SJRC Annual Report 2024-2025
Volume 18 Director’s Letter: Welcome to Science & Justice As we look forward to the year to come, we appreciate the chance to share with you our accomplishments of the last year. Science & Justice continues to be in the headlines, making a critical difference in California, the nation and globally. Our faculty served on… Continue Reading SJRC Annual Report 2024-2025
Call for Papers | The Public’s Science
Special Issue of The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science The Public’s Science–A New Social Contract for American Research Policy Editors: Alondra Nelson (Institute for Advanced Study) and Jenny Reardon (University of California, Santa Cruz) Abstract Deadline: Friday, September 19, 2025 Seventy-five years after Vannevar Bush’s Science—The Endless Frontier established the foundational social contract for publicly funded research in… Continue Reading Call for Papers | The Public’s Science
SJRC Annual Report 2023-2024
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What Just Happened to 23andMe? Jenny Reardon featured on Computer Says Maybe podcast
Jenny Reardon, Professor of Sociology and Founding Director of Science and Justice Research Center, on the personalised genotyping company 23andMe’s recent bankruptcy and what’s going to happen to all that genetic data. Continue Reading What Just Happened to 23andMe? Jenny Reardon featured on Computer Says Maybe podcast
Donna Haraway awarded the 2025 Erasmus Prize
Donna Haraway, distinguished professor emerita in the History of Consciousness Department at the University of California Santa Cruz, has been awarded the 2025 Erasmus Prize, one of Europe’s most prestigious recognitions for contributions to culture, society, and social thought. Learn more on June 3rd! Continue Reading Donna Haraway awarded the 2025 Erasmus Prize
Donna Haraway awarded Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement
Congratulations to Donna Haraway, distinguished professor emerita in the History of Consciousness Department at the University of California Santa Cruz, for being awarded the ‘Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement’ in Memoriam to the Italian architect and designer Italo Rota (1953-2024). Continue Reading Donna Haraway awarded Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement
Book release! Unmaking Botany: Science and Vernacular Knowledge in the Colonial Philippines (Duke University Press, 2025)
Kathleen Cruz Gutierrez publishes new book, Unmaking Botany with Duke University Press. Continue Reading Book release! Unmaking Botany: Science and Vernacular Knowledge in the Colonial Philippines (Duke University Press, 2025)
Power Over Precision: Jenny Reardon featured on Computer Says Maybe podcast
Jenny Reardon, Professor of Sociology and Founding Director of Science and Justice Research Center, on the history of genomics — and the absolutely mind-melting parallels it has with the trajectory of the AI industry. Continue Reading Power Over Precision: Jenny Reardon featured on Computer Says Maybe podcast
Science and Social Justice: Jenny Reardon featured on Digital Science
Professor Jenny Reardon, Professor of Sociology at the University of California Santa Cruz, and the Founder of Science and Justice Research Center on the politicization of research. Continue Reading Science and Social Justice: Jenny Reardon featured on Digital Science
Publication: new “Race and Health” entry in Oxford Bibliographies
Sociology Associate Professor and SJRC Co-Director James Doucet-Battle publishes a new “Race and Health” entry in Oxford Bibliographies. The selected bibliography offers a genealogy of scholarship on the topic over the last century and a half. Continue Reading Publication: new “Race and Health” entry in Oxford Bibliographies