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Conference Registration Opens!

This ESRC project’s concluding conference, Governing Trust in the Biosciences, is now open for registration. The conference will be held on 22-23 February 2018 at the British Academy in London. It aims to promote cross-cultural dialogues on good governance and effective … Continue reading

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GSA-China Welcomes Tom Douglass as the New Research Officer

Tom Douglass, PhD Candidate at the SSPSSR, has joined the team as the research officer. He will work with Dr. Joy Zhang on dissemination of research findings, project outreach as well as on the project’s final conference ‘Governing Trust in … Continue reading

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Prof. Gao and Dr. Liao Bring the EMR to Leading Chinese Universities

This week, Chinese partners, Prof. Lu Gao and Dr. Miao Liao brought the Educational Module Resource (EMR) to science postgraduates at Tsinghua University. The decision to incorporate EMR into the course, Innovation and the Development of Science &Technology, as explained … Continue reading

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Bernotaite presents at BSA’s Study Day on Risk and the Media

On Friday, September 8, BSA held a workshop on Risk and the Media, Research Officer, Ausma Bernotaite presented her work on risk frames of Golden Rice, a genetically modified food product, representation in the Philippine and Bangladeshi media. Bernotaite drew … Continue reading

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Dr. Miao Liao Joins the Team

We welcome Dr. Miao Liao from Chinese Academy of Science and Technology for Development (CASTED), Ministry of Science and Technology, to join our research team on Governing Scientific Accountability in China. Dr. Liao is to work with Dr Joy Zhang … Continue reading

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‘Transparency Is a Growth Industry’

The 25 May issue of Nature features Dr Joy Zhang’s commentary on the state of Chinese governance of scientific research, ‘Transparency Is a Growth Industry’. China is currently the world’s second largest investor on scientific research and is increasingly seen … Continue reading

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China’s central science newspaper reports on Joy Zhang’s work

On 27 March 2017 China’s official science newspaper, Science and Technology Daily, reported on Dr Joy Zhang’s ESRC workshop in Wuhan. The workshop stems from Dr Zhang’s ESRC funded project, ‘Governing Scientific Accountability in China‘. Extensive fieldwork from the study … Continue reading

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Successful end of Wuhan workshop “Scientific Risk and Public Engagement”

Scientific Risk and Public Engagement, organised together with Huanzhong University of Technology and The Research Centre for Bioethics of HUST, included interdisciplinary lectures and workshops that advocated for the need of public engagement (PE) in science, with a particular focus … Continue reading

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Press Release-Scientific Risk and Public Engagement Workshop, Wuhan (in Chinese)

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Bernotaite Visits Chinese Partners in Wuhan

by Ausma Bernotaite Research Officer Ausma Bernotaite recently visited Huazhong University of Science & Technology (HUST), our partners in hosting the Scientific Risk and Public Communication workshop in Wuhan this March. Our partner for the workshop is Prof Ruipeng Lei, who is also the … Continue reading

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