Resumo:

"In the last 5 years the UK has seen an enormous investment in social science research on genomics and its social implications. The government has provided this funding because it anticipates large-scale social transformations based around this new knowledge and the associated technologies. In this talk I want to give an outline of this funding initiative (within which I work as Director of the Genomics Forum), give some indications of the kinds of research conducted (and some of the results to which it has led) and reflect on the way that this research has succeeded (or failed) in communicating with policy makers and the public."

Nota biográfica:

O Prof. Steven Yearley é "Professor of the Sociology of the Scientific Knowledge" da Universidade de Edimburgo desde 2005 e Director do ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) Genomics Policy and Research Forum desde Setembro de 2006. Mais conhecido pela investigação realizada nas áreas de articulação dos Estudos Sociais da Ciência e da Sociologia do Ambiente, tem também trabalhado sobre os aspectos sociais da biomedicina, genética e bioética numa colaboração mais estreita com o Wellcome Trust.