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Distinguished Lecture to Focus on "Science Wars and American Politics"The label "science wars" has often been used to describe the ongoing controversy between scientists and those scholars who study science and technology as social institutions (STS). STS scholars make the claim that science is “socially constructed,” which some scientists interpret as meaning “all science is social,” or that “there are no facts about the real world.” Social construction means that scientific facts, in proper context, inescapably incorporate aspects of history, politics and culture. Sheila S. Jasanoff, Professor of Science and Public Policy at Harvard University's School of Public Health and the John F. Kennedy School of Government, will speak on science wars as a distinctive political phenomenon in a distinguished lecture on November 23 at the National Science Foundation (NSF) in Arlington, Va. She will address, among other issues, the perceived gap between scientists’ understanding of social construction and STS scholars’ use of the concept. Jasanoff is an expert in the fields of science, public policy, law, socio-legal and environmental studies. She was principal investigator in 1996 for an NSF-funded ethics and values study, "Sustainable Knowledge of the Global Environment." Among her many other NSFsupported projects, she received a 1990 grant to study biotechnology regulation in Europe and in the United States.
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