Shobita Parthasarathy

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Shobita Parthasarathy

Title:

Professor of Public Policy

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Core faculty

Email:

shobita@umich.edu

Phone:

(734) 764-8075

Office:

Weill Hall
735 S. State St. #4202
Ann Arbor, MI 48109

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Biography

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Shobita Parthasarathy is a professor of public policy. Her research focuses on the comparative and international politics and policy related to science and technology. She is interested in how to develop innovation, and innovation policy, to better achieve public interest and social justice goals. Much of her previous work has focused on the governance of emerging science and technology, particularly those that have uncertain environmental, social, ethical, political, and health implications. She is the author of multiple articles and two books: Building Genetic Medicine: Breast Cancer, Technology, and the Comparative Politics of Health Care (MIT Press 2007; paperback 2012); and Patent Politics: Life Forms, Markets, and the Public Interest in the United States and Europe (University of Chicago Press, 2017). Parthasarathy has participated in innovation policy discussions in both the U.S. and Europe; most notably, her work influenced the 2013 U.S. Supreme Court case challenging the patentability of human genes. Her new research project focuses on the political machineries that shape the development and decision-making related to technologies for the poor, with a focus on India. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago and master's and PhD from Cornell University.

Educational Background:

A.B. Biology, University of Chicago (also fulfilled degree requirements in Public Policy); M.A. Science and Technology Studies, Cornell University; Ph.D. Science and Technology Studies, Cornell University (minor: Government)

Professional Affiliations:

Society for the Social Studies of Science
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Science and Democracy Network
American Sociological Association

Recent Publications:

Shobita Parthasarathy (forthcoming). “Approaching Intellectual Property Scholarship Differently: A Qualitative Research Review and Agenda.” Science and Public Policy.

Shobita Parthasarathy (2018). “Patenting.” In Sahra Gibbon, Barbara Prainsack, Stephen Hilgartner, and Janelle Lamoureaux, eds., Handbook of Genomics, Health and Society. New York: Routledge.

Shobita Parthasarathy (2017). Patent Politics: Life Forms, Markets, and the Public Interest in the United States and Europe. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.

Shobita Parthasarathy (2017). “Grassroots Innovation Systems for a Post-Carbon World: Promoting Economic Democracy, Environmental Sustainability, and the Public Interest.” Brooklyn Law Review, Volume 82, Issue 2, pp. 761-787.

Shobita Parthasarathy (2016). “Lessons for CRISPR from the Missed Opportunities of Asilomar.” Ethics in Biology, Engineering, and Medicine. Vol. 6, No. 3-4, p. 305-312.

Shobita Parthasarathy (2007). Building Genetic Medicine: Breast Cancer, Technology, and the Comparative Politics of Health Care. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

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