Join the Center for Science, Technology, and Society for a Faculty Seminar, Friday February 21st at 12:00pm – Computer Science Building Room 121

Drawing from the STS Scholarship, Dr. Ann Keller will examine scientific controversies that emerged during Covid-19 to demonstrate that, like any scientific domain, the emergence of “Facts” in scientific communities involves a process of “social discovery” in which the standing of novel findings can be ambiguous and contested for months. Taking the “social discovery” model into account leads to a very distinct set of reforms from those currently in process. 

Dr. Ann C. Keller is Associate Professor of Health Politics and Policy at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health. Focusing on issues in healthcare, public health, emerging technologies, and the environment, Keller studies controversies surrounding the use of science and expertise.  Keller is the recipient of multiple NSF awards funding research on topics such as pandemic response and regulation of CRISPR/Cas-9 and autonomous vehicle technologies and serves as Associate Faculty Director at the UC Berkeley Center for Catastrophic Risk Management.