Special Interest Groups
Special interest groups
The following research discussion groups regularly meet on various locations on Streatham campus:
Egenis Research Exchange
Lead: Sabina Leonelli & 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. Find out more.
| Contact name |
|
Venue |
Day |
Time |
| Emma Cavazzoni |
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.
|
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 Semainr 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 |
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.