Part of the MML's Science for the Future series presented by the Morning Star Science and Society team; Rox Middleton, Liam Shaw and Joel Hellewell plus invited speakers.

The past few years have proven the enormous potential of science to transform the world. Science is not a monolithic enterprise cut off from the rest of society. Yet it is often cast as such in political discourse. In order to look behind the neutral facade, we need to explore the ways in which it is used to shape and control our lives. What is science? Why does it take the forms it takes today? How could it be done differently? This series will cover these questions by taking three different perspectives on science: as technology, as health, and as work. Presented by the authors of the Morning Star's science column (Science & Society).

Science is closely linked to technology. But technology doesn't always mean progress. As data science, multifunctional devices and algorithmic control of workers and citizens becomes the norm, how do we reclaim this power for the Left?

Speakers:

•       Karen Gregory (University of Edinburgh)

•       Devika Narayan (Bristol Digital Futures Institute, University of Bristol)