Jim Schubert Sui generis in life and as a scholar of biopolitics

2011 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anton E. Wohlers
Keyword(s):  
Life Sciences ◽  
Political Scientist ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Multidisciplinary Analysis ◽  
Advance Knowledge

To his colleagues and the generations of students who had the privilege of knowing him, Jim Schubert was an inventive scholar, dedicated teacher, and tireless mentor. An innovative political scientist, Jim was skilled at incorporating the latest technologies and methods into his research. Engaging and creative as a teacher and mentor, Jim, according to a student and collaborator, “was maybe the kindest, smartest man you could ever meet.” Jim's pioneering work in the field of biopolitics reflect these qualities—he was truly “one of a kind.” As a scholar of biopolitics, Jim left behind a legacy that reflects what Gary Johnson, former editor of Politics and the Life Sciences, describes as the mission of both the journal and the association: “to advance knowledge of politics and promote better policymaking through multidisciplinary analysis that draws on the life sciences.”

Jim Schubert Sui generis in life and as a scholar of biopolitics

2011 ◽  
Vol 30 (01) ◽  
pp. 103-106
Author(s):  
Anton E. Wohlers
Keyword(s):  
Life Sciences ◽  
Political Scientist ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Multidisciplinary Analysis ◽  
Advance Knowledge

To his colleagues and the generations of students who had the privilege of knowing him, Jim Schubert was an inventive scholar, dedicated teacher, and tireless mentor. An innovative political scientist, Jim was skilled at incorporating the latest technologies and methods into his research. Engaging and creative as a teacher and mentor, Jim, according to a student and collaborator, “was maybe the kindest, smartest man you could ever meet.” Jim's pioneering work in the field of biopolitics reflect these qualities—he was truly “one of a kind.” As a scholar of biopolitics, Jim left behind a legacy that reflects what Gary Johnson, former editor of Politics and the Life Sciences, describes as the mission of both the journal and the association: “to advance knowledge of politics and promote better policymaking through multidisciplinary analysis that draws on the life sciences.”

Politics and the life sciences:An unfinished revolution

2011 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 43-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary R. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Life Sciences ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Journal Editor ◽  
Multidisciplinary Analysis ◽  
Thirtieth Anniversary ◽  
Intellectual Origins ◽  
The Status ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Advance Knowledge ◽  
The Revolution

Politics and the life sciences—also referred to as biopolitics—is a field of study that seeks to advance knowledge of politics and promote better policymaking through multidisciplinary analysis that draws on the life sciences. While the intellectual origins of the field may be traced at least into the 1960s, a broadly organized movement appeared only with the founding of the Association for Politics and the Life Sciences (APLS) in 1980 and the establishment of its journal,Politics and the Life Sciences(PLS), in 1982. This essay—contributed by a past journal editor and association executive director—concludes a celebration of the association's thirtieth anniversary. It reviews the founding of the field and the association, as well as the contributions of the founders. It also discusses the nature of the empirical work that will advance the field, makes recommendations regarding the identity and future of the association, and assesses the status of the revolution of which the association is a part. It argues that there is progress to celebrate, but that this revolution—the last of three great scientific revolutions—is still in its early stages. The revolution is well-started, but remains unfinished.

Politics and the life sciences: An unfinished revolution

2011 ◽  
Vol 30 (02) ◽  
pp. 43-64
Author(s):  
Gary R. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Life Sciences ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Journal Editor ◽  
Multidisciplinary Analysis ◽  
Thirtieth Anniversary ◽  
Intellectual Origins ◽  
The Status ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Advance Knowledge ◽  
The Revolution

Politics and the life sciences—also referred to as biopolitics—is a field of study that seeks to advance knowledge of politics and promote better policymaking through multidisciplinary analysis that draws on the life sciences. While the intellectual origins of the field may be traced at least into the 1960s, a broadly organized movement appeared only with the founding of the Association for Politics and the Life Sciences (APLS) in 1980 and the establishment of its journal,Politics and the Life Sciences(PLS), in 1982. This essay—contributed by a past journal editor and association executive director—concludes a celebration of the association's thirtieth anniversary. It reviews the founding of the field and the association, as well as the contributions of the founders. It also discusses the nature of the empirical work that will advance the field, makes recommendations regarding the identity and future of the association, and assesses the status of the revolution of which the association is a part. It argues that there is progress to celebrate, but that this revolution—the last of three great scientific revolutions—is still in its early stages. The revolution is well-started, but remains unfinished.

The Pluralist Constellation

1995 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erik Parens
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Life Sciences ◽  
Political Scientist ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Research Institute

I work at a research institute where the staff spends its time thinking about ethical issues that arise with progress in medicine, the life sciences, and technology. After such thinking, we make public policy recommendations. We pride ourselves in the diversity of our staff: there is a doctor, a lawyer, a linguistic anthropologist, a political scientist, a theologian, some philosophers, and so on. Both men and women do research and we are religiously diverse: Catholics, Jews, Protestants, and atheists

A Close Look at No Child Left Behind

ASHA Leader ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 9 (17) ◽  
pp. 1-29
Author(s):  
Susan Boswell
Keyword(s):  
No Child Left Behind ◽  
Left Behind

Methods of MolecularAnalysis in the Life Sciences

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Hofmann ◽  
Anne Simon ◽  
Tanja Grkovic ◽  
Malcolm Jones
Keyword(s):  
Life Sciences

History of vascular reactivity models and their involvement in hypertension pathogenesis

VASA ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (6) ◽  
pp. 431-439 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Gabriela Conceição-Vertamatti ◽  
Filipy Borghi ◽  
Fernando Canova ◽  
Dora Maria Grassi-Kassisse
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Adrenergic Receptors ◽  
Vascular Reactivity ◽  
Multifactorial Disease ◽  
Pharmacological Treatments ◽  
Beta Adrenergic Receptors ◽  
Vascular Area ◽  
History Of ◽  
Record Blood Pressure ◽  
Advance Knowledge

Abstract. Hypertension is a silent and multifactorial disease. Over two centuries ago, the first device to record blood pressure was developed, making it possible to determine normotension and to establish criteria for hypertension. Since then, several studies have contributed to advance knowledge in this area, promoting significant advances in pharmacological treatments and, as a result, increasing survival of hypertensive people. The main models developed for the study of hypertension and the main findings in the vascular area are included in this review. We considered aspects related to vascular reactivity, changes in the population, and action of beta adrenergic receptors in the pathogenesis of hypertension.

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