November 9th, 2021 | Environmental Editing to Combat the Climate Crisis: Emerging Technology in the Face of Existential Threats
Description |
In the face of another known, imminent global threat - climate change - how can the known and unknown safety, security, social and ethical risks be balanced with the potential benefits of new capabilities in environmental genome editing? At this meeting, we will host a discussion and hear an overview of potential applications, hear from a laboratory scientist developing new capabilities in microbes, and a policy and public health scholar and professor on the governance challenges and historical references for how we might begin to think about decision-making. |
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Panelists |
Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management, |
Ann C. Keller is Associate Professor of Health Politics and Policy at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health. Keller studies the politics of science and expertise in public policy, focusing on environmental, health and technological innovation. Keller is an expert in US regulation and studies governance in a number of contested political domains including the storage of nuclear waste in the United States, acid rain, climate change, firearm ownership and comparative effectiveness of medical therapies. Keller’s current research, stemming from her role as the PI on a recent NSF grant, compares public sector regulation of connected and autonomous vehicle technologies and of CRISPR medical therapies. Keller’s book, Science in Environmental Policy: The Politics of Objective Advice won the 2011 Don K. Price Award from the American Political Science Association for the best book in Science and Technology Politics. |
Associate Project Scientist, Banfield Lab, IGI, UC Berkeley |
Policy and Engagement Manager, IGI, UC Berkeley |