ETH.SCI
Ethics of CoViD-19 Science
19 March | 26 march | 2 APRIL
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Session 1: 19th March
Session 2: 26th March
Session 3: 2nd April
6PM IST (Indian Standard Time)
12.30PM GMT (Greenwich Mean Time)
8.30AM EDT (Eastern Daylight Time)
5.30AM PDT (Pacific Daylight Time)
ABOUT
Current philosophical analysis of the pandemic has largely focused on issues relevant to the Global North. However, given the often unique circumstances countries like India face when dealing with the pandemic, we believe it is important to have these discussions with the Indian context in mind.
Eth.Sci 2021 is a virtual symposium that aims to examine the philosophical and ethical issues concerning science and policy surrounding the coronavirus pandemic. The symposium covers three broad themes as they feature in the current pandemic situation: scientific practice of representation and modelling, development of public policies based on scientific findings and the communication of scientific information to the public.
This symposium aims to bring together academic philosophers with experts and practitioners from other relevant fields, from both India and the rest of the world, to provide a space for philosophy, science, public policy and science communication to interact fruitfully and inform one another.
This symposium is organised by the PhilSci India Group, an association dedicated to the promotion of philosophy of science in India, in collaboration with the Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker Center at the University of Tübingen and the Centre for Philosophy of Science at the University of Geneva as well as the international NGO ADVISE: Forum for Advancing Science and Education through Philosophy.
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I: Representation
&
Modelling of the Covid
Outbreak
19th March 2021
This session will focus on the scientific representation of CoViD outbreak on two fronts: epidemiological modelling, and challenges with modelling the outbreak specific to India.
Bert Baumgaertner
University of Idaho
Gautam Menon
Jonathan Fuller
University of Pittsburgh
Suneeta Krishnan
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Session 1: Representation and Modelling of Covid Outbreak
II: Science and Public Policy:
Pandemic Measures and Trade-Offs
26th March 2021
This session will focus on the social consequences of policies and measures intended to mitigate the spread of the virus in India, including the ethical consequences of public policy decisions for certain socially marginalised groups. Special attention is given to the ways in which recommendations by organisations like WHO often neglect the institutional, infrastructural and social context that informs the applicability and efficacy of the Covid control measures in Global South/Periphery countries like India.
T. Sundararaman
Global Coordinator, Peoples Health Movement
Former Prof & Dean, School of Health Systems Studies, TISS
Session 2:
Science and Public Policy:
Pandemic Measures and Trade-Offs
III: Science Communication: Expertise and Public Trust
2nd April 2021
19th March 2021
Public trust in scientific expertise has been crucial to the success of pandemic control measures and would also determine attitudes toward CoViD vaccines. This session will focus on communication of scientific information to the public, especially the role of expertise and public trust as it features in the current pandemic situation.
Heidi Larson
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Maya Goldenberg
University of Guelph
Rayies Altaf
Science Writer
Tarun Menon
National Institute of Advanced Studies
Session 3:
Science Communication:
Expertiese and Public Trust
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Program Schedule
Organisers
Abhishek Kashyap
Assistant Professor
School of Arts and Sciences
Azim Premji University
Don Wallace Freeman Dcruz
Assistant Professor
International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad
Mail: don.dcruz@iiit.ac.in
Shinod N.K.
Vlasta Sikimic
Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker Centre
University of Tubingen
Mike Stuart
Research Fellow,
Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker Centre
University of Tubingen
Sahana V Rajan
Lecturer of Philosophy
Jindal Global Business School
O.P. Jindal Global University
Mail: svrajan@jgu.edu.in
ETH.SCI Symposium March-April 2021