November 5, 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.
Main theme: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ON THE MOVE
In a world that is in perpetual flux, Sociology of Science and Technology (and Innovation) changes at the same pace with the new ways of doing science, new purposes for the development of technology, and new impetus and organization for innovation. Thus, the RC23 sessions in the XVII World Congress of Sociology carry with them a central and important agenda: to understand the transformations in the social and cultural spaces of science, technology and innovation. Countries that traditionally have been behind in the production of science are now in the forefront. New inter-disciplines and trans-disciplines consolidate by their own right. New opportunities evolve for scientific development of Third World countries. New means for information interchange open unexpected opportunities for collaboration between the countries that “have” and those that “have not”, between their respective scientists, and between scientists and other social actors in a myriad of new fora outside the traditional channels of academic exchange. New “invisible colleges”, connecting scientists both North and South emerge. Technologies offer new modes of work and leisure. These and many other topics will be examined in our sessions on Science & Technology on the Move.
Deadline: November 30, 2009>
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August 28, 2009
Russia’s only educational establishment in sociology of science and technology will hold its XXV session on October 26-28, 2009.
THE SOCIAL PORTRAYAL OF A SCIENTIST
History of the International School of Science&Technology Sociology:
International School of Science&Technology Sociology was established in St.Petersburg in 1992. The founders of the School are: St. Petersburg Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Science; St. Petersburg Branch S.I. Vavilov Institute for the History of Science and Technology of Russian Academy of Sciences; RAS, St.Petersburg Scientific Center, Scientific Council for Science Studies and Research Management; Department of Sociology, St.Petersburg State University; St.Petersburg Polytechnical State University; Institute for sociology, RAS; St.Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance. Its lecturers are the leading scholars from academic and educational institutions, both Russian and foreign. Each session includes lectures, seminars, round-table discussions and conferences on actual problems of STS. Additional courses include economy and psychology of science, sociology of deviant behavior etc. Each session has its own topic and title, it is not just “sociology of science”.
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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/
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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/
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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.
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September 2, 2008
For information on the schedule and venue of the sessions, including a map of the forum site, please click: Sessions schedule
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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.
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July 1, 2008
The First ISA Forum of Sociology
Sociological Research and Public Debate
5-8 September 2008
Barcelona, Spain
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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
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