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Shobita Parthasarathy
University of Michigan
Professor and Director, Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program
Description
Shobita Parthasarathy is Professor of Public Policy and Women’s and Gender Studies, and co-founder and Director of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program at University of Michigan. Her research examines the political economy of innovation and innovation policy focusing on equity and justice, and the politics of knowledge and expertise in public policymaking. She often takes a cross-national or international perspective in her research, and has published widely on genetics and biotechnology, intellectual property, innovation policy, and artificial intelligence in the United States, United Kingdom, Europe, and India. She is the author of numerous scholarly articles and two books: Building Genetic Medicine: Breast Cancer, Technology, and the Comparative Politics of Health Care (MIT Press, 2007) and Patent Politics: Life Forms, Markets, and the Public Interest in the United States and Europe (University of Chicago Press, 2017). The former influenced the 2013 US Supreme Court case that determined human genes were not patentable; the latter won the 2018 Robert K. Merton Award from the American Sociological Association. She is currently working on two research projects. The first examines the history, politics, and social consequences of inclusive innovation initiatives around the world, and the second investigates how to reimagine the innovation system to center the knowledge and needs of marginalized communities. She writes frequently for public audiences including The New York Times, Boston Review, Slate, Issues in Science and Technology, Scientific American, and Nature and co-hosts The Received Wisdom podcast on issues at the intersection of science, technology, policy, and society. She also regularly advises policymakers around the world.
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