A major European conference on “Technology Assessment and Policy Areas of Great Transitions” will have a dedicated session focusing solely on the work of Dr Joy Zhang, Lecturer of Sociology at Kent.
The conference, taking place in Prague 13-15 March 2013, invites commentary on Dr Zhang’s book, The Cosmopolitanization of Science. Organisers consider the book to be ‘an important contribution from the field of technology assessment to the topics of technology governance and global bioethics’.
Based on site visits to 22 key research teams in China, as well as interviews with ethicists and Ministry of Health officials, The Cosmopolitanization of Science investigates how, over the last decade, Chinese stakeholders have developed a cosmopolitan sensibility in comprehending and responding to ethical and regulatory concerns with influence from both within and without their national boundaries. It is a pioneering account of non-western science-in-the-making, which provides a powerful corrective to existing cosmopolitan frameworks which are established mainly on Western data sources.
For more information of this session, please visit the PACITA Conference website.