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In the Media

Parthasarathy on the racial reckoning in science and medicine

Oct 4, 2021 AP News

The family of Henrietta Lacks, a Black woman whose cells have been used to develop numerous scientific and medical innovations, is suing a biotechnology company for selling her cells. Shobita Parthasarathy provided insight into the lawsuit. “We are...

The politics of inclusive innovation in international development: Menstrual hygiene management and sanitary pads in India

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Intellectual property research needs to take a broader view of how patents affect the public interest

Apr 17, 2020

Intellectual property, and patents, in particular, affect every level of society. Research interest in the area has expanded beyond just the legal community and now involves social scientists and humanists as well. In an article published on February...

Parthasarathy: ChatGPT reinforces human biases

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Nonprofit Quarterly highlights Parthasarathy in “Patents and profits in public settings”

Aug 10, 2017

This month’s Nonprofit Quarterly highlights Shobita Parthasarathy’s work in “Patents and profits in a public setting: Who should benefit financially?” The article quotes from Parthasarathy’s recent Conversation piece, “How to make sure we all benefit...

STPP Lecture Series

Post-Human Creativity: A Conversation

Mar 25, 2019, 4:00 pm EDT

Library Gallery, Hatcher Graduate Library

Join us for a live, unrehearsed, interdisciplinary conversation with faculty from diverse perspectives to explore the idea of Post-Human Creativity.

Policy Brief

A Public Good? Geoengineering and Intellectual Property

June 17, 2010

Shobita Parthasarathy, Christopher Avery, Nathan Hedberg, Jessie Mannisto, Molly Maguire

Intellectual property (IP) is often unrecognized as a form of governance, but it shapes the development of technology in pivotal ways. Both the US and UK governments have recognized this in their discussions about the governance of geoengineering, su...

Geoengineering illustration by Shutterstock