Recent publications:
“A Tale of Two Perspectives on Innovation and Global Inequality.” (Engaging Science, Technology, and Society, 2023)
I also created an accompanying exploratory framework to help tech designers, policymakers, and students analyze social equity and justice in tech.
“Can Innovation Serve the Public Good?” (Boston Review, July 2023)
“How Sanitary Pads Came to Save the World: Knowing Inclusive Innovation through Science and the Marketplace” (Social Studies of Science, 2022)
“How to Be an Epistemic Trespasser” (Historical Studies of the Natural Sciences, March 2022)
Interested in the UM STPP Program’s policy report on large language models/generative AI like ChatGPT? Check it out here!
How can we do a better job of developing innovation, and innovation policy, to benefit the public interest, achieve social justice goals, and ensure public legitimacy? How can our government institutions better anticipate and address the ethical, social, environmental, and public health implications of emerging science and technology? Why and how have citizens become more critical of scientific and technological development and the institutions that govern it, and what can we do about it? These are the questions that drive Parthasarathy's research, teaching, public and policy engagement.