Current Member
Shobita Parthasarathy
Affiliation
Social Science
Field of study
Science and Technology Studies
Home institution
University of Michigan
Website
Shobita Parthasarathy is a science and technology studies scholar who studies the social and political dimensions of technological innovation and innovation policy, in cross-national perspective. She is completing her 3rd book on the evolution, institutionalization, and impacts of “inclusive innovation”, a type of “tech for good” that leverages innovation and the marketplace to solve global poverty and inequality. The book focuses on technologies for sanitation and menstrual health and hygiene in India.
Visits
Member
School of Social Science
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Degrees
Cornell University
Ph.D.
2003
Appointments
University of Michigan
Director, Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program
University of Michigan
Professor, Ford School of Public Policy