Understanding Society is delighted to welcome Professor Daniel Benjamin, Director of the Behavioural and Health Genomics Center, University of Southern California, and Co-Director of the Social Science Genetic Association Consortium to lead this Masterclass on integrating genetics and the social sciences at RIBA in London on 26th April.
The Masterclass will introduce participants to the interdisciplinary field of social-science genomics. Discussion will focus on how genetic data can be usefully incorporated into social-science research, what challenges arise in social-science research, and how those challenges can be addressed.
Programme
- 10.00-10.15 Welcome and introduction to the workshop
- Professor Michaela Benzeval, Director of Understanding Society, University of Essex
- 10.15-11.00 Introduction to genetics and how these data have been used in social science
- Professor Daniel Benjamin
- 11.15-12.00 Social-science genomics research: examples and lessons learned
- Professor Daniel Benjamin
- 12.00-12.30 Overview of genomic data available in Understanding Society
- Professor Meena Kumari, Professor of Biomedical and Social Sciences,Understanding Society, University of Essex
13.30-15.00 Group activity
How would you use Genetic Data in your research?
15.15-16.30 Group activity
Present and discuss proposals
16.30-16.45 Conclusion