Joy Zhang
@joyzhang.bsky.social
Prof of Sociology | Director, Centre for Global Science and Epistemic Justice(GSEJ), Uni of Kent | Editor, Current Sociology monographs| Research: STS, engineering biology, gene editing, governance, science diplomacy, bioethics, decolonisation, commoning
What can top spending two days with some of my favourite engineering biologists at @elementalengbio.bsky.social annual meeting? Delivering an RRI and engagement session with the wonderful Emma Cook, Head of Engagement at UKRI-BBSRC
February 13, 2026 at 8:39 PM
What can top spending two days with some of my favourite engineering biologists at @elementalengbio.bsky.social annual meeting? Delivering an RRI and engagement session with the wonderful Emma Cook, Head of Engagement at UKRI-BBSRC
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That’s a wrap on the BBSRC ELEMENTAL Mission Hub Annual Meeting, where we celebrated our second year and mapped out plans for 2026.
Thanks must go to all our speakers and panellists for leading the event and our delegation for coming along. Also all at Hilton York! #EngineeringBiology
Thanks must go to all our speakers and panellists for leading the event and our delegation for coming along. Also all at Hilton York! #EngineeringBiology
February 12, 2026 at 6:20 PM
That’s a wrap on the BBSRC ELEMENTAL Mission Hub Annual Meeting, where we celebrated our second year and mapped out plans for 2026.
Thanks must go to all our speakers and panellists for leading the event and our delegation for coming along. Also all at Hilton York! #EngineeringBiology
Thanks must go to all our speakers and panellists for leading the event and our delegation for coming along. Also all at Hilton York! #EngineeringBiology
Submission portal now working! Deadline extended to 2 March.
Look forward to receiving your abstracts!
Look forward to receiving your abstracts!
📣 #CallforAbstracts
'Global Public Deliberation in Science and Technology: Knowledge Pluralism and the Policy Interface'
Detail: research.kent.ac.uk/global-scien...
📝 Abstracts: 250 words
⏰ Deadline: 1 Feb
🔗 Submit here: tinyurl.com/2kd2zey
#PublicEngagement #SciencePolicy #KnowledgePluralism
'Global Public Deliberation in Science and Technology: Knowledge Pluralism and the Policy Interface'
Detail: research.kent.ac.uk/global-scien...
📝 Abstracts: 250 words
⏰ Deadline: 1 Feb
🔗 Submit here: tinyurl.com/2kd2zey
#PublicEngagement #SciencePolicy #KnowledgePluralism
February 5, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Submission portal now working! Deadline extended to 2 March.
Look forward to receiving your abstracts!
Look forward to receiving your abstracts!
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If you are interested in #ScienceDiplomacy, #ScienceCommunication or #PublicEngagement, please join us in Malaysia this July!
Still 11 days to submit your abstract!
Still 11 days to submit your abstract!
📣 #CallforAbstracts
'Global Public Deliberation in Science and Technology: Knowledge Pluralism and the Policy Interface'
Detail: research.kent.ac.uk/global-scien...
📝 Abstracts: 250 words
⏰ Deadline: 1 Feb
🔗 Submit here: tinyurl.com/2kd2zey
#PublicEngagement #SciencePolicy #KnowledgePluralism
'Global Public Deliberation in Science and Technology: Knowledge Pluralism and the Policy Interface'
Detail: research.kent.ac.uk/global-scien...
📝 Abstracts: 250 words
⏰ Deadline: 1 Feb
🔗 Submit here: tinyurl.com/2kd2zey
#PublicEngagement #SciencePolicy #KnowledgePluralism
January 20, 2026 at 9:46 AM
If you are interested in #ScienceDiplomacy, #ScienceCommunication or #PublicEngagement, please join us in Malaysia this July!
Still 11 days to submit your abstract!
Still 11 days to submit your abstract!
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📣 #CallforAbstracts
'Global Public Deliberation in Science and Technology: Knowledge Pluralism and the Policy Interface'
Detail: research.kent.ac.uk/global-scien...
📝 Abstracts: 250 words
⏰ Deadline: 1 Feb
🔗 Submit here: tinyurl.com/2kd2zey
#PublicEngagement #SciencePolicy #KnowledgePluralism
'Global Public Deliberation in Science and Technology: Knowledge Pluralism and the Policy Interface'
Detail: research.kent.ac.uk/global-scien...
