Deadline: September 13, 2016
About SLAP Lab
SLAP Lab (Science, Law & Policy Lab) is a vertically-integrated, interdisciplinary laboratory directed by Dr. Nita Farahany (Professor of Law & Philosophy, Director of Duke Initiative for Science & Society). SLAP Lab is designed to bring science to bear on questions of law and policy. Faculty, postdocs, graduate students, and undergrads work together on shared research projects and publications.
SLAP Lab is built around the broad theme of how science impacts and is impacted by law and policy. Researchers study the role of science in the law and policymaking, with a particular emphasis on the technology and the biosciences (genetics and neuroscience). Empirical research and laboratory research (including the use of consumer technology and devices (e.g. Google Glass, Consumer EEG devices, tDCS)) is undertaken using a collaborative model of research and publications. Lab activities include designing new research studies and engaging in ongoing research, giving presentations of works in progress, discussions of recent relevant literature, developing scholarship, multimedia, and policy for publication and dissemination, and occasional outside speakers.
Lab Activities
Lab members meet once weekly for lab meetings, and on an ongoing basis for their research. Regular activities of the lab include:
- Designing new research studies
- Engaging in ongoing research
- Giving presentations of works in progress
- Discussing recent relevant literature
- Developing scholarship, multimedia, and policy for publication
- Occasional outside speakers
Ongoing Research Projects
- Testing Neuroscience Devices for Meditation and Focus
- Use and Public Attitudes Toward Consumer Neuroscience Devices
- Empirical use of neuroscience in law
- Privacy and public attitudes about emerging technologies
- 3D Printing and Intellectual Property Law
Requirements of Lab Members
- Available for weekly meetings for the 2016-2017 academic year
- Interested in joining an existing research project or designing a new one
- Committed to serving as a lead author or co-author on one publication per year
- Undertaken or available to undertake responsible conduct of research (RCR) requirements
- Researchers do not receive compensation or credit for their participation, and instead are full collaborators and authors of publications
To apply to join SLAPLAB as a researcher for the 2016-2017 academic year:
- Email scienceandsociety@duke.edu with subject “2016-2017 SLAP Lab Application” by 5 p.m. on September 13
- Send cover letter, one paragraph statement of interest, and resume (include GPA and unofficial undergraduate or graduate transcript)
- Identify existing or new research projects you are interested in undertaking
- Identify at least one external funding opportunity to build research (identify an organization, RFP, or funding organization that might be interested in furthering the research area you are interested in)