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Reordering Life: Knowledge and Control in the Genomics Revolution. Book Review

Review by Maximilian Fochler Stephen Hilgartner Reordering Life: Knowledge and Control in the Genomics Revolution Cambridge, Mass., The MIT Press, 2017 Who controls access to and use of knowledge? Which different entitlements and obligations are connected to specific knowledge and data, even those seemingly openly available to wider constituencies? Who stands to profit from specific kinds of

How data visualisations connect researchers with users

By William Allen (University of Oxford) Visualisations aim to be straightforward, but they actually involve many processes and brokers that complicate how users engage with them. Researchers across several disciplines use data visualisations to communicate with public audiences. It may be tempting to think visualisation provides straightforward windows into scientific studies, helping people

Can Neuroscience Change Our Minds? Book review

Review by Hans Peter Peters Hilary Rose & Steven Rose Can Neuroscience Change Our Minds? Cambridge, UK: Polity Press, 2016 Neuroscientist Steven Rose and social scientist Hilary Rose have written a critique of the relationship of neuroscience and society and, more specifically, of the links between neuroscience and policy. They tell the story of neuroscientists selling and overselling