Keelie Murdock MSc.

Keelie joined the Rathenau Institute in January 2008. Her research is focused on the relationship between global regimes and local scientific practice. This includes the analysis of international decision-making dynamics, science-governance (particularly the appropriation of security/safety rules and regulations) and the affects these processes have on the science system. She is currently researching the emergence, evolution and implementation of biosecurity, which consists of codes of conduct, security procedures and containment measures.

Education and career
Keelie has completed undergraduate studies in Business Administration and Communications. Thereafter she completed a MSc in Science and Technology Studies (STS) at the Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA). Her thesis, entitled “Biosecurity: Ad Hoc Intervention or Novel Innovation” analyzed the impact of the 9/11 security discourse on the Biological Weapons Convention.

Prior to her work at the Rathenau Institute, Keelie’s career consisted mainly of employment in the areas of business administration/finance and security/defence. Keelie was a member of the Canadian Armed Forces (Army) with a specialization in the communications trade. She also worked as a freelance contractor for the NATO Command Control and Communications Agency (NC3A).

Presentations

• 22/02/2008, 4S/EAAST Conference: Acting with Science, Technology and Medicine (Erasmus University, The Netherlands), “Biosecurity at the Biological Weapons Convention: A Conceptual Analysis”
• 09/02/2009, 2nd Annual Biosecurity Symposium: Integrating Knowledge, Implementing Change (National Center for Biosecurity, The University of Sydney), “Discourse Dynamics at the Biological Weapons Convention: The New Post-9/11 Process”