Exploring the intersection of culture, evolution, psychology and anthropology. We study how culture and evolution shape human behaviour and society
Centre for Culture and Evolution
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4/ The talk is hosted by @rebeccasear.bsky.social , Director of Brunel CCE, whose recent public work has focused on eugenics, scientific racism and how academia responds to these issues
3/ Celso’s talk looks at ancestry estimation in human genetics: useful for evolutionary history and medicine, but controversial because ancestry categories can echo older racial divisions and oversimplify human relatedness
5/ Open to all! Come along in-person or online if you’re interested in genetics, race, ethics, classification, scientific practice, or how apparently technical choices become very real social problems
And if you come in person, there will be refreshments. Obviously important.
2/ The question sounds niche. It is not.
When scientists choose categories, models or labels, are those choices ever “just methods”? Or can they carry ethical consequences too?
Science does not get an ethics-free backstage pass
