Heather Douglas is a philosopher of science who works on the relationships among science, values, and democratic publics. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Michigan State University.
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Heather Douglas is an AAAS fellow, and was Senior Visiting Fellow at the Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh (2021-2022). She is the author of Science, Policy, and the Value-Free Ideal (2009), The Rightful Place of Science: Science, Values, and Democracy (2021), and editor of the book series Science, Values, and the Public for University of Pittsburgh Press.
Fields of expertise: Science policy, technology and innovation policy