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Brigitte Nerlich

Emeritus Professor of Science, Language and Society,

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I am Emeritus Professor of Science, Language, and Society at the Institute for Science and Society (School of Sociology and Social Policy). I studied French and philosophy in Germany and gained a DrPhil in French linguistics. After a postdoc in general linguistic at Oxford I moved to Nottingham. My current research focuses on the cultural and political contexts in which metaphors and other framing devices are used in the public, policy and scientific debates about synthetic biology and climate change. I have written books and articles on the history of linguistics, semantic change, metaphor, metonymy, polysemy and, more recently, the sociology of health and illness and the social study of science and technology. In 2011 the University of Nottingham awarded me a DLitt for my research and publications relating to the social study of metaphor.

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Blog: http://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/makingsciencepublic/

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6617-7827

Academia.edu webpage: http://nottingham.academia.edu/BrigitteNerlich

Google scholar profile: http://tinyurl.com/ku8kl8p

Twitter: @BNerlich

Wakelet (blog posts ordered by themes): https://wakelet.com/@BNerlich

Current research projects:

Talking about gene drive, funded by Wellcome Trust, PI Sarah Hartley: http://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/makingsciencepublic/2019/06/24/talking-about-gene-drive/

3D Printing with atoms, funded by the EPSRC, PI Philip Moriarty, 2016-2019

Older projects:

Making Science Public, funded by a Leverhulme Trust programme grant, 2012-2017 (I led the programme until my retirement in 2016; now working on a voluntary basis)

Synthetic Biology Research Centre funded by the BBSRC and the EPSRC, 2014-2018 (I was social science lead until my retirement in 2016; now working on a voluntary basis)

Expertise Summary

I have expertise in the social study of science, the philosophy and history of science, general linguistics, cognitive linguistics, historical linguistics, history of linguistics, media and cultural studies, metaphor analysis.

Research Summary

I am Emeritus Professor of Science, Language, and Society at the Institute for Science and Society (School of Sociology and Social Policy). I studied French and philosophy in Germany and gained a… read more

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Current Research

I am Emeritus Professor of Science, Language, and Society at the Institute for Science and Society (School of Sociology and Social Policy). I studied French and philosophy in Germany and gained a DrPhil in French linguistics. After a postdoc in general linguistic at Oxford I moved to Nottingham. My current research focuses on the cultural and political contexts in which metaphors and other framing devices are used in the public, policy and scientific debates about synthetic biology and climate change. I have written books and articles on the history of linguistics, semantic change, metaphor, metonymy, polysemy and, more recently, the sociology of health and illness and the social study of science and technology. In 2011 the University of Nottingham awarded me a DLitt for my research and publications relating to the social study of metaphor.

CV

Blog: http://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/makingsciencepublic/

Academia.edu webpage: http://nottingham.academia.edu/BrigitteNerlich

Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/14721723_Brigitte_Nerlich

Google scholar profile: http://tinyurl.com/ku8kl8p

Twitter: @BNerlich

Wakelet (blog posts ordered by themes): https://wakelet.com/@BNerlich

Current research projects:

Talking about gene drive, funded by Wellcome Trust, PI Sarah Hartley: http://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/makingsciencepublic/2019/06/24/talking-about-gene-drive/

3D Printing with atoms, funded by the EPSRC, PI Philip Moriarty, 2016-2019

Older projects

Making Science Public, funded by a Leverhulme Trust programme grant, 2012-2017 (I led the programme until my retirement in 2016; now working on a voluntary basis)

Synthetic Biology Research Centre funded by the BBSRC and the EPSRC, 2014-2018 (I was social science lead until my retirement in 2016; now working on a voluntary basis)

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