📝 Abstracts: 250 words
⏰ Deadline: 1 Feb
🔗 Submit here: tinyurl.com/2kd2zey
#PublicEngagement #SciencePolicy #KnowledgePluralism
January 5, 2026 at 9:57 PM
📣 #CallforAbstracts
'Global Public Deliberation in Science and Technology: Knowledge Pluralism and the Policy Interface'
Detail: research.kent.ac.uk/global-scien...
📝 Abstracts: 250 words
⏰ Deadline: 1 Feb
🔗 Submit here: tinyurl.com/2kd2zey
#PublicEngagement #SciencePolicy #KnowledgePluralism
'Global Public Deliberation in Science and Technology: Knowledge Pluralism and the Policy Interface'
Detail: research.kent.ac.uk/global-scien...
📝 Abstracts: 250 words
⏰ Deadline: 1 Feb
🔗 Submit here: tinyurl.com/2kd2zey
#PublicEngagement #SciencePolicy #KnowledgePluralism
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Absolutely delighted that our panel for @easst.bsky.social '26 was accepted. Please submit an abstract to our panel "Commoning socio-technical frontiers: Navigating cutting-edge science & technology..."
Deadline 28th February - P014 at conference EASST2026.
nomadit.co.uk/conference/e...
Deadline 28th February - P014 at conference EASST2026.
nomadit.co.uk/conference/e...
December 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Absolutely delighted that our panel for @easst.bsky.social '26 was accepted. Please submit an abstract to our panel "Commoning socio-technical frontiers: Navigating cutting-edge science & technology..."
Deadline 28th February - P014 at conference EASST2026.
nomadit.co.uk/conference/e...
Deadline 28th February - P014 at conference EASST2026.
nomadit.co.uk/conference/e...
Great 48 hours- Thanks to the @oecd-ocde.bsky.social and DSIT for the consultation on anticipatory biotech governance in Paris. A delightful bonus was a group photo with iGEMers.
Equally grateful to @sonjavw.bsky.social for the wonderfully interdisciplinary science diplomacy event in Cambridge.
Equally grateful to @sonjavw.bsky.social for the wonderfully interdisciplinary science diplomacy event in Cambridge.
December 11, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Great 48 hours- Thanks to the @oecd-ocde.bsky.social and DSIT for the consultation on anticipatory biotech governance in Paris. A delightful bonus was a group photo with iGEMers.
Equally grateful to @sonjavw.bsky.social for the wonderfully interdisciplinary science diplomacy event in Cambridge.
Equally grateful to @sonjavw.bsky.social for the wonderfully interdisciplinary science diplomacy event in Cambridge.
So look forward to learning from everyone at this event!
Join me in Cambridge for the CRASSH Symposium on Science Diplomacy — a chance to think with scholars across STS, HPS, sociology, IR & socio-legal studies. #STS @4sweb.bsky.social @joyzhang.bsky.social @samhistsci.bsky.social @hyoyoonkang.bsky.social www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/48677...
Science diplomacy in a time of fractured institutions - CRASSH
Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
www.crassh.cam.ac.uk
November 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
So look forward to learning from everyone at this event!
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We’re very pleased to announce the publication of the ODESSI Conference Report. This is a major initiative that GSEJ, in close collaboration with our global partners, will be advancing. At its core is an effort to bring together public engagement and science diplomacy.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
We’re very pleased to announce the publication of the ODESSI Conference Report. This is a major initiative that GSEJ, in close collaboration with our global partners, will be advancing. At its core is an effort to bring together public engagement and science diplomacy.
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Misleading content can be both hard to spot and dangerous. But how can we identify and debunk it? Join Professor Iryna Gurevych for the free Milner Prize Lecture on 17 November as she explores:
https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2025/11/how-to-spot-and-debunk-misleading-content/
https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2025/11/how-to-spot-and-debunk-misleading-content/
November 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Misleading content can be both hard to spot and dangerous. But how can we identify and debunk it? Join Professor Iryna Gurevych for the free Milner Prize Lecture on 17 November as she explores:
https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2025/11/how-to-spot-and-debunk-misleading-content/
https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2025/11/how-to-spot-and-debunk-misleading-content/
That’s why the thorniest problem lies in the phenomenon of ‘science at large’ www.wsj.com/tech/biotech...
