The Collaboration Conundrum: Special Interests and Scientific Research
5-6 November 2015, University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame’s John J. Reilly Center for Science, Technology, and Values invites you to a conference on
The Collaboration Conundrum: Special Interests and Scientific Research.
Plenary
Peter Kareiva is Chief
Scientist at the Nature Conservancy, a non-profit organization that
collaborates with industry. He has held positions in academia
for 20 years and in government with the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration.
Call for abstracts
Historical scandals
involving industry-funded research, together with empirical evidence of
correlations in some areas of science between industry funding
and research results favorable to industry have undermined trust in
industry-funded science. And yet, it is unrealistic and wasteful to
dismiss industry-funded research across the board as unreliable and
unconcerned with the public good. What to do? Government
reports and scholarly publications are currently extolling the value of
public participation in scientific research, and a number of funding
agencies are now encouraging initiatives such as community-based
participatory research (CBPR). Could the participation
of citizen groups in industry-funded research also prove valuable—to increase the relevance, reliability, and acceptability of industry research?
Papers are invited from
scholars working in any area relevant to the conference topic,
including philosophy, history, the private sector, government,
non-profit organizations, the sciences, and other areas of the
humanities. Sample topics include (but are not limited to):
- Philosophical and historical perspectives on collaborative research
- Case studies of collaborative scientific research
- Public perceptions of scientific research produced in a collaborative manner
- Legal guidelines and regulations for handling research collaborations
- Ethical principles for managing research collaborations
- Empirical research on the results of research collaborations
- Barriers and opportunities associated with collaborative research
This
conference is one in a series of events organized in association with
the consortium for Socially Relevant Philosophy of/in Science
and Engineering (SRPoiSE), of which the Reilly Center is a member. More
information about SRPoiSE is available at
http://srpoise.org/.
Abstract Submission
The abstract submission deadline is
Monday, June 1, 2015. Please submit an abstract of no more than 250 words. Abstracts will be refereed and results communicated to authors by June 30, 2015.
Abstract submission is electronic at:
https://easychair.org/
Registration, travel, accommodations, further information
The Collaboration Conundrum Conference will
be held at Notre Dame’s Conference Center. A block of rooms is being
held at Morris Inn of Notre Dame, please mention the Collaboration
Conundrum Conference when making hotel reservations
with the Morris Inn (morrisinn.nd.edu or 800-280-7256).
All conference-related information will be posted on the Reilly Center’s website at
reilly.nd.edu. Further inquiries may be addressed to Tori Davies at
tdavies@nd.edu and 574-631-5015.
Program Committee
Anjan Chakravartty, University of Notre Dame
Kevin Elliott, Michigan State University
Janet Kourany, University of Notre Dame
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Anjan Chakravartty
Director, John J. Reilly Center for Science, Technology, and Values
Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame
Editor in Chief, Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
