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Research Committees
RC23 Sociology of Science and Technology
Contact RC23 at isa-rc23@isa-sociology.org
Established in 1966
Objectives
To secure and develop personal and collegial contacts between sociologists of science throughout the world; to encourage the international dissemination and exchange of information, developments and activities in the field of sociology of science; to facilitate and promote international meetings and research; to help actively individuals and organisations in countries not represented to use the Committee and its facilities.
To know more about the history of RC23, go to Bulletin 29 (1982), pp. 8-9.
Board 2023 - 2027
| President | Leandro RAIZER, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil, leandroraizer@gmail.com |
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| Vice-President | Junmin WANG, University of Memphis, USA |
| Secretary | Renan GONCALVES LEONEL DA SILVA, ETH Zürich, Switzerland, leonnelrg@gmail.com |
| Board Members | Alice ABREU, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Nadia ASHEULOVA, Russian Academy of Science, Russia (past President) Nuno BOAVIDA, NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal Madhav GOVIND, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India Paolo PARRA SAIANI, University of Genoa, Italy Thomas G. SAFFORD, University of New Hampshire, USA |
| Award Committee Members | Alice ABREU, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Gary BOWDEN, University of New Brunswick, Canada Jaime JIMENEZ GUZMAN, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico (Chair) Ralph MATTHEWS, University of British Columbia, Canada Antonio Brandao MONIZ, NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal |
Program Coordinators for XXI ISA World Congress of Sociology 2027:
Junmin WANG, jwang4@memphis.edu
Renan GONCALVES LEONEL DA SILVA, leonnelrg@gmail.com
Leandro RAIZER, leandroraizer@gmail.com
Forthcoming Activities
Cross Interest
RC02 Economy and Society
RC09 Social Transformations and Sociology of Development
RC14 Sociology of Communication, Knowledge and Culture
RC24 Environment and Society
RC32 Women in Society
RC40 Sociology of Agriculture and Food
RC52 Sociology of Professional Groups
The European Association for the Study and Technology (EASST)
RN24/SSTNET
RC04 Sociology of Education
RC07 Futures Research
RC13 Sociology of Leisure
Membership
Dues: $20 for a 4-year period.
Interested in joining? Start your membership by visiting: https://members.isa-sociology.org/login
Newsletter
Available on RC23 website.