Genetically Engineered Babies Are Banned. Tech Titans Are Trying to Make One Anyway.
Silicon Valley startups are pushing the boundaries of reproductive genetics, hoping to prevent diseases as well as improve chances for a high IQ and other traits.
www.wsj.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:03 PM
That’s why the thorniest problem lies in the phenomenon of ‘science at large’ www.wsj.com/tech/biotech...
Can’t wait to read this!
UK publication day for this wrist-spraining beauty! Appropriately, I’m travelling to Cambridge, where I’m doing a book launch talk at the LMB tomorrow afternoon.
November 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Can’t wait to read this!
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I am so very excited about this new chapter of my life. Looking forward to working alongside talented colleagues to find creatives ways to leverage knowledge for the benefit of Canadians www.dal.ca/news/2025/11...
Dalhousie’s Dr. Françoise Baylis begins new chapter as president of the Royal Society of Canada
Global bioethics leader steps into a pivotal national role, aiming to deepen public trust in research, amplify Canadian voices on the world stage, and champion science for societal good.
www.dal.ca
November 6, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I am so very excited about this new chapter of my life. Looking forward to working alongside talented colleagues to find creatives ways to leverage knowledge for the benefit of Canadians www.dal.ca/news/2025/11...
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My next Zoom lecture on heritable human genome editing — November 6, 2025. The plan is to provide a worldwind summary of the last 10 years ….
November 4, 2025 at 1:20 AM
My next Zoom lecture on heritable human genome editing — November 6, 2025. The plan is to provide a worldwind summary of the last 10 years ….
Having just finished the final episode, I’m filled with both sadness and gratitude. The weekly programme will be greatly missed — a true loss for the BBC and for science communication worldwide.
It's the end of the road for BBC Science in Action. But science itself is facing growing roadblocks. For this terminal edition of SinA I'm joined by @naomioreskes.bsky.social @drdebhoury.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social & @angierasmussen.bsky.social for where now?
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
BBC World Service - Science In Action, How science got here, and where next
As anti-science leaves research reeling, does evidence-based policy have a future?
www.bbc.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Having just finished the final episode, I’m filled with both sadness and gratitude. The weekly programme will be greatly missed — a true loss for the BBC and for science communication worldwide.
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For 61 years the #BBCWorldService has been broadcasting the latest in science via its weekly Science in Action programme. That dies in the next half hour, with this final edition, reflecting on the fall in trust in expertise driven by malign interests over recent years.
It's the end of the road for BBC Science in Action. But science itself is facing growing roadblocks. For this terminal edition of SinA I'm joined by @naomioreskes.bsky.social @drdebhoury.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social & @angierasmussen.bsky.social for where now?
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
BBC World Service - Science In Action, How science got here, and where next
As anti-science leaves research reeling, does evidence-based policy have a future?
www.bbc.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 8:28 PM
For 61 years the #BBCWorldService has been broadcasting the latest in science via its weekly Science in Action programme. That dies in the next half hour, with this final edition, reflecting on the fall in trust in expertise driven by malign interests over recent years.
Reposted by Joy Zhang
It's the end of the road for BBC Science in Action. But science itself is facing growing roadblocks. For this terminal edition of SinA I'm joined by @naomioreskes.bsky.social @drdebhoury.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social & @angierasmussen.bsky.social for where now?
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
BBC World Service - Science In Action, How science got here, and where next
As anti-science leaves research reeling, does evidence-based policy have a future?
www.bbc.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 7:23 PM
It's the end of the road for BBC Science in Action. But science itself is facing growing roadblocks. For this terminal edition of SinA I'm joined by @naomioreskes.bsky.social @drdebhoury.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social & @angierasmussen.bsky.social for where now?
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
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For 61 years the #BBCWorldService has been broadcasting the latest in science via its weekly Science in Action programme. That dies in the next half hour, with this final edition, reflecting on the fall in trust in expertise driven by malign interests over recent years.
