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Neuroscience and Society Network
A forum for social studies of the new brain sciences
We are currently seeking individuals who would be interested in participating in the Neuroscience and Society Network (NSN), a new forum for those investigating the social, economic, and political implications of the contemporary brain sciences.
Despite evidence that the neurosciences are changing our understandings of personal and social life, and predictions that these transformations will intensify in coming years, the social study of these fields of biomedicine has received only marginal attention. The Neuroscience and Society Network has been formed in order to provide a venue in which doctoral students and junior researchers working on issues related to the neurosciences (e.g. psychopharmacology, behavioural genetics, biological psychiatry, neuroimaging, neuroethics) can exchange and develop ideas.
The objectives of the NSN are:
* To foster multi-disciplinary engagement with developments in the neurosciences, drawing on the perspectives of scholars from the fields of sociology, anthropology, philosophy, psychology, history, legal studies and medicine.
* To facilitate and organize symposiums for the sharing of research into the neurosciences, the self and society
* To promote transnational collaboration among junior researchers
At the moment, we are particularly focusing on two projects:
1. The development of a website that can enable individuals interested in these issues to identify and communicate with one another.
The NSN website can be found at: http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/neuroscienceAndSocietyNetwork/. In addition to providing information about the NSN, its activities and related events, the website features a directory in which individuals (both students and faculty) can register their interests and contact information (please visit the website to do so). The website also contains information on how to sign up to the neuro-listserv, a mailing list for discussions relevant to the NSN.
2. The organization of the first of what we hope will become an annual symposium on Neuroscience and Society. The symposium will take place on September 10, 2005, and will be held at the London School of Economics. Details about the symposium, as well as a call for papers, will be available on the NSN website soon.
We look forward to hearing from individuals who would like to hear more about NSN, and especially those who would like to become members of a steering group that directs the network’s organization and activity. For more information, please contact Linsey ([log in to unmask]) or Scott ([log in to unmask]).
Linsey McGoey and Scott Vrecko
BIOS Centre, Department of Sociology
London School of Economics
Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, UK
+44 (0)20 7107 5251
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