Future Directions in the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology

生物学史、哲学和社会研究的未来方向

• 批准号: 0620799
• 负责人: Elisabeth Lloyd
• 金额: $ 1.04万
• 依托单位: Indiana University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-08-01 至 2007-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0620799&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Future; Directions; History; Philosophy; Social

PROJECT SUMMARYWe propose to host a 5-day intensive graduate training workshop for students of history,philosophy, and social studies of biology. The workshop will be modeled on the verysuccessful graduate training FDISH conference held in San Francisco in 2004, which wassponsored by both the NSF and ISHPSSB (the International Society for the History,Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology). Ten researchers of distinction from thefields of history, philosophy, and social studies of biology will be invited to addressthe specific questions: what is the future of biology studies? what are the benefits andchallenges of interdisciplinary collaboration? what can philosophers, historians,sociologists, and biologists learn from one another? In addition to these plenary talks,the faculty attendees will also participate in hands-on workshops addressing trainingissues, such as: how to write a paper for submission to a journal; strategies fornavigating the job market; how to obtain funding for research in biology studies. Aninnovative feature of the San Francisco FDISH meetings will be continued at the IUmeeting, namely, "office hours", wherein faculty members make themselves available at aspecific time and location (coffeehouse, restaurant, classroom), for students to drop inand make informal contacts or discuss research ideas.The intellectual merits of the workshop are expected to be widely distributed and varied.Disciplinary training in philosophy, history, and social studies of biology is taken as agiven. More unusual intellectual fruits of the workshop will involve interdisciplinarysynergies arising from the interactions of the scholars at the various individual sessionsand personal interactions. For example, one researcher in philosophy from the pastworkshop gained access to work of another in ecology that proved fruitful in herpostdoctoral project. These sorts of idiosyncratic and unpredictable interactionspredictably appear when these groups of researchers on biology are thrown together in theright ways, as we plan to do with the organization of both formal and informal sessions.Broader impacts include: increased interdisciplinary understanding, especially amongsciences and humanities; dissemination of up-to-date information regarding high-prioritybio-risks and bio-ethical issues; training opportunities and opportunities fornetwork-building for graduate students from a wide variety of institutional backgrounds,including historically black and women's colleges; and emphasis on future employmentopportunities for well-trained bio-ethics personnel.

项目总结我们建议为生物学的历史、哲学和社会研究专业的学生举办一个为期5天的研究生强化培训研讨会。该讲习班将仿照2004年在旧金山举行的非常成功的FDISH研究生培训会议，该会议由NSF和ISHPSSB(国际生物学历史、哲学和社会研究学会)共同赞助。来自生物学的历史、哲学和社会研究领域的十位杰出的研究人员将被邀请来回答具体的问题：生物学研究的未来是什么？跨学科协作的好处和挑战是什么？哲学家、历史学家、社会学家和生物学家可以从彼此身上学到什么？除了这些全体会议，教职员工还将参加针对培训问题的实践研讨会，例如：如何写一篇提交给期刊的论文；如何驾驭就业市场；如何为生物学研究获得资金。旧金山FDISH会议的一个创新特点将在IU会议上继续举行，即“办公时间”，教职员工在特定的时间和地点(咖啡馆、餐厅、教室)供学生顺便拜访，进行非正式接触或讨论研究想法。研讨会的学术价值预计将广泛分布和多样化。生物学的哲学、历史和社会研究学科培训被视为不受欢迎的。研讨会的更多不同寻常的知识成果将涉及学者在不同的个人会议上的互动和个人互动所产生的跨学科协同效应。例如，过去研讨会的一名哲学研究人员获得了另一名生态学研究人员的工作机会，事实证明，这项工作在她的博士后项目中取得了丰硕成果。当这些生物学研究人员以正确的方式聚集在一起时，这些特殊和不可预测的互动就会意外地出现，就像我们计划组织正式和非正式会议一样。广泛的影响包括：增加跨学科的理解，特别是在科学和人文领域；传播关于高度优先的生物风险和生物伦理问题的最新信息；为来自各种机构背景的研究生提供培训机会和建立网络的机会，包括历史上的黑人和女子学院；以及强调训练有素的生物伦理人员未来的就业机会。