October 30, 2025 at 8:20 PM
For 61 years the #BBCWorldService has been broadcasting the latest in science via its weekly Science in Action programme. That dies in the next half hour, with this final edition, reflecting on the fall in trust in expertise driven by malign interests over recent years.
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New Release- A New Social Compact to Grapple with #MirrorLife
Catch the commentary + full transcript from the Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes (CSPO) ASU and @unevadareno.bsky.social organised workshop. blogs.kent.ac.uk/global-scien...
#SynBio #Biosafety #Biosecurity #ScienceGovernance
Catch the commentary + full transcript from the Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes (CSPO) ASU and @unevadareno.bsky.social organised workshop. blogs.kent.ac.uk/global-scien...
#SynBio #Biosafety #Biosecurity #ScienceGovernance
October 28, 2025 at 8:45 PM
New Release- A New Social Compact to Grapple with #MirrorLife
Catch the commentary + full transcript from the Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes (CSPO) ASU and @unevadareno.bsky.social organised workshop. blogs.kent.ac.uk/global-scien...
#SynBio #Biosafety #Biosecurity #ScienceGovernance
Catch the commentary + full transcript from the Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes (CSPO) ASU and @unevadareno.bsky.social organised workshop. blogs.kent.ac.uk/global-scien...
#SynBio #Biosafety #Biosecurity #ScienceGovernance
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During 2026-2030, China aims to achieve greater self-reliance in science and technology
go.nature.com/4nl34Er
go.nature.com/4nl34Er
China seeks self-reliance in science in next five-year plan
Beijing wants to double down on advanced semiconductor technologies, artificial intelligence and basic research.
go.nature.com
October 27, 2025 at 10:25 AM
During 2026-2030, China aims to achieve greater self-reliance in science and technology
go.nature.com/4nl34Er
go.nature.com/4nl34Er
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If we had a normal Science in Action next week, we'd likely lead on this milestone in H5N1 bird flu, and the global picture
As it is, it's the final episode, and @angierasmussen.bsky.social will be joining a top top panel to discuss the dire state of anti science in 2025.
H5N1 will get a look in?
As it is, it's the final episode, and @angierasmussen.bsky.social will be joining a top top panel to discuss the dire state of anti science in 2025.
H5N1 will get a look in?
It’s everywhere except Australia. I don’t know if H5N1 will make the jump to human adaptation and pandemic potential, but it’s never had more opportunities.
youtu.be/sRJeCLgzcKY?...
youtu.be/sRJeCLgzcKY?...
Avian flu “real disaster” as over 1K cranes found dead at key German roosting spot: experts
YouTube video by Global News
youtu.be
October 24, 2025 at 9:14 AM
If we had a normal Science in Action next week, we'd likely lead on this milestone in H5N1 bird flu, and the global picture
As it is, it's the final episode, and @angierasmussen.bsky.social will be joining a top top panel to discuss the dire state of anti science in 2025.
H5N1 will get a look in?
As it is, it's the final episode, and @angierasmussen.bsky.social will be joining a top top panel to discuss the dire state of anti science in 2025.
H5N1 will get a look in?
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Please consider submitting papers to our Network on “Postcolonialism and the Legacies of Empire” for the Annual Meeting of @sasemeeting.bsky.social, to be held in Bourdeaux, France, in July 2026. Deadline: December 12. sase.org/events/2026-.... Specify you are submitting to our Network
2026 Bordeaux - SASE
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October 24, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Please consider submitting papers to our Network on “Postcolonialism and the Legacies of Empire” for the Annual Meeting of @sasemeeting.bsky.social, to be held in Bourdeaux, France, in July 2026. Deadline: December 12. sase.org/events/2026-.... Specify you are submitting to our Network
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Why are doctor–patient tensions rising, even turning violent? A new paper co-authored by GSEJ member Prof. Michael Calnan uncovers how mismatched expectations are breaking the social contract between medicine and society in India—and why rebuilding trust is urgent. 👇
academic.oup.com/heapol/advan...
academic.oup.com/heapol/advan...
October 23, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Why are doctor–patient tensions rising, even turning violent? A new paper co-authored by GSEJ member Prof. Michael Calnan uncovers how mismatched expectations are breaking the social contract between medicine and society in India—and why rebuilding trust is urgent. 👇
academic.oup.com/heapol/advan...
academic.oup.com/heapol/advan...