Edmund Ramsden

Dr. Edmund Ramsden is a Senior Lecturer in the History of Science and Medicine at Queen Mary University of London's School of History. He specializes in the history of the social, behavioral, and biological sciences in 20th-century America. His research explores topics such as eugenics, population studies, experimental psychiatry, and the intersection of science with architecture and urban design. He holds a PhD from the European University Institute and previously held positions at the University of Manchester, Exeter, and the London School of Economics.

Research interests include the role of social scientists in post-war urban planning to improve mental health, the history of psychiatric methodologies using animal models (e.g., rats and dogs), and the ethical dimensions of population control policies. His Wellcome Trust-supported work examines how behavioral sciences influenced institutional design and public housing.

Publications span journals like Isis, History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, and Urban History, focusing on themes like animal experimentation in addiction studies, the cultural impact of rodent overcrowding experiments, and comparative psychopathology across species.

He supervises doctoral research on topics such as North American psychiatric history, urban architecture and mental health, and population science. His work bridges disciplinary boundaries, highlighting science’s societal impacts through historical case studies.