CORSAGE was founded in 2003 by a small number of PhD students from Delft, Twente, Wageningen and Maastricht.

Within the 'social aspects of genomics' research several PhD students has started their projects. The Centre for Society and Genomics not formally founded yet, no platform for discussion and contemplation existed. Informal contacts were formalized when CORSAGE was founded.

About a year later CORSAGE was incorporated into GeNeYouS, uniting social sciences and humanities with natural sciences.

On these web pages you can find information about CORSAGE and its members, research and objectives

Mission

CORSAGE wishes to heighten awareness in the wider research community of genomics and in society, concerning societal issues in genomics. Furthermore, CORSAGE wishes to sensitize and educate professionals in the field of genomics, whether researchers, policy-makers or related communities, about social and societal issues in genomics.

By granting social sciences a prominent place in CORSAGE, societal issues are to be viewed from multiple perspectives such as Science and Technology Studies, Philosophy and History of Science, Innovation Studies, Consumer Studies, etc. Central in the approaches social sciences take is the balance between skeptic/critic views and positive views towards genomics applications and towards the technology itself. Furthermore an important role is reserved for reflexivity towards the own research.