Bronstein/Research Ethics & Policy Series (REPS): "Open Science and Race Science: Values in Conflict" - Eric Turkheimer, PhD

Eric Turkheimer, PhD

Hugh Scott Hamilton Professor of Psychology
University of Virginia

Dating at least from Darwin and his half-cousin Francis Galton, one of the first impulses at the dawn of evolutionary and genetic discoveries has been to apply them in the service of racism.  The history of attempts to justify racism with scientific biology now stretches over a century and a half. In the modern era, racially motivated science presents difficult problems for the responsible scientific community. Neither of the more extreme responses-- striving to forbid it or pretending it is simply normal science-- is satisfactory. Moreover, contemporary changes to the landscape of scientific publication have made it increasingly difficult to find a line between unregulated internet discussion and peer-reviewed reporting in sanctioned journals. Dr. Turkheimer will review the broad history of these problems, trace them through his own career, and provide some suggestions moving forward.

Registration required; Lunch provided
Streaming available via Zoom.