Londa Schiebinger is the John L. Hinds Professor of History of Science at Stanford University, and Founding Director of Gendered Innovations in Science, Health & Medicine, Engineering, and Environment. She is a leading international expert on gender in science and technology and has addressed the United Nations, European Parliament, and Korean National Assembly on the topic. The Gendered Innovation Project is about integrating sex and gender analysis into the design of research. Do considering these approaches, where relevant, may add valuable dimensions to research? Do they may take research in new directions? The goal of Gendered Innovations is to promote scientific excellence, environmental sustainability, and social equity. Londa Schiebinger is the John L. Hinds Professor of History of Science at Stanford University and the award-winning Founding Director of Gendered Innovations in Science, Health & Medicine, Engineering, and Environment. She and her international team work to develop state-of-the-art methods of sex and gender analysis. Their over forty case studies illustrate how this type of analysis leads to discovery; these include, e.g., the gendering of social robots—does meeting user expectations enhance human/robot collaborations? Osteoporosis research in men—why have diagnoses and treatments lagged? Marine science—99% of turtles in the northern Great Barrier Reef are female; what can we do? The team also considers the science infrastructure needed to support this type of research by working with public funding agencies, peer-reviewed journals, and universities across the globe. At Falling Walls, Schiebinger will discuss how we can harness the creative power of sex and gender analysis for discovery and innovation.
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Gendered Innovations
Londa Schiebinger
Stanford University
Londa Schiebinger is the John L. Hinds Professor of History of Science at Stanford University, and Founding Director of Gendered Innovations in Science, Health & Medicine, Engineering, and Environment. She is a leading international expert on gender in science and technology and has addressed the United Nations, European Parliament, and Korean National Assembly on the topic. Schiebinger received her Ph.D. from Harvard University and is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Her numerous prizes include the Alexander von Humboldt Research Prize and Guggenheim Fellowship. From 2018-2020, she directed a European Commission expert group to produce: Gendered Innovations 2: How Inclusive Analysis Contributes to Research and Innovation. Recent publications include: AI can be Sexist and Racist—It’s Time to Make it Fair, Nature (2018); Sex and Gender Analysis Improves Science and Engineering, Nature (2019); Analysing How Sex and Gender Interact, The Lancet (2020).