Genome Researchers in the Public Sphere

Simone Rödder is a postdoc at the Institute for Science and Technology Studies (IWT) at the University of Bielefeld and a visiting research fellow at the Genomics Forum from February to April 2009.

Simone has an academic background in biology, sociology and science communication and holds an interdisciplinary Ph.D. from the University of Bielefeld . She has been trained as a journalist and has worked for several newspapers and magazines. Her research interests include the sociology of visible science, the theory and practice of science communication and the social implications of ge