Huge congratulation to GSEJ External Member @camilleserisier.com on her selection as a 2026 British Pavilion Fellow with the British Council. The Fellowship forms part of the 61st Venice Biennale, one of the most significant global platforms for contemporary art
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#SyntheticBiology #PlantScience #EngBio #RRI #SciencePolicy #Commons #Futuring
The 1st edition of the 'Relational Map of #Plant #SyntheticBiology in the UK' is out! 🌱
It's a transdisciplinary collaboration between @olmoore.bsky.social , Dr Little & Dr Rylott. Part of the ARIA-funded Futuring Biological Commons, led by @joyzhang.bsky.social
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If you are interested in #ScienceDiplomacy, #ScienceCommunication or #PublicEngagement, please join us in Malaysia this July!
Still 11 days to submit your abstract!
📣 #CallforAbstracts
'Global Public Deliberation in Science and Technology: Knowledge Pluralism and the Policy Interface'
Detail: research.kent.ac.uk/global-scien...
📝 Abstracts: 250 words
⏰ Deadline: 1 Feb
🔗 Submit here: tinyurl.com/2kd2zey
#PublicEngagement #SciencePolicy #KnowledgePluralism
Absolutely delighted that our panel for @easst.bsky.social '26 was accepted. Please submit an abstract to our panel "Commoning socio-technical frontiers: Navigating cutting-edge science & technology..."
Deadline 28th February - P014 at conference EASST2026.
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We’re very pleased to announce the publication of the ODESSI Conference Report. This is a major initiative that GSEJ, in close collaboration with our global partners, will be advancing. At its core is an effort to bring together public engagement and science diplomacy.
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The piece frames mirror life as a “learning technology” and proposes the use of evidence gates that trigger staged reassessment—ensuring safety while sustaining scientific progress, and strengthening biosafety capacity through inclusive, multi-level public engagement.
New Release- A New Social Compact to Grapple with #MirrorLife
Catch the commentary + full transcript from the Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes (CSPO) ASU and @unevadareno.bsky.social organised workshop. blogs.kent.ac.uk/global-scien...
#SynBio #Biosafety #Biosecurity #ScienceGovernance
Why are doctor–patient tensions rising, even turning violent? A new paper co-authored by GSEJ member Prof. Michael Calnan uncovers how mismatched expectations are breaking the social contract between medicine and society in India—and why rebuilding trust is urgent. 👇
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#Farmers it is your turn.
We are holding 2 focus groups in November to bring farmers together to shape science & technology.
Please do join us at Norwich Research Park, 10th November forms.office.com/e/NHgYtsUNci
Or at the Angel & Royal Hotel, Grantham, 11th November. forms.office.com/e/VJ2hTeedi8
🌱 #UNWorldFoodDay Dr @olmoore.bsky.social took the stage at the @aria-research.bsky.social
event, 'Securing the Future of Food' to highlight the power of open dialogue around plant-engineering, biotech and public engagement: research.kent.ac.uk/global-scien...
We’re pleased to host the Care-full Synthesis programme, led by @joyzhang.bsky.social, as part of the new Wellcome-funded Synthetic Human Genome Project.
The programme collaborates globally with research & civil society partners. Postdoc recruitment opening soon.
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We’re thrilled to have yet another energetic and transdisciplinary scholar joining our centre - welcome Dr Oliver Pritchard-Moore!
'Speculative Machines and Us' symposium at Lancaster University on Thursday 17th July 🤖
Organised by @carolynpedwell.bsky.social, one of GSEJ’s key founding members—so you just know it’s going to be brilliant!
Please register here: wp.lancs.ac.uk/sciencestudi...
Interested in applying social research to advance more socially just forms of knowledge production?
Sign up for this BSA STS Group-GSEJ joint online event that's taking place next Monday afternoon! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sts-for-ep...
We're thrilled to host this exciting new research programme, Futuring Biological Commons, which aims to future-proof UK policy on synthetic plants, promote innovation and meaningful public and stakeholder engagement in the life sciences.
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The event features lightning talks from Tara Mahfoud (@essexuni.bsky.social) Clarissa Reche (State University of Campinas, Brazil), Marta Bertolaso (University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome), Jill Shepherd (@kent.ac.uk), with comments from @unsocialtheory.bsky.social
We're thrilled to co-host with the @britsoci.bsky.social STS Study Group this exciting online panel discussion on how #STS can advance #EpistemicJustice.
🕑 Mon 23 Jun 14:00-15:30 London Time
All are welcome! Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sts-for-ep...
#Introduction
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We were honoured to kick off the UN's celebrations of the 30th anniversary of the #BeijingDeclaration on #GenderEquality with the International Sociological Association this week.
You can watch the recording here: www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
#Feminism #SocialJustice #UN #Interview #Sociology