Living Data Research Group: Health Biosensing in Everyday Life
The Living Data Research Group is composed of several researchers at Lancaster University (UK) who are involved in such fields as who work a
Data Studies Program - UC Davis
The Data Studies Program at UC Davis' Institute for Social Sciences was launched with the help of Joe Dumit.
Environmental Data & Governance Initiative (EDGI)
EDGI brings together intellectuals and organizations to monitor, analyze, and engage with US environmental policy and science research infrastructure.
What expertise, capacities, and skills do you bring to the EcoGovLab?
wypark89I am a (science) education researcher and look at most things in the world through the lens of education. On disaster (or anything else), the questions I ask are - e.g., why should we teach about it? What should we teach about it, and how? How can we support teachers to teach about disasters in their classrooms? My training in educational research has equipped me with the theories, tools and methods that can be utilised to approach these questions. I am hoping that these knowledge, experiences and skills can cross-fertilise with EcoGovLab's expertise in anthropology, SPS and environmental governance.
Authored by Kim Fortun and Scott Frickel, this blog post argues that a disaster STS would be analytically productive and concludes by offering several frameworks for future research.