Programme

Thursday, 14 July

12:00—13:00      Registration & buffet lunch

13:00—13:15      Welcome (Matthias Wienroth)

13:15—14:15      Session I

Chair: Robin Williams

1. Lucy Easthope: The situated realities of forensic un/certainty and political remains

2. Chris Maguire: tba

Discussion

14:15—15:15      Session II

Chair: Erica Haimes

1. Claudia Merli: Theory and bodies out of bounds: A reflection on identity politics and thanatocracy

2. Amade M’charek: When Humans and Technologies Cross Borders: Identifying Refugees Around the Mediterranean Sea

Discussion

15:15—15:45      Refreshments

15:45—16:45      Session III

Chair: Matthias Wienroth

1. Victor Toom: DVI practices after the 9/11 WTC tragedy: protocols, experts and victims’ families

2. Ingo Bastisch: Processes and cooperation in forensic DNA for investigation and identification

Discussion

16:45—17:45      Plenum discussion – Opportunities, gaps and themes for research & policy work

Chair: Ernesto Schwartz-Marin

17:45—18:00      Close

Friday, 15 July

09:00—09:30      Registration

09:30—09:35      Welcome (Matthias Wienroth)

09:35—10:30      Session I

Chair: Jackie Leach Scully

1. Helena Machado: Geopolitics & ethical challenges of DNA data exchange in the EU

2. Patrick Jeuniaux: Towards reconstructing DNA-based offending trajectories within and across the borders.

Discussion

10:30—11:30      Session II

Chair: Victor Toom

1. Ursula Naue: DNA tests as an arbiter of truth – the case of family reunification

2. Kees van der Beek: The Impact of Massive Parallel Sequencing on National Databases: Considerations, Challenges and Opportunities

Discussion

11:30—12:30      Session III

Chair: Chris Lawless

1. Peter Schneider: tba

2. Carole McCartney: tba

Discussion

12:30 – 13:30      Plenum discussion – Opportunities, gaps and themes for research & policy work

Chair: Robin Williams

13:30—13:35      Close

13:35 – 14:30      Buffet lunch

 

 

 

 

Bursaries for Early Career Researchers are available and will begranted on a first-come, first-serve basis. The bursary can cover reasonable travel costs and accommodation for together up to £250. Bursary holders will be asked to write a brief report about the seminar discussions for the seminar series website. Please contact matthias.wienroth@kcl.ac.uk for further information.