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Sociologist (*1977)
Tereza Stöckelová is a researcher at the Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, and an associate professor at the Department of Sociocultural Anthropology, Charles University. Her work is situated in-between sociology, social anthropology and science and technology studies (STS), and draws upon actor network theory and related material semiotic methodologies. She has investigated academic practices in the context of current policy changes, science and society relations, environmental controversies, the interfaces between biomedical and alternative therapeutic practices and, recently, microbiopolitical citizenship. Since 2020 she is a member of the World Commissionon the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology,an advisory body and forum of reflection set up by UNESCO.