Dear blog readers, This is my first post and I\u2019m unsure how to proceed. I\u2019m going to use the blog as a record of relevant experiences, reading, and thoughts during the period of the AHRC-funded Collaborative Training Programme \u2018Theories and Methods: Literature, Science and Medicine\u2019. I hope it\u2019s interesting and welcome your thoughts and comments as our programme develops. I thought I\u2019d start with a notice \u2013 I\u2019m sure many of you know about these already but yesterday was my first visit to the University of Nottingham\u2019s Institute of Science and Society: http:\/\/www.nottingham.ac.uk\/iss\/. It was hugely interesting, meeting people who work on a range of things, from the research methods of biomedicine and homeopathy to \u2018biologising\u2019 the human, from the gothic inheritance of detective fiction to medical ethics. My visit really brought home to me the variety of work being done and how much is out there that I don\u2019t know about. I wondered how we might build bridges between the pockets of work being done that are separated by disciplinary boundaries. On their website, the Institute of Science at Society at Nottingham tells us that they are \u2018Uniting the Social Sciences, Humanities and Natural Sciences\u2019 and here are just a few of the areas they broach: \u2022What do new discoveries mean for human dignity and social welfare? \u2022How can scientists and the public better understand each other? \u2022How do innovations move from the laboratory into practice and policy? \u2022How can science best be governed?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Dear blog readers, This is my first post and I\u2019m unsure how to proceed. I\u2019m going to use the blog as a record of relevant experiences, reading, and thoughts during the period of the AHRC-funded Collaborative Training Programme \u2018Theories and … Continue reading