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First ISA Forum of Sociology
Sociological Research and Public Debate
Barcelona, Spain
September 5 - 8, 2008
Research
Committee on
Sociology of Science and Technology RC23
Main theme
The role of science, technology and innovation in the construction of the world of the future
Programme Coordinators
Jaime Jiménez, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, jjimen@servidor.unam.mx and Czarina Saloma, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines, csaloma@ateneo.edu.
Local Host
Laura Cruz-Castro,Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain, laura.Cruz@iesam.csic.es
Venue of RC23 sessions:
Faculty of Communication Blanquerna
University of Ramon LLull
Valldonzella, 23
08001 Barcelona, Spain, map
Session 1: Science, technology, and innovation in the public eye: Freedom or restraint? Part I
Friday, September 5, 2008, 15:30-17:30
Chair: Marja Häyrinen-Alestalo, University Helsinki, Finland, marja.alestalo@helsinki.fi
Session 2: Science, technology, and innovation in the public eye: Freedom or restraint? Part II
Saturday, September 6, 2008, 09:00-11:00
Chair: Marja Häyrinen-Alestalo, University Helsinki, Finland, marja.alestalo@helsinki.fi
Session 3: Science, Technology and Innovation for the Development of Third World Countries. Will the young ones join? Part I
Saturday, September 6, 2008, 11:30-13:30
Chair: Judith Zubieta, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico, zubieta@servidor.unam.mx
Session 4: Science, Technology and Innovation for the Development of Third World Countries. Will the young ones join? Part II
Saturday, September 6, 2008, 15:30-17:30
Chair: Judith Zubieta, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico, zubieta@servidor.unam.mx
Session 5: Converging science and technologies and the construction of the new world. Part I
Sunday, September 7, 2008, 09:00-11:00
Chair: Paulo Roberto Martins, Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnológicas, Brazil, marpaulo1@uol.com.br
Session 6: Converging science and technologies and the construction of the new world. Part II
Sunday, September 7, 2008, 11:30-13:30
Chair: Paulo Roberto Martins, Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnológicas, Brazil, marpaulo1@uol.com.br
Session 7: The role of industrialized countries in the development of the rest of the world
Saturday, September 6, 2008, 09:00-11:00
Chair: Jaime Jiménez, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
Organizer: Czarina Saloma, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines, csaloma@ateneo.edu
Session 8: Will the Mertonian way of doing research prevail?
Friday, September 5, 2008, 15:30-17:30
Chair: Juha Tuunainen, University Helsinki, Finland, juha.tuunainen@helsinki.fi
Session 9: Science and technology for whom?
Saturday, September 6, 2008, 09:00-11:00
Chair: Maarten Mentzel, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands, m.a.mentzel@tudelft.nl
Worldwide, contemporary commercialization and marketization in science raise questions of integrity: who will profit of scientific research?
Session 10: The Internet: From utopia to nightmare?
Friday, September 5, 2008, 18:00-20:00
Joint Session of f RC07, Futures Research, RC14 Sociology of Communication, Knowledge and Culture, and RC23 Sociology of Science and Technology
Chairs: RC23 (Science & Technology): Binay Kumar Pattnaik, Indian Institute Technology Kanpur, India, csaloma@ateneo.edu and RC07 (Futures) Ann Denis, Ottawa University, Canada, ann.denis@uottawa.ca, RC14 (Communication): Hermilio Santos, PUCRS, Brazil, hermilio@pucrs.br
Session 11: Mid-Term Business Meeting
Sunday, September 7, 2008, 15:30-17:30
Chair: To be announced.
