São Paulo School of Advanced Science

São Paulo Advanced School on Biotechnology, Biosocialities and the Governance of Life Sciences

This five day summer school will bring together leading experts from across a broad field of the social and historical sciences (including Anthropology, Sociology, Science and Technology Studies, Political Science, History of Science) from world class research and educational institutes inside and outside Brazil to examine these issues. Combining a programme of talks and workshops with an emphasis on interactive dialogue with professors and students the school responds to the urgent need to provide training and education that can address some of the pressing social and ethical issues raised by developments in the life and medical sciences.

Institution

Instituto de Geociências / Unicamp
Field of Knowledge

Sociology
Academic Director

Maria Conceição da Costa
Grant Number

2013/50546-0
Date

2014-08-11 to 2014-08-15
Registration Deadline

closed
Site

http://www.ige.unicamp.br/espca2014
City

Campinas
Keywords

Biopower, Biopolitics, Science and Society

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Monday, August 11th
08:30 – 09:00	Credentials and Coffee
09:00 – 10:00	Opening ceremony and welcoming remarks PhD. Maria Conceição da Costa – State University of Campinas, Brazil (Head of SPSAS) PhD. Sahra Gibbon – University College London, UK PhD. Léa Velho – State University of Campinas, Brazil PhD. Leda Gitahy – Head of the Science and Technology Policy, Graduate Studies Program, State University of Campinas, Brazil PhD. Roberto Perez Xavier – Director of the Institute of Geosciences, State University of Campinas, Brazil
10:00 – 12:00	Guest Lecture: Social Study of the Life Science PhD. Stephen Hilgartner, Cornell University, US
12:00 – 14:00	Lunch
14:00 –15:00	Lecture 1: Production of biotechnologies and its implications on society Phd. Aditya Bharadwaj, The Graduate Institute, Switzerland
15:00—15:20	Coffee break
15:20 – 16:30	Lecture 2: A new approach to governing GM crops: global lessons from the rising powers PhD. Phil Macnaghten, Durham University, UK
16:30 – 17:30	Lecture 3: Biosocialities PhD.Carlos Guilherme do Vale, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Tuesday, August 12th Session I – Global politics and the Governance of Biosciences This module discusses social and political aspects of governance processes at biotechnology sciences, particularly those oriented application in building of structures of governance in new technologies life, the processes of scientific and technological regulation and their interactions in society and politics.
09:00 – 09:50	Lecture 4 : Labor unions’ concerns on occupational risks of nanotechnology and the regulatory agenda PhD Noela Invernizzi, Federal University of Parana, BR
09:50 – 10:10	Coffee break
10:10 – 11:00	Lecture 5: Social dimensions of Systems and Synthetic Biology PhD. Jane Calvert, University of Edinburgh, UK
11:00 – 12:00	Lecture 6: Biotechnology: to regulate or deregulate GMOs? PhD. Walter Colli, University of São Paulo, Brazil
12:00 – 14:00	Lunch
14:00 – 17:00	Discussion of student’s work, space for questions and debates with researchers Coordinator: PhD Maria Beatriz Machado Bonacelli PhD Phil Macnaghten PhD Aditya Bharadwaj PhD Jane Calvert
18:00	Meeting reception, Casa São Jorge Bar

Wednesday, August 13th Session II – Public Health, Genomics and Social Sciences This module discuss the processes of medicalization and biossociabilization in contemporary societies, as well as the implications of new genomic technologies in the reorganization of social groups. Discussions module stress the social elements included in the production of public health policies and the recent integration of genomics.
09:00 – 09:50	Lecture 7: Health/Illness, Offer/Demand: Limits of Intervention PhD. Kenneth Camargo, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
09:50 – 10:10	Coffee break
10:10 – 11:00	Lecture 8: The Human Genome Project PhD. Stephen Hilgartner, Cornell University, USA
11:00 – 12:00	Lecture 9: Biosocialities and implications of genomics in public health PhD. Sahra Gibbon UCL & PhD Marko Monteiro
12:00 – 14:00	Lunch
14:00 – 17:00	Discussion of student’s work, space for questions and debates with researchers Coordinator: PhD Maria Conceição da Costa PhD Carlos Guilherme do Vale PhD Kenneth Camargo

Thursday, August 14th Session III – Innovation in Life Sciences, transnational research and international co-operation This module discuss the dynamics of technological innovation of life sciences and healthcare. One key point is the impact of technologies and forms of transnational coordination of scientific and technological production systems in bioscience. We propose a discussion of concepts and ideas that contribute to an analysis of transnational policies in science, technology and innovation in biosciences, biotechnology and biomedicina. One fundamental point are discussions about experiences organizing research agendas in biosciences.
09:00 – 09:50	Lecture 10: Biopolitics and psychiatrization of life PhD. Sandra Caponi, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
09:50 – 10:10	Coffee break
10:10 – 11:00	Lecture 11: Bioeconomies, biopolitics and gender relations PhD. Susanne Lettow, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, DE
11:00 – 12:00	Lecture 12: International cooperation on biotechnology applied to bioprospection PhD Camila Rigolin, Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil
12:00 – 14:00	Lunch
14:00 – 16:00	Visiting the National Laboratories (LNNano, LNBio, LNLS, CTBE)

Friday, August 15th
09:00 – 10:00	Lecture 13: Science, Technology and Social Activism PhD. Rayna Rapp, New York University, US
10:30 – 11:30	Presentation on the lines of funding provided by FAPESP: opportunities for young researchers
12:00 – 14:00	Lunch
14:00 – 15:00	Closing remarks Maria Conceiçao da Costa, Unicamp Sahra Gibbon, UK Marko Monteiro, Unicamp
18:30	Closing reception (Almanaque Café)

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