Scientific events

Venue: Alpen‐Adria‐Universität Klagenfurt Date: 17-19 September 2018 The dynamics and interrelationships between innovation and social change are one of the key topics in STS (Science, Technology & Society Studies), as well as a key issue in the exploration of...

Venue: University of Bonn Date: 10-14 September 2018 Recent years have pointed to ever-growing interdependencies between science and politics. The mutual entanglement of both spheres manifests on many levels: In the face of complex societal challenges, ranging from...

Venue: University of Padova Date: 14-16 June 2018 The focal theme of this 7th STS Italia Conference is Technoscience from Below. By focusing on Technoscience from Below, the conference will be an opportunity to explore alternative co-productive paths of science,...

Venue: Copenhagen, Denmark Date: 23 November, 2017 Politics has been conceptualized in incredibly broad terms in STS (Brown 2015). At the same time, the more specific question of democratic politics has often been left under-explored, allowing notions such as public...

Venue: Technical University of Munich Study Center Raitenhaslach Dates: 6 – 8 July, 2017 In recent years, there has been renewed interest in political epistemology, the study of the epistemic norms and conditions under which political procedures operate. In the field...

Venue: Vienna, Austria Dates: 7 – 9 June, 2017 In the 2017 conference we want to pay special attention to changing practices and patterns of science, technology development and innovation (STI). Not least because of the influence of ICT-enabled novel methods, new ways...

Venue: ​School of Philosophy University College Dublin ​Date: ​29-30 May, 2017 Description Science is ultimately a product of individual scientists with their own personal backgrounds and experiences, and there is no unique methodology to de-personalize and objectify...

Venue: University College Cork, Ireland Date: 17-19 May, 2017 The 3rd European Technology Assessment Conference will take place in University College Cork (UCC) on May 17th - 19th 2017. The aim of the conference is to discuss how technology assessment and related...

Venue: University of Helsinki, Helsinki Date: 8 May 2017 A process of 'democratisation' can be observed in many scientific and academic fields today. Collaboration with diverse extra-academic agents – such as private enterprises, journalists, indigenous communities,...

Venue: Tilburg University, the Netherlands Date: 12-13 April 2017 Scientists are regularly called upon to serve as experts advisors for various institutions, be it on the authorization of a new drug, the effects of climate change, or a monetary policy. Typically,...