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Marlene Rayner-Canham and Professor Geoff Rayner-Canham, Memorial University of Newfoundland Marelene Rayner-Canham and Geoff Rayner-Canham have long been active researchers in the field of the history of women in science. Apart from many academic papers on different topics, they have co-authored the books: Harriet Brooks - Pioneer Nuclear Scientist; A Devotion to Their Science: Pioneer...
Professor Gregory Radick, Professor of History and Philosophy of Science, School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science, University of Leeds Abstract Twenty-first century biology rejects genetic determinism, yet an exaggerated view of the power of genes in the making of bodies and minds remains a problem. What accounts for such tenacity? This talk will...
Dr Paul Hernandez-Martinez, Loughborough University Abstract In this talk I will critically analyse the notion of ‘science capital’ as defined by Archer et al (2015) as part of their ASPIRES and Enterprise Science projects. These projects highlighted that access to science capital is perhaps more important than prior achievement in shaping students’ aspirations and their...
Ana Benavides Lahnstein, University of Leeds Throughout the last 40 years, environmental education (EE) has become an inclusive, multi-faceted, and complex field of study. There have been a wide array of aims, priorities, values and pedagogies offered within different types or approaches to education in, about and for the environment (Lucas, 1972). Recently, to respond...
Meena Kotecha, The London School of Economics and Political Science Meena has been teaching mathematics, statistics and operational research methods at the London School of Economics (LSE) since 2006. She has been named as an LSE Innovator. She is an LSE Teaching Prize Winner for both statistics & operational research methods (2008, 2013 and 2016)....