Special Interest Groups
Special interest groups
The following research discussion groups regularly meet on the Streatham campus / online or hybrid:
Egenis Research Exchange
Lead: Sabina Leonelli, Maria Volkova & Emma Cavazzoni
Formerly named the Biology Interest Group, this is a forthnightly reading group for work by Exeter staff and visitors interested in history, philosophy and social studies of biology.
| Contact name |
|
Venue |
Day |
Time |
| Maria Volkova |
Byrne House seminar room |
Mondays |
2–3pm |
Data Crunch
Lead: Sabina Leonelli & Niccolò Tempini
Breakfast discussion group for data-related research. Find out more and/or email idsai@exeter.ac.uk to join the mailing list.
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Contact name |
|
Venue |
Day |
Time |
|
Sabina Leonelli |
Online |
Mondays |
9–10am |
Studies of Open Science
Lead: Sabina Leonelli
Discussion group for 'open science' issues, on a rolling time schedule to accomodate different time zones/continents. Find out more.
|
Contact name |
|
Venue |
Day |
Time |
|
Sabina Leonelli |
Online |
Thursdays |
variable |
Cognition and Culture
Lead: Giovanna Colombetti and Juan Diego Bogotá
Reading group for philosophy of the cognitive sciences, embodied and distributed cognition, and intersections with social science and material culture.
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Contact name |
|
Venue |
Day |
Time |
|
Juan Diego Bogota |
Byrne House seminar room |
Varies |
12–1pm |
Plant Life
Lead: Sabina Leonelli, Hugh Williamson and Özlem Yilmaz
Monthly discussion group exploring plants and plant science from historical, phiolosophical and anthropological perspectives.
| Contact name | Venue | Time | |
| Hugh Williamson | H.Williamson@exeter.ac.uk | Byrne House seminar room | 3–4.30pm |
Health and Biomedical Research
Lead: Hannah Farrimond and Sam Wilkinson
Fortnightly group will encourage interdisciplinary conversation around key topics in social studies, philosophy, and history of health and biomedical research.
| Contact name | Venue | Day | Time | |
|
Hannah Farrimond Sam Wilkinson |
Byrne House Seminar Room | Friday | 12.30-1.30pm |
Biology & Environment Mash-up
Lead: Adrian Currie
This fortnightly reading group brings together perspectives on biology and the environment by reading a ‘mash-up’ of two papers examining similar questions from different disciplinary contexts. The papers can be classics or exciting new work. Suggestions are welcome, either of single papers (we can find a match!) or of mash-ups. Find out more.
| Contact name | Venue | Day | Time | |
| Adrian Currie | A.Currie@exeter.ac.uk | Byrne House seminar room | Thursday | 4-5.30pm |
Neurodiversity Reading Group
Lead: Anya Ovcharenko and Michael Hambrook
Monthly reading group centred around Neurodiversity from sociological, philosophical, and psychological perspectives
| Name | Venue | Day | Time | |
| Anya Ovcharenko | ao465@exeter.ac.uk | Byrne House seminar room | Thursday | 6-7pm |
Philosophy Colloquium
Lead: Tyler Brunet, Kirsten Walsh, Adrian Currie
Semi-regular traditional style philosophy colloquium, featuring invited guests and new research from members of staff. Students welcome.
| Name | Venue | Day | Time | |
| Tyler Brunet | t.d.p.brunet@exeter.ac.uk | Byrne House seminar room | Wednesday | 3.30-5pm |
STS Brownbag Lunch
Lead: Eleanor Hadley Kershaw, Angela Cassidy and Astrid Schrader
A monthly STS Brownbag Lunch where University of Exeter colleagues (at any career stage) working in and around science and technology studies can bring along their lunch and catch up, hear about each other’s recent research, develop new ideas, and just generally talk about STS.
The invitation is open to any University of Exeter staff, students or visitors who might be interested – all welcome!
These are primarily in-person sessions but if you are keen to attend and unable to join in person, a Zoom link can be provded.
| Name | Venue | Day | Time | |
| Eleanor Hadley Kershaw | e.hadley-kershaw@exeter.ac.uk | Byrne House | Tuesdays | 12-1pm |
Sociology of Diagnosis Reading Group
Lead: n/a
No longer running. Group that focused on the sociology of diagnosis. We will read classic & contemporary texts, following our own interests. Find out more.
HTS - Health, Technology & Society
Lead: n/a
No longer running. Focused on interdisciplinary research involving social aspects of emerging medical technologies, particularly those relating to diagnosis and intervention, at the University of Exeter and beyond. Find out more.