Science and Politics - the case of Genetics

Symbiont Jens Åkne has asked me to announce the following event which will take place in Oslo, Norway.

Genetics has been involved in a series of political controversies through the 20th century. It thus provides an appropriate case for investigating the interactions of science and politics. The workshop will focus on two periods with particularly lively debates. During the middle decades, from the 1930s to the 1950s, eugenics and race were major political issues. Toward the end of the 20th century and into the 21st the political controversies around the development and use of genetic knowledge and technology in human reproduction has again become central issues of general politics.

There is an interesting program.

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Thanks Jens.