"Geroscience and Political Imagination: The Science of Healthy Aging" - featuring Colin Farrelly
12:00 PM 鈥 1:30 PM
The Department of Political Studies Presents the Sir Edward Peacock Professor of Political Theory Inaugural Lecture
Colin Farrelly - Sir Edward Peacock Professor of Political Theory, Queen's Department of Political Studies
Geroscience and Political Imagination: The Science of Healthy Aging
Friday, March 8, 2024
12:00-1:30 PM
Mackintosh-Corry Hall | Room D216
Light lunch served - registration is encouraged, but not required
Biography:
Dr. Farrelly is the Sir Edward Peacock Professor of Political Theory in the Department of Political Studies at Queen鈥檚 University. He is cross-appointed with the Department of Philosophy and occasionally teaches in the School of Policy Studies. Over his academic career, Dr. Farrelly has held academic appointments in 10 different departments in Political Science, Philosophy, and Public Policy in England, Scotland, the United States, and Canada.
The author and editor of 6 books and approximately 50 journal articles, Dr. Farrelly鈥檚 publications include articles in journals in political science, philosophy, feminism, law, science, and medicine. Dr. Farrelly believes science and science policy constitute the most significant areas of knowledge and public policy in the 21st century, and much of his research has focused on the ethical and social implications of advances in the biomedical sciences, especially human genetics and 鈥済eroscience鈥. The latter aspires to increase the human health span by altering the rate of biological aging.
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