Bioscience, health and care

Ongoing changes in bioscience and healthcare are reshaping the conditions of human lives.

Biotechnological developments and public health strategies raise urgent societal questions about what constitutes health, adequate care, risk of illness, or knowledge about embodied differences between individuals. At the same time, emerging bioscientific and healthcare practices need to be ethical and stay within the limits of planetary boundaries. We approach the possibilities and tensions that arise at the intersection of experiences, practices and structures across bioscience and healthcare. Our research includes analyses of clinical practices, health activism, biomedical research settings, biotechnological development and marketing, healthcare governance and regulation, and public debate about bioscience and healthcare.

Keywords: bodies, materialities, clinical practices, biomedical research practices, ethics and politics of care 

Contact persons: Venla Oikkonen and Valtteri Vähä-Savo

Researchers: Henni Alava, Ahalya Ganesh, Outi Koskinen, Mianna Meskus, Elina Mäkinen, Venla Oikkonen, Lilli Aini Rokkonen, Maria Temmes, Tiina Vaittinen, Pia Vuolanto, Valtteri Vähä-Savo