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New Paper!

Celso Neto just published a paper on the ethical problems of philosophical theories about biological race.

Check it out in our publication section!

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HUGERA at ISHPSSB 25

HUGERA is part of the biennial meeting of the International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology (ISHPSSB). The conference takes place in Porto, Portugal.

The double-session “Values, Bias, and Controversies in Human Genomics” is organized by Celso Neto and Yasmin Haddad, taking place on Monday, 21, afternoon (14:30-18:15).

In the session, Celso Neto presents on “Human Genomics and Typological Thinking”, and Lauren Wilson presents on “Does Behavioral Genetics offer solutions to our Social Justice Problems?”. Tayyaba Jiwani will be chairing!

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New Staff

We welcome Lauren Wilson and Tayyaba Jiwani as postdoctoral fellows of the HUGERA team!

Lauren is a philosopher of science working on issues of behavioral genetics, bioethics, the ethics of emerging technologies, and scientific modeling.

Tayyaba is a science technology scholar and former geneticist. Tayyaba studies the sociology of genomics, at the intersection of race and nationalism, particularly in