Past Events 2010
Ethical, Legal and Social Aspects of Modern Life Sciences and Biotechnology - November 2010
Thomas Lemke und Torsten Heinemann will discuss social, political and ethical implications on DNA analysis for family reunification at a status seminar (ELSA) in Berlin, supported by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (November 22th and 23th, 2010).
IMMIGENE at the "Lange Nacht der Forschung (Long Night of Science)" - November 2010
Martin Weiss and Jacob Guggenheimer organise a panel discussion titled "Was haben DNA-Tests mit Politik zu tun?" as part of the "Lange Nacht der Forschung" at Universität Klagenfurt, November 5, 2010 [pdf].
Biology and Citizenship: DNA testing for family reunification as a technology of surveillance - September 2010
Thomas Lemke and Torsten Heinemann will discuss DNA analysis for family reunification as a means of surveillance at the EASST 010 conference (September 2nd - 4th, 2010) in track 34 "SURVEILLANCE IN SOCIETY".
IMMIGENE satellite meeting at the EASST 010 conference - September 2010
The IMMIGENE project members will meet for a workshop on September 1st, 2010 at the occasion of the EASST 010 conference in Trento, Italy. The workshop will not be part of the official conference program. The aim of the workshop is to discuss the first country reports and align activities for the following research phase.
Blood ties and Relatedness: Family Reunification in Finland through DNA Testing - August 2010
Anna-Maria Tapaninen presented a paper at the 11th EASA Biennial Conference in Maynooth, Ireland in August 2010.
DNA and Immigration: Ethical implications of DNA Analysis for Family Reunification - June 2010
Jacob Guggenheimer presented the Project at the 10th Annual Conference Migration and Family at the University of Basel, Switzerland.
Defining and Ascertaining the Authenticity of Kinship Ties: DNA Testing in Family Reunification in Finland - May 2010
Anna-Maria Tapaninen presented a paper at the Annual Finnish Anthropology Conference in May 2010
IMMIGENE at "Ten Years After" conference - May 2010
The ELSA-GEN kick-off meeting was held at the conference "Ten Years After - Mapping the societal landscape of genomics" in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on May, 27th and 28th, 2010. It was organized by the Center for Society and Genomics. At this occasion Ilpo Helén gave an introduction to the scope and aims of the IMMIGENE project.
DNA and Immigration. Ethical aspects of DNA Analysis for Family Reunification - May 2010
Martin G. Weiss presented the project at the 9th Annual IAS-STS conference "Critical Issues in Science and Technology Studies" in Graz, Austria.
Project kick-off - March 2010
The kick-off meeting for the project took place in Frankfurt on March 18th and 19th, 2010. All project members met for two days to exchange ideas and align next steps for research phase 1.
