Call for Papers: ICTs and Development

Date June 27, 2009

ICTs and Development: An International Workshop for Theory, Practice & Policy
11-12 March 2010 | New Delhi

For more details, please visit http://www.iitd.ac.in/events/ICTD2010/

Call for Papers: IHST and RC23 International Conference

Date January 21, 2009

The conference is being jointly organised by the Centre for Sociology of Science and Science-Studies Research (IHST) of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg (http://ihst.nw.ru/), by the Council for Science-Studies of the St. Petersburg Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences (http://www.spbrc.nw.ru/), and by the Research Committee RC23 Sociology of Science and Technology of the International Sociological Association http://www.dsa-ateneo.net/rc23/

Read the rest of this entry »

Call for papers: RC23 Sessions at the XVIII ISA World Congress of Sociology

Date January 9, 2009

The International Sociological Association is organizing its XVII World Congress of Sociology in Gothenburg, Sweden, July 11-17, 2010. The Research Committee RC 23: Sociology of Science and Technology invites proposals for papers and sessions.

Read the rest of this entry »

First ISA Forum of Sociology – Photos

Date December 3, 2008

Call for Papers: Society-Culture-Technology at the Dawn of the 21st Century

Date December 2, 2008

In 2009, AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków, Poland, will celebrate its 90th Anniversary. As part of the Anniversary celebrations, they are organizing the Conference:

Society-Culture-Technology at the Dawn of the 21st Century

This conference is going to take place on May 21st and 22nd, 2009.

The problems to be discussed will be related to today’s visions of the intermingling of structure and culture, in both the regional and the global dimension, including, in particular, the impact of new technologies upon the dynamics of structural and cultural transformations.

For further information please download the following document: AGH–University of Science and Technology: Call for Papers or visit the event web site: www.wh.agh.edu.pl/S-C-T.

Schedule of RC23 Sessions at the Forum

Date September 2, 2008

For information on the schedule and venue of the sessions, including a map of the forum site, please click: Sessions schedule

Traditional RC23 Dinner at the ISA World Forum of Sociology

Date August 28, 2008

The “traditional” RC23 dinner – on an individual payment basis –  will take place in conjunction with the RC07 (Futures) colleagues on Sunday Sept 8th, 2008, at 8:00 PM in a restaurant to be announced later, to celebrate our happy reunion in Barcelona. Announcements will be posted in the halls of the Forum to let you know where to sign in for the dinner.

RC23 Sessions at the First ISA Forum of Sociology

Date July 1, 2008

The First ISA Forum of Sociology
Sociological Research and Public Debate

5-8 September 2008
Barcelona, Spain

Read the rest of this entry »

World Social Forum: Science and Democracy

Date July 1, 2008

 25 January to 1 February, 2009
Belem, Brazil

We are building a international coalization that wants to discuss with social movements the subject of Science and Democracy in the next World Social Forum, Belem, Brazil. The Brazilian group produces one text to start this discussion. The French Partners have another contibution and information (see http://fsm-sciences.org/

I WOULD LIKE INVITE MEMBERS OF ISA RC23 TO JOIN US IN THIS DISCUSSION ON SCIENCE AND DEMOCRACY WITH ALL SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN THE NEXT FORUM SOCIAL MUNDIAL. PLEASE SEND EMAIL TO: PAULO MARTINS,  marpaulo@ipt.br

V International Nanotechnology, Society and Environment Seminar

Date July 1, 2008

October 13-17, 2008
Federal University of Rio Grande do Noerte
Natal, Brazil

The seminar will have 10 roundtables that will discuss the relationship between  nanotecnology and:
- Economy
- Society
- Environment
- Ethics
- Agriculture
- Communication and Arts
- Occupational and  Environmental Healty   and Safety
- Technological Convergence
- Nanomedicine
- Public Engagement

WE INVITE COLLEAGUES WHO ARE WORKING IN THE FIELD OF NANOTECHNOLOGY TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS SEMINAR. PLEASE EMAIL PAULO MARTINS, marpaulo@ipt.br