Session 12: Intellectual property, digital inequality, and global hegemony
Saturday, September 6, 2008, 18:00-20:00
Joint Session of RC07, Futures Research, RC14 Sociology of Communication, Knowledge and Culture, and RC23 Sociology of Science and Technology
Chairs
: Jochen Glaser, Lancaster University, United Kingdom, Jochen.Glaser@Fu-Berlin.de, and RC07 (Futures), RC14 (Communication): Hermilio Santos, PUCRS, Brazil, hermilio@pucrs.br
Session 13: Las Nuevas tecnologías de información y comunicación en el mundo latino: Perspectivas sociológicas desde Europa y América Latina. Parte I
The new information and communication technologies in the Latin world: Sociological perspectives from Europe and Latin America. Part I
Sunday, September 7, 2008, 18:00-20:00
Spanish Language Session
Joint session of RC14Sociology of Communication, Knowledge and Culture, RC07 Futures Research and RC23 Sociology of Science and Technology
Organizers: RC14: Hermilio Santos, PUCRS, Brazil, hermilio@pucrs.br, RC07: Markus Schulz, New York University, USA, isarc07@gmail.com and RC23: Cristobal Torres, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain, cristobal.torres@uam.es
Session 14: Las Nuevas tecnologías de información y comunicación en el mundo latino: Perspectivas sociológicas desde Europa y América Latina. Parte II
The new information and communication technologies in the Latin world: Sociological perspectives from Europe and Latin America. Part II
Monday, September 8, 2008, 09:00-11:00
Spanish Language Session
Joint session of RC14Sociology of Communication, Knowledge and Culture, RC07 Futures Research and RC23 Sociology of Science and Technology
Chairs: RC14: Hermilio Santos, PUCRS, Brazil, hermilio@pucrs.br, RC07: Markus Schulz, New York University, USA, isarc07@gmail.com, RC23: Cristobal Torres, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain, cristobal.torres@uam.es
Session 15: Gender, science, technology, innovation, and the future
Monday, September 8, 2008, 11:30-13:30
Joint Session of RC07 Futures Research, RC23 Sociology of Science and Technology, and RC32 Women in Society
Organizers: RC32: Solange Simoes, Eastern Michigan University, USA, ssimoes@umich.edu and RC23 and RC07: Radhamany Sooryamoorthy, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, sooryamoorthyr@ukzn.ac.za
Session 16: The Role of university research in the future
Sunday, September 7, 2008, 18:00-20:00
Joint Session of RC04 Sociology of Education, RC07 Futures Research and RC23 Sociology of Science and Technology
Organizers: RC04:Tamas Kozma, University of Debrecen, Hungary, kozmat@ella.hu, RC07:Radhamany Sooryamoorthy, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, sooryamoorthyr@ukzn.ac.za and RC23: Jaime Jiménez, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, jjimen@servidor.unam.mx
Session 17: Panel on technological surveillance and power in everyday life. Part I
Sunday, September 7, 2008, 09:00-11:00
Chair: Torin Monahan, Arizona State University, USA, torin.monahan@asu.edu
Session 18: Panel on technological surveillance and power in everyday life. Part II
Sunday, September 7, 2008, 11:30-13:30
Chair: Torin Monahan, Arizona State University, USA, torin.monahan@asu.edu
Session 19: Challenges and changes in universities and public research organizations for the 21st Century: Evaluation, research and careers. Part I
Saturday, September 6, 2008, 11:30-13:30
Chair: Laura Cruz-Castro, CSIC, Spain, laura.cruz@iesam.csic.es
Session 20: Challenges and changes in universities and public research organizations for the 21st Century: Evaluation, research and careers. Part II
Saturday, September 6, 2008, 15:30-17:30
Chair: Luis Sanz-Menendez, CSIC-IPP, Spain, lsanz@iesam.csic.es
Session 21: The ‘Knowledge-Based Bio-Economy’: Critical perspectives
Friday, September 5, 2008, 18:00-20:00
Joint Panel of RC02, Economy and Society, RC24 Environment and Society and RC23 Sociology of Science and Technology
Chair: Les Levidow, The Open University, UK, l.levidow@open.ac.uk
Session 22: Leisure in the age of technological transformation
Monday, September 8, 2008, 09:00-11:00
Faculty of Philosophy, Geography and History, University of BarcelonaChairs: RC23 (Science & Technology): Jaime Jiménez, Instituto de Investigaciones en Matemáticas Aplicadas y en Sistemas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, jjimen@servidor.unam.mx, RC13 (Leisure): Teus J. Kamphorst, Wageningen University, The Netherlands, teus.kamphorst@wur.nl, RC07 (Futures): Scott North, Osaka University, Japan, north@hus.osaka-u.ac.jp
Session 23: Leisure Society: A Dream or Reality?
Monday, September 8, 2008, 11:30-13:30
Faculty of Philosophy, Geography and History, University of Barcelona
Chairs: RC23 (Science & Technology): Jochen Gläser, ESRC Centre for the Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics (Cesagen), Lancaster University, United Kingdom, Jochen.Glaser@Fu-Berlin.de, RC07 (Futures): Scott North, Osaka University, Japan, north@hus.osaka-u.ac.jp and RC13 (Leisure): Dirk Steinbach; Center for Future Studies, University of Applied Sciences of Salzburg, Austria, dirk.steinbach@fh-salzburg.ac.at
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