Recent
“Genetically Engineered Crops and Responsible Innovation.” Presented at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Socially Relevant Philosophy of/in Science and Engineering (SRPoiSE), Michigan State University Detroit Center, Detroit, Michigan. 27-28 March 2015.
“Naturalism, Values, and the Social Organization of Research.” Presented at the 24th Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association, Chicago, Illinois. 6-9 November 2014.
“Intellectual Property Rights and Global Climate Change: An Ethical/Epistemological Dilemma.” Presented at the 1st Meeting of the Socially Relevant Philosophy of/in Science and Engineering (SRPoiSE), University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada. 9-12 June 2014.
“Can Patents Prohibit Research? On the Social Epistemology of Patenting and Licensing in Science.” Invited lecture given at the workshop, “Science Policy Interface: International Comparisons,” University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada. 21-23 May 2014.
“Intellectual Property Rights and Global Climate Change: A Dilemma.” Invited lecture given at the History and Philosophy of Science Colloquium, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana. 25 April 2014.
“Genetically Modified Crops, Hunger, and Climate Adaptation.” Invited lecture given at the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana. 16 April 2014.
“Intellectual Property Rights in Science and Technology: Implications for Epistemology and Ethics.” Invited lecture given at the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana. 25 February 2014.
“Inductive Risk, Epistemic Risk, and Overdiagnosis of Disease.” Presented at the 15th annual meeting of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH), Atlanta, Georgia. 24-27 October 2013.
“Knowledge, Ignorance, and Intellectual Property Rights: The Case of GM Seeds.” Presented at the 18th International Conference of the Society for Philosophy and Technology (SPT), Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal. 4-6 July 2013.
“Knowledge, Ignorance, and Intellectual Property Rights: The Case of GM Seeds.” Presented at the 4th Biennial Conference of the Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice (SPSP), University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. 26-29 June 2013.
“Knowledge, Ignorance, and Intellectual Property Rights: The Case of GM Seeds.” Presented at the 1st Annual Workshop on Food Justice and Peace: Bringing Theory and Practice Together, Michigan State University. 12-13 April 2013.
“Intellectual Property in Biomedicine and Biotechnology: An Inducement to Ignorance?” Invited lecture given at the international conference, “The Social Relevance of Philosophy of Science,” at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF), Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany. 11-13 June 2012.
“Intellectual Property Rights and Innovation in Pharmaceutical Research.” Invited lecture given at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF), Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany. 6 June 2012.
“GM Foods and Adaptation to Climate Change.” Presented in the symposium, “Science-Policy Interactions and Social Values,” at the Center for Values in Medicine, Science and Technology at the University of Texas at Dallas. 13 April 2012.
“Genetically Modified Foods and Climate Change.” Invited lecture given at the Institute for Ethics and Public Affairs, Old Dominion University. 29 March 2012.
“Intellectual Property and the Sharing of Scientific Information.” Presented in the symposium, “The Social Organization of Research and the Flow of Scientific Information,” 3rd Biennial Meeting of the European Philosophy of Science Association, University of Athens, Athens, Greece. 5-8 October 2011.
“Transient Underdetermination, Value Freedom, and the Ideal of Epistemic Purity.” Invited lecture given at the Department of Philosophy, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany. 12 July 2011.
“Intellectual Property in Biotechnology: Philosophical and Policy Perspectives.” Invited lecture given at the Institute for Science and Technology Studies (IWT), Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany. 27 June 2011.
“Intellectual Property and the Sharing of Scientific Information.” Presented in the symposium, “The Social Organization of Research and the Flow of Scientific Information,” 3rd Biennial Meeting of the Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice (SPSP), University of Exeter, Exeter, England. 22-24 June 2011.
“Intellectual Property and the Public Benefits of Biomedical Research.” Presented at the Three Rivers Philosophy (TRiP) conference on “Science, Knowledge, and Democracy,” University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina. 1-3 April 2011.