The 2019 STS Summer School took place August 12-17th at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA.
Monday, August 12th
9-10:30 | Welcome and Introductions
11-12 | Course Organization and Q&A (Sheila Jasanoff and J. Benjamin Hurlbut)
13:30-15 | Expertise and Trust: Perspectives from STS (Sheila Jasanoff and J. Benjamin Hurlbut)
15:30-17 | Nuclear Energy Debates (Matthew Bunn and Stephen Hilgartner)
17-18 | Roundtable review and discussion of final projects
Tuesday, August 13th
Morning | Environmental Governance
9-10:30 | IPCC and Climate Credibility (Jim McCarthy with Clark Miller moderating)
11-12:30 | GMOs: Culture and Controversy (Pierre-Benoit Joly and Sheila Jasanoff)
12:30-14 | Guest Speaker Lunch (Gina McCarthy)
Afternoon | Expertise in Law and Science
14-15 | Experts in Court: Power and Deference (Sheila Jasanoff)
15-16 | Abortion and the Politics of Evidence (Aziza Ahmed)
16:30-17:30 | Law as Maker of Facts and Powers (David Kennedy)
17:30-18 | Day 2 review and discussion
Wednesday, August 14th
Morning | Rules of Experts: Standards and their Failures
9-10 | International Standards (Lawrence Busch)
10-11 | Corporate Values, Rana Plaza Case Study (Dan Danielsen)
11:30-12:30 | Standardizing Corporate (Social) Responsibility Roundtable (with Sebastian Pfotenhauer moderating)
12:30-14:15 | Lunch breakout groups to discuss student research (Faculty-Students)
15-17:15 | MIT Media Lab Visit (Samantha Bates)
17:15- | Free time
Thursday, August 15th
Morning | Public Understanding and Democracy
9-10:30 | Public Engagement Experiments (Brice Laurent and Jack Stilgoe)
11-12:30 | Ensuring the Integrity, Accessibility, and Independence of Scholarly Research (Alondra Nelson with J. Benjamin Hurlbut moderating)
12:30-14 | Guest Lunch (David Sittenfeld)
Afternoon | Media and Expertise
14-15:30 | Reporting Experts (Sharon Begley and Ashley Smart, with J. Benjamin Hurlbut moderating)
16-17:30 | Deep Fake: Experts, Ethics, and New Media (Alice Tomassini and Vito Margiotta)
Friday, August 16th
Morning | Innovation, Risk, and Responsibility
9-10 | Infrastructures of Credibility (Clark Miller)
10-11 | Risk and Insurance (Stephen Hilgartner)
11:30-12:30 | Autonomous Vehicles (Jack Stilgoe)
Afternoon | Making Expertise
2-4 | Producing Public Knowledge (Student Presentations)
4:30-5:30 | Producing Public Knowledge (Continued Discussion)
Saturday, August 17th
Morning | Wrap-up
9-10:30 | Revisiting “Post-truth” Roundtable (Faculty-Students)
11-12:30 | Debrief: Lessons Learned, Looking Ahead
12:30 | Bag Lunch Adjourn
Each [expertise, trust and democracy] is an achievement and open to debate–it is important to think about what is being black boxed.
David, 2019 Participant
