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

项目总结我们建议举办为期5天的密集研究生培训研讨会的历史，哲学和生物学的社会研究的学生。该研讨会将仿照非常成功的研究生培训FDISH会议在旧金山举行的弗朗西斯科在2004年，这是由美国国家科学基金会和ISHPSSB（国际社会的历史，哲学和生物学社会研究）。 十位来自生物学历史、哲学和社会研究领域的杰出研究者将被邀请来解决以下具体问题：生物学研究的未来是什么？跨学科合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相互学习什么？除了这些全体会议上的讲话，教师与会者还将参加实践研讨会解决trainingissues，如：如何写一篇论文提交给期刊;战略导航就业市场;如何获得生物学研究的研究资金。一个创新的特点，旧金山弗朗西斯科FDISH会议将继续在IUmeeting，即“办公时间”，其中教师使自己在特定的时间和地点（咖啡馆，餐厅，教室），供学生参观，进行非正式的接触或讨论研究想法。工作坊的知识价值预计将广泛分布和多样化。哲学，历史，而生物学的社会研究被认为是理所当然的。研讨会更不寻常的智力成果将涉及学者在各个单独会议上的互动和个人互动中产生的跨学科协同作用。例如，一位哲学研究人员从过去的研讨会上获得了另一位生态学研究人员的工作，这在她的博士后项目中证明是富有成效的。当这些生物学研究者群体以正确的方式聚集在一起时，就像我们计划组织的正式和非正式会议那样，这些独特的和不可预测的互动就必然会出现。更广泛的影响包括：增加跨学科的理解，特别是生物科学和人文科学;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;为来自各种不同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;并强调为训练有素的生物伦理人员提供未来的就业机会。

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.