Europe seeks to become the most dynamic knowledge-based economy of the globe. The production and circulation of bio-objects, such as stem cells, chimera, tissue samples or genetically modified organisms, play a key part in this endeavour. This Action seeks to develop novel interdisciplinary tools in order to enhance our understanding of bio-objects, their production and circulation in time and in space, and their governance. The core questions that this Action seeks to answer are:

We have added the program of the Public Event on April 24, 2013, in Bilbao. You can find it here

January 25, 2013: Find the dates or our upcoming Workshops in the “events section”. Moreover, find a new publication – authored by Bettina Beck von Wülfingen and published by CMJ – in the “resources section”.

September 24, 2012: We have two new publications: Researchmedia.eu has published an article featuring Tora Holmberg, Malin Ideland and Shai Mulinari’s work on bio-objects. And the Croatian Journal of Medicine has published an essay of Conor Douglas and colleagues. Moreover, please find more info on the Bio-objects book-launch @4S/EASST 2012 in the events section.

August 30, 2012: We have added information on the PhD Autumn School (November 26-28, 2012), and on our upcoming Workshop in Madrid (November 28, 2012).

June 24, 2012: CMJ has published Bio-objects as “boundary crawlers:” the case of microRNA, a short article written by Malgorzata Chrupek, Helena Siipi, Lucia Martinelli

May 30, 2012: CMJ has published “Bio-objects and generative relations”, a short article on Working Group 3 and its agenda.

March 20, 2012: "Governing bio-objects: A research agenda". Check the latest CMJ contribution of this Action.

 
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how are the boundaries between human and animal, organic and non-organic, living and the non-living opened up?
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how does the governance of bio-objects play out at different levels, from the level of the European Union and its Member States to the subpolitical level, and finally in clinics and laboratories?
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how do bio-objects change social relations?
The Action will bring together a group of young scholars across a range of disciplines in collaboration with more experienced researchers, including those from the bioscience community. It will develop models of the bio-objectification process, the policy challenges and political and social resources needed to address this, and how both will play a key role in delivering the knowledge-based economy sought in the Lisbon Agenda.
This Action has started in December 2010 and is scheduled to run until December 2014.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Last updated 03/25/2013