.
- 12:15 – 12:25: Qi Qin – School-level Moderation of Multiple Within-Family Polygenic Index Effects on Educational Performance in MoBa (n=27451 Trios)
- 12:25 – 12:35: Questions round
- 12:35 – 12:45: Closing remarks
- 12:45 – Lunch
- Time for meetings and social activities.
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This conference is funded by UiO:Life Science, the Jacobs Foundation, ERC funds to PROMENTA and Prof. Ystrøm, and the Center for Fertility and Health.
