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Benjamin Donald Smith is a PhD candidate at the Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture (TIK). This seminar marks his midway evaluation.

Master of Arts in European Science, Society and Technology (ESST) Irene Øvstebø Tvedten will be defending her dissertation: "Shades of Green: Calculating natures, infrastructures and futures."

Philippe Huneman is a Professor at the IHPST (Institut d'Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences et des Techniques), Université Paris 1. He focuses on the philosophy of evolutionary biology and ecology. His
main interests are: the variety of evolutionary explanations; the relations between variation, selection, and drift; the issue of individuality in biology related to the “evolutionary transitions” program and the formal definitions of emergence; the philosophy of ecology and especially neutral theories in community ecology. Last books published: Why? The philosophy behind the question (Stanford University Press) and Death. Perspectives from the Philosophy of Biology (Palgrave-McMillam). 

Note that exceptionally, the session will be held on a Friday, between 11:15 and 12:30. 

At this weeks innovation lunch, Professor Emeritus Jan Fagerberg will give a talk which reflects work in progress on a chapter for Oxford Handbook on Greening of Economic Development.

Exhibition presented by the Norwegian Bioart Arena.

Rose Trappes is a postdoctoral research fellow at Egenis, the Centre for the Study of Life Sciences at Exeter University, UK. Rose works in philosophy of biology and feminist philosophy. Her research currently focuses on concepts and research practices in ecology and related disciplines, exploring topics such as individuality, ecological niches, ecological mechanisms, animal tracking technology, data synthesis, and citizen science. Together with Sabina Leonelli, Rose is also working on conceptualisations of research environments.

Martin Refseth is a PhD candidate at the Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture (TIK). This seminar marks his midway evaluation.

Kate Brown visits the STS Methods Lab

Dr Bonnie Evans is a Senior Research Fellow at Queen Mary University of London, and author of The Metamorphosis of Autism (Manchester University Press). She has a PhD from the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Cambridge University, and has held a research fellowship at King’s College, London's Centre for Medical Humanities. She has lectured in the international history of child sciences, psychology and eugenics. In addition to her academic work, she writes for popular publications such as Aeon Magazine, and has appeared on BBC television. 

Tine Damsholt visits the STS Methods Lab

Eric Turkheimer is a psychologist and behavioral geneticist, known for his research on the complex interplay between genetics and environmental factors in human behavior. His work has challenged the traditional nature vs. nurture dichotomy, demonstrating instead that genetic and environmental factors interact in complex and dynamic ways to shape human development and behavior. His influential "Three Laws of Behavior Genetics" have become a cornerstone of the field, guiding researchers and shaping public understanding of the interplay between genes and environment. He is currently the Hugh Scott Hamilton Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia.

In this final seminar, Tommas Måløy will present the draft of his PhD thesis, which traces the sequencing of the cod’s genome and the virtual lab-space in which genomes are digitally reconstructed and analyzed.

Dr Suki Finn is a Lecturer in Philosophy at Royal Holloway University of London and a visiting fellow with the CPS at the University of Oslo. Previously, she was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Southampton and has held other visiting fellowships at the University of Vienna (2023), Australian National University (2019), New York University (2018), and City University of New York Graduate Center (2014). Her areas of research span the philosophy of logic, metaphysics, philosophy of science, feminism, and epistemology. She has published a number of articles on these topics in Synthese, Bioethics, Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, European Journal of the Philosophy of Science, Australasian Journal of Logic, Philosophia, and more. She is the author of What’s in a Doughnut Hole? And other philosophical food for thought (Icon, 2024) and editor of Women of Ideas (Oxford University Press, 2021). Dr Finn. is a University and College Union representative, and is on the Executive Committee for the Society for Women in Philosophy UK and the Council for the Royal Institute of Philosophy. For more information on her research, see: www.sukifinn.com  

Geoffrey Galt Harpham is the author of thirteen books and over one hundred articles and essays in the fields of literary studies, philosophy, linguistics, and intellectual history.  His recent books are Scholarship and Freedom (Harvard Univ. Press) and Citizenship on Catfish Row:  Race and Nation in American Popular Entertainment (Univ. of South Carolina Press).  His Theories of Race 1684-1900, an anthology of scientific and philosophical discussions of the race concept, will be online in early summer 2023.  He has taught at Tulane University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Duke University, and from 2002-15, he was director of the National Humanities Center. 

David Ribes, visiting scholar at TIK, is coming to STS Methods Lab. 

Kristin Oxley is a PhD candidate at the Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture (TIK). This seminar marks her midway evaluation.

Kyrre Kverndokk and Marit Ruge Bjærke visit the STS Methods Lab

Gardening the Globe: the Anthropocene and possibilities of scaling