{"id":137,"date":"2022-11-23T21:07:56","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T21:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/stpl\/?page_id=137"},"modified":"2025-12-09T23:29:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T23:29:24","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/stpl\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--scrolling-text-with-image \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--scrolling-text-with-image\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"text-image-container\">\n\n          \n      <div class=\"image-container\">\n            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/stpl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/132\/2023\/04\/franck-v-YKW0JjP7rlU-unsplash-768x1024.jpg\"\n          srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/stpl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/132\/2023\/04\/franck-v-YKW0JjP7rlU-unsplash-1280x1707.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/stpl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/132\/2023\/04\/franck-v-YKW0JjP7rlU-unsplash-768x1024.jpg 768w\"          sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"\n        \n                  alt=\"A lifelike robot with a human face and it's metallic robot body visable.\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <div class=\"text-container\">\n  \n        \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          STPL\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n        \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Welcome to the Center on Science, Technology, and Public Life. STPL serves as a platform for collaborative research, graduate training, and public engagement on problems at the intersection of science, technology, environment, and society.<\/p>\n<p>STPL\u2019s collaborative research projects bring together USC faculty, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows to investigate how authorized knowledge is produced in contested settings. Its recent project, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.usc.edu\/precariousecologies\/\">Precarious Ecologies<\/a>,\u201d funded by the Mellon Foundation, focused on how activists and scientists collaborate to generate knowledge about environmental hazards. STPL\u2019s current project, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/stpl\/the-city-on-life-support-los-angeles-as-a-laboratory-for-planetary-health\/\">The City on Life Support<\/a>,\u201d considers Los Angeles as a laboratory for the production of knowledge about planetary health.<\/p>\n<p>The Center also takes an active role in training graduate students across USC\u2019s schools. Its <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/stpl\/about-2\/\">Graduate Certificate Program in Science and Technology Studies<\/a> enables Ph.D. students to forge connections between their home departments and the interdisciplinary field of STS. Through summer research stipends and an annual graduate-student symposium, the Center provides students with a venue for conducting and sharing original research.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, through its <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/stpl\/2023\/05\/12\/first-planetary-health-workshop\/\">public-engagement activities<\/a>, STPL seeks to foster intellectual exchange both within and beyond USC. The Center hosts public lectures, small seminars, workshops, and thematic working groups with the aim of generating insight into historical and contemporary formations of expert knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>We welcome inquiries from students and potential collaborators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n          <\/div>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--spacer \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--spacer\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--signup-form \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--signup-form\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"text-image-container\">\n  <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Subscribe to our newsletter\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n\n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= https:\/\/app.e2ma.net\/app2\/audience\/signup\/1930426\/1920739\/\n    aria-label=\"Read more about \"  \n>\n     \n  <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><polygon fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" fill=\"#000\" points=\"19.3,27.5 29.3,17.5,19.3,7.5 16.3,10.4 21.4,15.4 6.7,15.4 6.7,19.6 21.4,19.6 16.3,24.6 \"\/><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"image-container\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/stpl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/132\/2023\/04\/note-thanun-GI10ZiPO_3w-unsplash-1-900x600.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/stpl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/132\/2023\/04\/note-thanun-GI10ZiPO_3w-unsplash-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/stpl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/132\/2023\/04\/note-thanun-GI10ZiPO_3w-unsplash-1-900x600.jpg 900w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Silhouettes of people in a space with flowers and artistic effects projected on the walls.\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n  \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--contact-details \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--contact-details\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n\n          <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Contact Details\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n        \n        \n      <\/div>\n    \n    \n      <div class=\"contacts-container\">\n\n        \n                      <div class=\"contact-card\">\n\n                              <h3>STPL Office<\/h3>\n              \n                                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Taper Hall of the Humanities (THH) 309G<br \/>\n3501 Trousdale Pkwy<br \/>\nLos Angeles, CA 90089<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n              \n              \n                              <div class=\"f--email\">\n                  <a href=\"mailto:stpl@usc.edu\">stpl@usc.edu<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n              \n            <\/div>\n                    \n      <\/div>\n\n        \n     \n    \n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":179,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-137","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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