Objective Recent developments in genetics have afforded a language and a means of reconceptualising the origins and nature of social identity. It is argued that European society is undergoing a process of beneficiation, whereby genetic explanation is increasingly used to define significant social identities and relationships of, for example, gender, kinship, race, sexuality and nationality. Yet we know very little empirically about the way in which different European publics make sense of the new genetics and its implications. This project aims to investigate the way in which a range of publics, positioned differently vies a vies genetics (as experts, lay people, professionals, patients etc.) and located differently in terms of nation, understand the 'new genetics' and its social and cultural implications. A series of specific case studies will be augmented by historical analysis and grounded in national legislative frameworks. Fields of science natural sciencesbiological sciencesgenetics Programme(s) FP5-LIFE QUALITY - Specific Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Quality of life and management of living resources", 1998-2002 Topic(s) 1.1.1.-13. - Socio-economic aspects of life sciences and technologies Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER EU contribution No data Address Oxford Road M13 9PL MANCHESTER United Kingdom See on map Total cost No data Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY BUDAPEST FOUNDATION Hungary EU contribution No data Address Nador u. 9 1051 BUDAPEST See on map Total cost No data CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE France EU contribution No data Address Rue Michel-Ange 3 75794 PARIS See on map Total cost No data FONDAZIONI LUIGI EINAUDI PER STUDI DI POLITICA ED ECONOMIA Italy EU contribution No data Address Largo dei Fiorentini 1 00168 ROMA See on map Total cost No data LITHUANIAN INSTITUTE OF HISTORY Lithuania EU contribution No data Address Kraziu 5 2001 VILNIUS See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA Spain EU contribution No data Address Baldiri Reixac S/N 08028 BARCELONA See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITE DE PARIS VIII VINCENNES À SAINT-DENIS France EU contribution No data Address Rue de la Liberte 2 93526 SAINT DENIS See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF OSLO Norway EU contribution No data Address Problemveien 1 0316 OSLO See on map Total cost No data