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Title: Dr. Job Title: Innogen Associate Tel: +44 (0)131 650 6395 Fax: +44 (0)131 651 4278 Email: Sarah.Parry@ed.ac.uk Building: ESRC Innogen Centre, The University of Edinburgh, Old Surgeon's Hall, High School Yards, Edinburgh, EH1 1LZ Room Number: 2.04
After completing a PhD in the Science Studies Unit (University of Edinburgh), in 2003 I joined Innogen/RCSS as a lecturer in Sociology. My doctoral research focussed on the UK public debates about stem cell research (SCR) and is underpinned by an academic background in sociology, cultural studies and science and technology studies. As part of previous and current work, I am interested in:
Parry, S. (2009) 'Stem cell scientists’ discursive strategies for cognitive authority', Science as Culture, Vol. 18, Issue 1.
Haddow, G., Cunningham-Burley, S., Parry, S. and Bruce, A. (2008) 'Generation Scotland: consulting publics and specialists at an early stage in a genetic database's development,Critical Public Health, Vol.18, Issue 2, pp.139-149
Parry, S. (2006) 'Reconstructing embryos in stem cell research: Exploring the meaning of embryos for people involved in fertility treatments, Social Science & Medicine, Vol. 62, Issue 10, pp. 2349 - 2359
Parry, S. (2003) 'The Politics of Cloning: Mapping the rhetorical convergence of embryos and stem cells in parliamentary debates, New Genetics and Society, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 177 - 200
Recent Invited talks
Parry, S. (2008) ‘Public engagement as a boundary object: Developing an understanding of heterogeneous agendas’, Public engagement: Promise and perils, The ESRC Genomics and Policy Research Forum, Edinburgh, 17th July.
Parry, S. and Cunningham-Burley, S. (2008) ‘Doing and studying public engagement in stem cell research’, The Role of Social Science in Public Dialogue on Science and Technology, London School of Economics, London, 4th July.
Parry, S. (2007) ‘Creating animal-human hybrids and chimeras for stem cell research: Analysing a public debate’, Transpecies embryos workshop, The ESRC Genomics and Policy Research Forum, Edinburgh, 27 November.
Parry, S. (2007) `Cloning and stem cell research: Constructing boundaries in the UK stem cell debates', The times of cloning: Historical and cultural aspects of biotechnological research field, Max-Planck-Institut Für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Berlin, 1-4 March.
Research dissemination activities
Parry, S., Cunningham-Burley, S., Faulkner, W., and Bates, S. (2007) ‘The perils of public engagement’, Genomics Forum Newsletter, Issue 6.
Cunningham-Burley, S., Haddow, G. and Parry, S. (2006) ‘‘Talking the talk’ and ‘walking the walk’: The challenges of public engagement research’, Genomics Forum Newsletter, Issue 4.
Written evidence provided to Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority consultation on Donating Eggs for Research: Safeguarding Donors, December 2006.
Interviewed by US National Public Service Radio, January 2006.
Oral evidence given to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee's Inquiry into Human Reproductive Technologies and the Law, November 10th 2004
Current Research
Funded under the ESRC's programme, "Stem Cell Research: The Economic and Social Agenda", I recently completed a three year project: "The Social Dynamics of Public Engagement in Stem Cell Research". This was a collaborative project with Sarah Cunningham-Burley (Public Health Sciences & CRFR), Wendy Faulkner (Science Studies Unit) and Austin Smith (Institute for Stem Cell Biology, University of Cambridge). We also had a research fellow and a science communications officer working as part of the research team. The project had two aims: first, to explore the views of a wide range of publics and experts in Scotland and, second, to develop engagement methods for establishing a dialogue between different groups. We are currently analyzing the data and working on a number of articles.
I also coordinated a network of scholars to explore the relationship between developments in genomics and our knowledge and understanding of 'nature'. I subsequently co-edited a book (with John Dupré) on the same topic which is to be published in 2010 (see below).
PhD Supervision
I am happy to receive applications for doctoral research in areas related to those listed above. At present, I supervise four students:
Angeliki Biliri: STS Under the Microscope: Social Scientists' Constructions of STS Roles and Identities (2007-2011).
Felicity Bulmer: Attitudes of Teachers and School Children Towards both Eating Disorders and the Use of Prevention-Orientated Eating Disorders Programs in Schools (2009-2013).
Samantha Foster: Embryonic Stem Cell Research; Exploring the Mutual Shaping of Science, Regulation and Society - A Real Time Study (2007-2011).
Dominic Jackson: Interventions to Promote Science Engagement: Reach and Impact (2009-2013).
Completed
Sian Beynon-Jones: Expertise and Scottish Abortion Practice: Understanding Healthcare Professionals' Accounts (2006-2009)
Nicola Marks: Opening Up Spaces for Reflexivity? Scientists’ Discourses about Stem Cell Research and Public Engagement (2003-2007)
Teaching
I convene and/or teach on the following courses at the University of Edinburgh:
Genetics, Nature and Society which is part of the Postgraduate Programme in Science and Technology Studies. This course is also offered as an Honours course in Sociology.
Research Design
Social and Economic Perspectives of Technology
Politics of Science and Technology
Technology in Society
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