President Obama’s announcement that he will replace the members of the President’s Council on Bioethics has led to speculation about appointments and the issues a reconstituted commission might address. White...

This year was full of transformations—celebration of past accomplishments and building toward the future. The Hastings Center had a changing of the guard, welcoming Vardit Ravitsky as our new president...

A new consensus report makes recommendations for responsibly conducting and communicating controversial research on the genetic contributions to human social and behavioral characteristics. The report, “Wrestling with Social and Behavioral...

Hastings Center Senior Research Scholar Erik Parens and Michelle N. Meyer Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Bioethics and Decision Sciences and Faculty Co-Director of the Behavioral Insights Team...

Research on how genomic differences are associated with differences in a wide variety of human social and behavioral characteristics, or phenotypes, including anxiety, subjective well-being, and educational attainment, is increasing....

Research on the genetic contributions to human social and behavioral characteristics, or phenotypes, including risk-taking, income, and educational attainment, is increasing. And it is both potentially beneficial and deeply controversial,...

Social and behavioral genomics research uses huge sets of genetic data in attempts to shed light on phenotypes from smoking and eating behaviors, to psychiatric disorders, to sexuality and educational...

Wrestling with Social and Behavioral Genomics July 12, 2022, 1:00 – 3:00pm — Erik Parens and Michelle Meyer (with advice from Paul Appelbaum, Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, Daphane Martschenko) lead a...

Erik Parens and Michelle Meyer (with advise from Paul Appelbaum, Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, Daphne Martschenko) lead a working group that explores the potential risks and benefits of social science genomics...

Erik Parens and Michelle Meyer (with advice from Paul Appelbaum, Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, Daphne Martschenko) lead a working group that explores the potential risks and benefits of social science genomics...