“Genetics, Brain Pathologies, and Leadership,” Conference deCode Genetics Auditorium
19 October 2015
kl. 9.00-17.00
Conference Theme: Advances in genetics and brain science permit for the first time a scientific understanding of leadership, followership, and other equally important forms of economic, social, and political behavior. Relatively few social scientists are cognizant of these advances. This conference has three objectives. First, to explore whether analysis of population-level genetic data illuminate significant economic, social, and political behaviors as complex traits or as correlates of gene-environment interactions or genome-environmental interactions. Second, to identify the specific contributions from genetics, the brain sciences, and the economic and social sciences to advance a common research agenda, or points of collaboration. Third, to provide a forum for the foundation of collaboration in social research informed by the life sciences.
8.30-8.50 Coffee and Tea
8.50-9.00 Welcome by the Rector dr. Jón Atli Benediktsson
9.00-10.00 Lecture on Genetics by Kári with Question and Answer session.
Speaker: Dr. Kari Stefánsson.
The title of the lecture: Genetics of Common Traits.
10.15-11.15 Lecture on the Genetic Origins of Icelanders with Question and Answer session.
Speaker: Dr. Agnar Helgason.
The title of the lecture: The origins and genetic history of Icelanders
11.15-12.30 Lunch Break
12.30-13.30 Lecture on Genetics of Educational Attainment.
Speaker: Dr. Augustine Kong.
The title of the lecture: Non-transmitted Alleles and Genetic Nurturing.
13.30-13.45 Break
13.45-16.30 Roundtable “What Is the Contribution of the Life Sciences to the Study of Leadership and the Study of Followership? What Types of Questions does Bio-Leadership Ask, What Types Should It Ask? How Does It Inform the Study of Leadership in Business and the Social Sciences?”
Chair:
Professor Bradley Thayer, Faculty of Political Science, University of Iceland
Participants:
Professor Dominic Johnson, Alastair Buchan Professor of International Relations, St. Anthony’s College, University of Oxford
Professor Robert Sprinkle, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland
Professor Bradley Thayer, Faculty of Political Science, University of Iceland
Professor Árelia Eydís Guðmundsdóttir, School of Business, University of Iceland
There will be a break from 15.00-15.15.
16.30-16.50 Break
16.50-17.00 Concluding Remarks by Bradley Thayer
17.00 End