Karoliina Snell

Postdoctoral researcher, DSocSc
Helsinki Institute of Science and Technology Studies

Department of Social Research / Sociology
PO Box 18 (Unioninkatu 35)
00014 University of Helsinki
Finland

karoliina.snell@helsinki.fi

Research interests
My main area of interest is sociology of science and technology, with special interest on biotechnology, biomedicine and biobanks. I'm also interested in understanding the concepts of social responsibility and privacy as related to science and technology.

Current work

Currently I participate in a research project called PRIVATE Gen (Privacy Regimes Investigated: Variations, Adaptations and Transformations in an Era of (post-)Genomics. It is a multidisciplinary research project conducted in Finland, Germany and Austria dealing with biobanks and privacy.

My doctoral thesis on "Social Responsibility in Developing New Biotechnology" from 2009.

Previous research projects and networks
- Molecular Medicine and Public Health Care in Finland
- Research Univerisites and Globalisation
- Rethinking Patient Participation in Biomedical Research
- Rights and Responsibilities in Biotechnology
- Changing Contexts for Mediating Public Concern in the Assessment of Biotechnoscience COMPASS
- Science, Technology and Governance in Europe STAGE