Sovereignty Unmasked: Science & Technology Studies, the Pandemic, and Political Theory
This is a hybrid event
Uprisings against public health policies such as vaccine and mask mandates during the late stages of the Covid-19 pandemic have brought to the forefront modernity’s tacit social contract with science and expertise. Focusing on the governance regime that I call “public health sovereignty,” I will explore the rules and practices of delegation that help explain why resistance has followed divergent paths across the 16 countries included in a Harvard-Cornell comparative study of national responses to Covid-19. The talk will also reflect on the method of comparison as a device for illuminating STS’s contributions to political and constitutional theory.

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Date: 9 March 2022, 17:00 (Wednesday, 8th week, Hilary 2022)
Venue: Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD
Venue Details: Seminar Room 1
Speaker: Professor Sheila Jasanoff (Harvard University)
Organising department: Institute for Science, Innovation and Society
Organiser contact email address: antonella.surdi@insis.ox.ac.uk
Host: Antonella Surdi (SAME, University of Oxford)
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Booking email: enquiries@insis.ox.ac.uk
Audience: Public
Editor: Antonella Surdi