Genetics and livestock breeding in the uk : co-constructing technologies and heterogeneous biosocial collectivities

Carol Morris | 01 January 2014 | Human Geography | Journal article

Cattle and sheep breeders in the uk and elsewhere are increasingly being encouraged to use a variety of genetic technologies to help them make breeding decisions. The technology of particular interest here is ‘classical’ statistical genetics, which u ...

Understanding how hr systems work : the role of hr philosophy and hr processes

Kathy Monks | 01 January 2014 | Management & Business Studies | Journal article

Despite the proliferation of studies of hr systems, there are still substantial gaps in our understanding of how such systems actually work. This article, by focusing on the neglected areas of hr philosophy and hr processes in the composition of hr s ...

Knowledge work : gender-blind or gender-biased?

Catherine Truss | 01 October 2012 | Management & Business Studies | Journal article

Journal article exploring whether 'knowledge work' contains an inherent gender bias, drawing on data from pharmaceutical and software firms in the uk and ireland.

Genetics, genomics and genetic modification in agriculture: emerging knowledge-practices in making and managing farm livestock

Lewis Holloway | 26 July 2012 | Human Geography | Impact Report

To cite this output: holloway, le, et al (2011) genetics, genomics and genetic modification in agriculture: emerging knowledge-practices in making and managing farm livestock esrc impact report, res-062-23-0642. Swindon: esrc

A view against the grain? : the role of regulation in argentine and indian bioscience innovation

Shawn Harmon | 20 June 2012 | Socio Legal Studies | Conference paper/presentation

Conference presentation on the role of regulation for technologies with respect to development.

Foresighting futures : law, new technologies, and the challenges of regulating for uncertainty

Graeme Laurie | 01 May 2012 | Socio Legal Studies | Journal article

Existing social and legal systems face significant and multi-faceted challenges, some from the natural world and some from humankind itself. Many of these implicate the law. Indeed, never have we demanded so much from our legal and regulatory framewo ...

The clinician-scientist : professional dynamics in clinical stem cell research

Dana Wilson-Kovacs | 01 May 2012 | Science and Technology Studies | Journal article

Clinical applications of biomedical research rely on specialist knowledge provided by professionals who straddle research and therapy, and possess both medical and scientific expertise. To date, this professional group remains under-explored in socio ...

The cancer stem cell : a ‘new’ paradigm for an ‘old’ disease

Alison Kraft | 01 April 2012 | Science and Technology Studies | Book chapter

Mapping the role of official bioethics advice in the governance of biotechnologies in the eu : the european group on ethics’ opinion on commercial cord blood banking

Alison Mohr | 17 February 2012 | Socio Legal Studies | Journal article

In the early 1990s, the eu's proposed bioeconomic agenda provoked ethical concerns among its citizenry. In response to the political impasse between economic and ethical imperatives, as well as the perceived lack of democratic legitimacy, the eu esta ...

Contesting genetic knowledge-practices in livestock breeding : biopower, biosocial collectivities and heterogeneous resistances

Lewis Holloway | 01 January 2012 | Human Geography | Journal article

Cattle and sheep breeders in the uk and elsewhere increasingly draw on genetic techniques in order to make breeding decisions. Many breeders support such techniques, while others argue against them for a variety of reasons, including their preference ...