Conor Douglas

Background

About Conor Douglas

I am an academic in the field of Science and Technology Studies (STS). This discipline, and the projects I work on, seek to assess the impact of sciences and technologies (like new genetic medical sciences) on social organization and social relations; and at the same point in time look at the social processes internal and external to science that influence how these novel science and technologies are developed and deployed. My goal is create awarness of the massive impact that science and technology play in modern Western society, and help people ranging from policy makers to students to develop a 'sociological imagination' for linking personal issues to the scientific and technological forces that they are embedded in. Specialties: science and technology studies and the sociology of science and technology; multidisciplinary research; qualitative research methods; new genetic medical technologies (pharmacogenetics, synthetic biology); user innovation and prosumers.