LSE Sociology Book Launch: A conversation on Carrie Friese’s A Mouse in a Cage
Join us for the launch of Dr Carrie Friese's new book, A Mouse in a Cage: Rethinking Humanitarianism and the Rights of Lab Animals.
To celebrate the publication of Carrie Friese’s second research monograph, we have invited three speakers to respond to the book: Dr Mariam Motamedi Fraser, Dr Javier Lezaun and Professor Kate O’Riordan. Professor Monika Krause will chair this event that invites the audience to engage the sociological significance of laboratory animals.
Meet our speakers and chair
Carrie Friese is an Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology. Carrie Friese’s research is located at the intersections of medical sociology/sociology of health and illness with science and technology studies using largely qualitative research methods. She has been an innovator of Situational Analysis, which is a methodological extension of grounded theory, with Adele Clarke and Rachel Washburn. Friese has a general interest in relational and mixed-methods research and more-than-human sociologies.
Mariam Motamedi Fraser is a scholar in the field of Animal Studies, with a particular interest in how the epistemologies and methodologies of the animal sciences shape understandings of animals and the politics of animal-human relations. She is the author of three sole-author books, two co-edited books, and numerous articles and chapters. Her work in Animal Studies is the product of an intellectual journey that has propelled her from health, to the body, to new materialism/affect, to non-linguistic words, animal words, and finally to animals. Her work has always been interdisciplinary. As well as a long-standing interest in the sciences, and now in the animal sciences, she has collaborated with architects, artists, and filmmakers across a wide range of projects. Mariam studied Social and Environmental Sciences at the University of Liverpool, before completing a DPhil in Sociology at Lancaster University. She worked at Loughborough University, and then at Goldsmiths, University of London, where she is Professor Emeritus in Sociology.
Javier Lezaun is Associate Professor in the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography and Director of the Institute for Science, Innovation and Society (InSIS). Javier’s research lies at the intersection of Anthropology and Science and Technology Studies (STS). His work explores the interplay of scientific and political change
Kate O'Riordan is Professor of Digital Culture and was appointed as Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education and Students) in August 2023, having previously been Dean of the School of Media, Arts and Humanities. She is the co-author of Furious: Technological Feminism and Digital Futures (Pluto, 2019) with Professor Caroline Bassett and Professor Sarah Kember. She has published widely on digital media and cultures of science and technology including Unreal Objects (Pluto, 2017) and The Genome Incorporated (Ashgate, 2010). She is currently working on sexuality and the algorithmic imaginary, biotechnologies and LGBTQ+ identities.
Monika Krause is a Professor at the Department of Sociology. Monika Krause studied sociology and political science at the University of Munich, Cambridge, and LSE. Her PhD in Sociology is from New York University. Her work has contributed to our understanding of transnational forms of governance and to the study of the social organisation of knowledge and expertise. She has also contributed to sociological theory and to the methodology of the social sciences.
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