Fudan-LSE Lecture Series No.78

复旦—LSE讲座系列第78期

Title/题目: 

A New Odyssey for Global Science Governance: Introducing the O.D.E.SS.I. Initiative

全球科学治理的新征程：“O.D.E.SS.I.”倡议介绍

Speaker/主讲人: 

Prof. Joy Y. Zhang, University of Kent

张悦悦教授，肯特大学

Host/主持人: 

Prof. Yijia Jing, Fudan IGPP

敬乂嘉教授 复旦全球公共政策研究院

Discussants/评论人: 

Prof. Li Tang, Fudan SIRPA    

唐莉教授 复旦大学国务学院

Prof. Jiejin Zhu, Fudan SIRPA

朱杰进教授 复旦大学国务学院

Time/时间: 

12:00-13:20, Sept. 4, Thursday, 2025

2025年9月4日 周四 12:00-13:20

Venue/地点: 

Room 805E, 8th Floor, West Sub-building of Guanghua Towers

光华楼西辅楼8楼805E会议室

https://www.wjx.cn/vm/rXpgLcq.aspx#

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主讲人介绍/ The Speaker：

Joy Y. Zhang is Professor of Sociology and the Founding Director of the Centre for Global Science and Epistemic Justice (GSEJ) at the University of Kent. An internationally recognised expert in the transnational governance of scientific risk, she specialises in emerging life sciences that impact both human and environmental futures. Her work advances sociological thinking on risk, cosmopolitanism, decolonisation, and subaltern politics. Zhang has initiated several landmark programmes, including the BioGovernance Commons in 2021, the founding of GSEJ in 2022, and, most recently, O.D.E.SS.I.—a global ‘odyssey’ for life sciences governance that brings together public engagement and science diplomacy. She is the author of three academic books and publishes widely in high-impact journals across both the natural and social sciences. She is frequently interviewed by global media and advises leading research and policy institutions in Europe and Asia.

讲座内容/ Abstract:

As emerging technologies like synthetic biology promise to address global challenges, science governance must evolve to strike a careful balance between growth, security, and sovereignty. This talk responds to two key shifts. First, there is a generational rethinking of science–society relations, with growing calls for more inclusive, imaginative, and context-sensitive forms of engagement. Second, UNESCO’s renewed emphasis on global science literacy and the Sustainable Development Goals urges us to decolonise communication methods and promote epistemic justice. This presentation invites public policy specialists to consider how science diplomacy and engagement can be reimagined—not merely to secure partnerships, but to foster more just and globally attuned science futures. Drawing on Zhang’s involvement in G20 and G7 discussions, the talk introduces a new ‘odyssey’—O.D.E.SS.I.—a framework for public engagement in the life sciences grounded in Openness, Deliberation, Enabling, Sensibility and Sensitivity, and Innovation.