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Welcome to the Science Studies Unit at the University of Edinburgh

Internationally renowned as the home of the Edinburgh School, with its characteristic "strong programme" i n the sociology of sc ientific knowl edge, th e Scienc e Studies Unit has long been recognised as a centre of excellence for the study of the sociology, history, and philosophy of science, medicine and technology.
Dedicated to an interdisciplinary approach to understanding theory and practice of science, technology and medicine, the Unit is part of a wider network of groups at Edinburgh University concerned with the social character and the social and econo mic implications of science and technology, under the umbrella of the University of Edinburgh Institute for the Study of Science, Technology and Innovation. The staff of the Unit collaborate closely with colleagues in Sociology, the Research Centre for Social Sciences, and INNOGEN: the ESRC Centre for Social and Economic Research on Innovation in Genomics. Through the individual interests of its four members of academic staff, the Unit also has active links to a number of other subject areas, both here in Edinburgh and in the wider academic community, including history, philosophy, law, medicine, physics, divinity, geography and business studies.

These pages provide information about undergraduate teaching, postgraduate teaching and research in the Science Studies Unit, as well as details of undergraduate courses and postgraduate students.

To find out more about the Science Studies Unit, visit the About page.

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If you cannot find the information you require on these pages, please contact the webmaster:

The Science Studies Unit
Email: pardo.guerra@ed.ac.uk

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Science Studies Unit
School of Social and Political Studies
Chisholm House
1 Surgeon's Square
High School Yards
Edinburgh EH1 1LZ

updated 3 September 2008