The conference, funded by Georgetown Environmental Initiative (AY2019-21), is the launching event of a pilot project to reexamine the linear non-threshold (LNT) model for ionizing radiation. Our purpose is to bring together many and diverse insights from humanities, science, and practices relating to radiation protection and identify new ways to connect academic knowledge to practices. Another purpose is to create an enduring scholarly network around our shared interest in and concern for the issues relating to radiation protection. We hope that participants will stay in close contact after the conference and explore the possibility of organizing a larger, more substantial multidisciplinary research project on the LNT model and its scientific, regulatory, and social implications.

School of Foreign Service/Department of History, Georgetown University

Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Georgetown University