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“The elephant in the room”: social responsibility in the production of sociogenomics research
BioSocieties ( IF 1.615 ) Pub Date : 2021-07-03 , DOI: 10.1057/s41292-021-00239-3
Daphne Oluwaseun Martschenko 1, 2
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Sociogenomics examines the extent to which genetic differences between individuals relate to differences in social and economic behaviors and outcomes. The field evokes mixed reactions. For some, sociogenomics runs the risk of normalizing eugenic attitudes and legitimizing social inequalities. For others, sociogenomics brings the promise of more robust and nuanced understandings of human behavior. Regardless, a history of misuse and misapplication of genetics raises important questions about researchers’ social responsibilities. This paper draws on semi-structured interviews with sociogenomics researchers who investigate intelligence and educational attainment. It does so to understand how researcher’s motivations for engaging in a historically burdened field connect to their views on social responsibility and the challenges that come with it. In interviews, researchers highlighted the trade-off between engaging in socially contested research and the potential benefits their work poses to the social sciences and clinical research. They also highlighted the dilemmas of engaging with the public, including the existence of multiple publics. Finally, researchers elucidated uncertainties over what social responsibility is in practice and whether protecting against the misuse and misinterpretation of their research is wholly possible. This paper concludes by offering ways to address some of the challenges of social responsibility in the production of knowledge.



中文翻译:

“房间里的大象”:社会基因组学研究生产中的社会责任

社会基因组学研究个体之间的遗传差异在多大程度上与社会和经济行为及结果的差异相关。该领域引起了不同的反应。对一些人来说,社会基因组学冒着使优生学态度正常化和使社会不平等合法化的风险。对于其他人来说,社会基因组学带来了对人类行为更稳健和更细致的理解的希望。无论如何,滥用和误用遗传学的历史引发了有关研究人员社会责任的重要问题。本文借鉴了对调查智力和教育程度的社会基因组学研究人员的半结构化访谈。这样做是为了了解研究人员参与历史悠久的领域的动机如何与他们对社会责任的看法以及随之而来的挑战联系起来。在访谈中,研究人员强调了参与具有社会争议的研究与他们的工作对社会科学和临床研究的潜在好处之间的权衡。他们还强调了与公众接触的困境,包括多个公众的存在。最后,研究人员阐明了实践中社会责任的不确定性,以及是否完全有可能防止滥用和误解他们的研究。本文最后提供了解决知识生产中社会责任挑战的一些方法。他们还强调了与公众接触的困境,包括多个公众的存在。最后,研究人员阐明了实践中社会责任的不确定性,以及是否完全有可能防止滥用和误解他们的研究。本文最后提供了解决知识生产中社会责任挑战的一些方法。他们还强调了与公众接触的困境,包括多个公众的存在。最后,研究人员阐明了实践中社会责任的不确定性,以及是否完全有可能防止滥用和误解他们的研究。本文最后提供了解决知识生产中社会责任挑战的一些方法。

更新日期:2021-07-04
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