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  • Mar 27, 2020
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History of Science ON CALL: Sabina Leonelli (in Italian)

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Sabina Leonelli

La storica e filosofa della scienza Sabina Leonelli apre il progetto History of Science ON CALL chiedendo:

  1. Come spiegare l’enorme variazione nelle risposte politica ai dati e ai modelli scientifici usati per predire la diffusione del virus? 
  2. Che cosa impariamo da questa situazione per il mio campo? 

 

Profilo: Sabina Leonelli

Sabina Leonelli é professore di filosofia e storia della scienza all’università di Exeter in Inghilterra (University of Exeter).  La sua ricerca si concentra sullo studio empirico delle pratiche di ricerca scientifica tramite archivi e documentazione storica, metodi etnografici provenienti dalla sociologia e antropologia della scienza, e collaborazione con scienziati. E‘ alumna del MPIWG Department II.

History of Science ON CALL

History of Science ON CALL aggrega e amplifica due filoni di informazione – Ricerca e Educazione – rilevante alle crisi, incluse le emergenze globali. Il filone di Ricerca (Research) consiste in brevi video-interviste mentre il filone Educazione riporta rilevanti risorse accademiche (scholarship) e materiali per insegnamento (teaching tools).

 

 

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