Andrew Webster (sociologist)
Andrew Webster (1951–2021)
Education
Webster received the
Career
Webster worked at the Cambridgeshire College of Arts and Technology (now Anglia Ruskin University) until 1999, when he became a faculty member at the University of York. He founded the Science and Technology Studies Unit (SATSU) in 1988 and continued directing the research unit at the University of York until 2017. He has held international visiting fellowships at several universities, including Australian National University, the University of Gothenburg and the University of Sydney. From 2004 to 2009, Webster headed the Department of Sociology at York, and he was the Dean of Social Sciences from 2009 to 2013.[4]
In 2007, Webster was elected as Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.[5][4] He received the annual 4S Mentoring Award from the Society for Social Studies of Science in 2017. The award committee wrote that "Webster's mentoring has not only focused on supporting individual students but also creating institutional environments for them," and credited him with helping SATSU become a Marie Curie training site.[6]
Webster has received funding from UK and international agencies to study how
Selected publications
- Webster, Andrew; Martin, Paul; Lewis, Graham; Smart, Andrew (2004). "Integrating pharmacogenetics into society: in search of a model". Nature Reviews Genetics. 5 (9): 663–669. S2CID 2051307.
- ——; Eriksson, Lena (2008). "Governance-by-standards in the field of stem cells: managing uncertainty in the world of 'basic innovation'". New Genetics and Society. 27 (2): 99–111. S2CID 145071994.
- ——; Haddad, Christian; Waldby, Catherine (2011). "Experimental heterogeneity and standardisation: Stem cell products and the clinical trial process". BioSocieties. 6 (4): 401–419. S2CID 143638568.
- Gardner, John; —— (2016). "The social management of biomedical novelty: Facilitating translation in regenerative medicine". Social Science & Medicine. 156: 90–97. PMID 27019143.
- Gardner, John; ——; Barry, Jacqueline (2018). "Anticipating the clinical adoption of regenerative medicine: building institutional readiness in the UK". Regenerative Medicine. 13 (1): 29–39. PMID 29360014.
References
- ^ In memory of Professor Andrew Webster
- ^ In Memoriam
- ^ PMID 20845473.
- ^ a b "Andrew Webster". University of York. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ "Professor Andrew Webster FAcSS". Academy of Social Sciences. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ a b "4S Mentoring Award 2017: Andrew Webster". Society for Social Studies of Science. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- PMID 33724873.