Hallam Stevens
- hallam.stevens@jcu.edu.au
- Associate Dean, Research
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Biography
I am an historian of science and technology specializing in the history of the life sciences and the history of information technology. My first book, Life out of sequence: a data driven history of bioinformatics (Chicago, 2013), examined the transformational role of computers and databases in recent biology. I am also the author of Biotechnology and society: an introduction (Chicago, 2016) and the co-editor (with Sarah Richardson) of Postgenomics: Perspectives on Biology After the Genome (Duke, 2015).
My work crosses between history and anthropology and more recently I have written about the political and social impacts of artificial intelligence, big data, and surveillance technologies, particularly in an Asian context. I am currently completing a book about the rise of the life sciences in China.
For more details about my current projects, interests, and publications see: http://hallamstevens.org
Research
Research Interests
history of life sciences
history of information technology
science, technology and society (STS)