Call for papers and first announcement:
A one day workshop organised by the Postgraduate Forum in Genetics and
Society (PFGS). Location: Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS), Lancaster University. Date: Monday 19th April 2010 10:30 - 16:00
The PFGS invites postgraduate submissions (individual papers, panels or roundtable discussions) for its Spring Regional Meeting, to be held at Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS), Lancaster University. The day-long workshop aims to be a participative and useful event for post-graduates, with an equal mix of presentations and discussion.
Papers so far include:
Behavioural Genetics: New Science, Old Values??� (Andy Divers, Lancaster University)
Behavioural genomics: one discipline or many??(Richard Holdsworth, University of Essex)
Governing the constructs of life: Mapping social and technology appraisal of emerging biomedical technologies? (Molly Morgan, University of Sussex)
We welcome submissions from UK postgraduates with a research interest in any area of genetics, genomics or the life-sciences which may impact on the meeting topic. Whilst conference registration is free, limited places are available. Travel reimbursement within the UK is available for all participants. To register for attendance, or to submit a paper (Abstracts of no more than 250 words) contact: pfgsmtgs@gmail. com
The PFGS is a volunteer postgraduate forum which seeks to bring together researchers interested in how biosciences and society(s) intersect. Set up in 1998 to explore questions directly related to developments in genetics, it has now expanded to provide a common forum for the next generation of academic researchers from a spectrum of fields including - but not limited to: sociology, psychology, anthropology, science and technology studies, law, philosophy, art and science. Overall, our aim is to engage with each other in productive dialogue and build capacity in the study of life sciences and society. Further information may be found at http://www.pfgs.org/pfgs (Please note that the website is currently being reconstructed, and some sections may still be incomplete)
Stuart Nicholls
Doctoral Research Student
c/o Mathematics and Statistics,
Fylde College,
Lancaster University,
LA1 4YF
tel: 07892721041
email: s.nicholls@lancaste r.ac.uk
http://www.maths.lancs.ac.uk/~nichols1
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