Dr Stevienna de Saille
Phd, University of Leeds
Department of Sociological Studies
Lecturer in Sociology
Research Fellow (iHuman) (She/her)
Full contact details
Department of Sociological Studies
The Wave
2 Whitham Road
91探花
S10 2AH
- Profile
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Stevie鈥檚 research interests lie in the nexus of science and technology studies, social movement theory and heterodox economics, all through an intersectional lens. Her MA looked at women's adaptation of the architecture of Livejournal.com to maintain pre-existing online networks and question racial exclusion within the science fiction community. Her PhD, completed at the end of 2012, was a case study of knowledge production in the Feminist International Network of Resistance to Reproductive and Genetic Engineering (FINRRAGE), which led her to larger questions about the global bioeconomy, and the governance of emergent technologies.
As a postdoctoral researcher at 91探花, she worked with Prof. Paul Martin investigating 'Publics and the Making of Responsible Innovation' as part of the Leverhulme Trust Research Programme 'Making Science Public' and was involved in research on diversity in the biomedical system along with colleagues from ScHARR, as part of a Wellcome Trust project led by Prof. James Wilsdon.
Stevie is currently leading the 'Human Futures' theme in iHuman, where she has developed the Robots in a Human Future research programme and continues to pursue her interests in reprogenetic technologies and responsible innovation. She has been PI on several multidisciplinary projects looking at autonomous systems, and has recently completed a UKRI-TAS pump priming project on 'Mapping Trustworthy Systems for RAS in Social Care'. She is on the Executive of iHuman and AsSIST-UK and is a founder of the Fourth Quadrant Research Network on responsible stagnation, which takes a growth-agnostic approach to maintaining social prosperity via innovation. Stevie is also a certified facilitator in LEGO庐 Serious Play庐, which she uses for research, teaching, and as a consultant on embedding responsible research and innovation into science and engineering projects.Stevie has been chosen as a for 2024-25, looking at policy for automation in social care.
- Research interests
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- TAS-UKRI, "Imagining Robotic Care: Identifying conflict and confluence in stakeholder imaginaries of autonomous care systems" (Co-I, Research Lead), 2021-22
- Research England/FOSS, "Improving Inclusivity in Robotic Design" (PI), Phase I 2020, Phase II 2021
- Independent Social Research Foundation, 鈥淭he Fourth Quadrant: Exploring Responsible Innovation in a Steady State鈥 (PI), 2016-2018.
- Wellcome Trust, Review of diversity and inclusion literature and an evaluation of methodologies and metrics relating to health research (Co-I), 2016.
- Publications
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Books
- . Bristol University Press.
- . Bristol University Press.
- . Bristol University Press.
- . Basingstoke: Palgrave.
Edited books
Journal articles
- . International Journal of Social Robotics.
- . Journal of Responsible Technology, 100063-100063.
- . Journal of Responsible Technology, 12, 100055-100055.
- . Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 9.
- . Journal of Responsible Innovation, 9(1), 138-142.
- . Journal of Responsible Innovation, 8(2), 292-299.
- . Computers in Human Behavior, 114, 106561-106561.
- . New Genetics and Society.
- . Palgrave Communications, 5.
- . EMBO reports, 19(7).
- . Economy and Society, 45(1), 1-23.
- . Journal of Responsible Innovation, 2(2), 152-168.
- . Science as Culture, 24(1), 99-107.
- . Sociological Research Online, 19(3).
- Service Robots in Long-Term Care: A Consumer-Centric View. Journal of Service Research.
Chapters
- (pp. 147-155). Bristol University Press
- , Being Human During COVID-19 (pp. 1-10). Bristol University Press
- , Being Human During COVID-19 (pp. 147-155). Policy Press
- , Being Human During COVID-19 (pp. 147-155). Bristol University Press
- , Being Human During COVID-19 (pp. 117-123). Bristol University Press
- Human Futures, BEING HUMAN DURING COVID-19 (pp. 115-115).
- Biosocial Humans, BEING HUMAN DURING COVID-19 (pp. 83-83).
- BEING HUMAN DURING COVID-19 Introduction, BEING HUMAN DURING COVID-19 (pp. 1-9).
- Marginalized Humans, BEING HUMAN DURING COVID-19 (pp. 51-51).
- Knowing Humans, BEING HUMAN DURING COVID-19 (pp. 11-11).
- , Responsibility Beyond Growth (pp. 129-142). Bristol University Press
- , Responsibility Beyond Growth (pp. 3-20). Bristol University Press
- , Responsibility Beyond Growth (pp. iv-iv). Bristol University Press
- , Responsibility Beyond Growth (pp. xiii-xiv). Bristol University Press
- , Responsibility Beyond Growth (pp. 3-20). Policy Press
- , Responsibility Beyond Growth (pp. 129-142). Policy Press
- , Science and the politics of openness Manchester University Press
- Monstrous regiment versus Monsters Inc.: Competing imaginaries of science and social order in Responsible (Research and) Innovation In Nerlich B, Hartley S, Raman S & Smith A (Ed.), Science and the politics of openness: Here be monsters Manchester: Manchester University Press.
Book reviews
Conference proceedings papers
Reports
- The Diversity Dividend: does a more diverse and inclusive research community produce better biomedical and health research?
Website content
- Duesberg, Mbeki, and AZT: Contentious science meets contentious politics.
- "Roundup Ready?": Regulating glyphosates amidst health, economic, and public concerns about Genetic Modification.
- Fukushima - The Triple Disaster and Its Triple Lessons: What can be learned about regulation, planning, and communication in an unfolding emergency?.
- On being a Science Public.
Theses / Dissertations
- From 鈥楧eath of the Female鈥 to 鈥楲ife Itself鈥: A Socio-historic Examination of FINRRAGE. University of Leeds.
Working papers
- Review of diversity and inclusion literature and an evaluation of methodologies and metrics relating to health research.
- Responsive research: putting the innovative back into agendas for innovation.
- Innovating Innovation: RRI as a Guiding Principle in the ERA. Making Science Public, 3.
- . SSRN Electronic Journal.
Dictionary/encyclopaedia entries
- L'emergence de la 芦 Recherche et de l鈥檌nnovation responsables 禄 dans la politique de l鈥橴nion europ茅enne. In Encyclop茅die d鈥檋istoire num茅rique de l鈥檈urope.
Preprints
- Grants
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Stevie is PI for 'Mapping Trustworthy Systems for RAS in Social Care' (MapRAS), funded by TAS-UKRI, 23-24.
- Teaching activities
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Stevie currently teaches the following undergraduate modules:
SCS3047 Protest, Movements and Social Change
SCS3034 What it means to be human