Apologies for cross posting
Two UK sessions:
1. 'Panic Attack' 9th May 2003
2. 'Risk in its Social Contexts' 8th - 9th September 2003
1.'PANIC ATTACK'
Why are we so obsessed with risk, and what are the consequences of this
obsession? From global warming to mobile phones, from crime to child
safety, from the business world to the military, precaution and pre-emption
have become the buzzwords of our time.
On FRIDAY 9 MAY 2003, a London conference entitled 'PANIC ATTACK:
INTERROGATING OUR OBSESSION WITH RISK', produced by the online publication
spiked (www.spiked-online.com) in association with the online publication
TECHCENTRALSTATION EUROPE and the ROYAL INSTITUTION OF GREAT BRITAIN, will
bring together an international audience to assess the spread of risk
aversion into ever-more spheres of life.
Speakers include:
- MICK HUME (editor, spiked; columnist, The Times)
- GEOFF MULGAN (UK government Performance and Innovation Unit)
- PROFESSOR CARL DJERASSI (father of the modern contraceptive Pill)
- PROFESSOR FRANK FUREDI (author, 'Culture of Fear')
- PROFESSOR BJØRN LOMBORG (author, 'The Skeptical Environmentalist')
- PROFESSOR SIR COLIN BERRY (experimental pathologist)
- JIM GLASSMAN (host, Tech Central Station)
- DR MICHAEL FITZPATRICK (health columnist, spiked; author, 'The Tyranny
of Health')
- DR PETER MARSH (director, Social Issues Research Centre)
- SALLIE BALINUAS (enviro-sci host, Tech Central Station)
- JEYA HENRY (professor of human nutrition, Oxford Brookes University)
NOTES FOR EDITORS
'PANIC ATTACK: INTERROGATING OUR OBSESSION WITH RISK' will take place on
Friday 9 May 2003, at:
The Royal Institution
21 Albemarle Street
London W1S 4BS
Speaker, session and booking details for the conference are available
online at:
http://www.spiked-online.com/PanicAttack
For further details, contact:
SANDY STARR at spiked
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7269 9234
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7269 9235
Email: [log in to unmask]
2. Risk in its Social Contexts
>
> University of Plymouth, UK
> Conference 8th - 9th September 2003
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/riskandsociety/
>
> Keynote Speaker
> Professor Peter Taylor-Gooby, University of Kent
>
>
>
> The British Sociological Association Study Group on Risk and Society
> invites you to attend its conference on 'Risk in its Social Contexts'.
> This will be take place on 8th - 9th September at the University of
> Plymouth. We welcome proposals for papers addressed to the following
themes:
>
>
> * Technological and Environmental Risk
> *
> * Health Lifestyle and Regulation
> *
> * The Governance of Risk
> *
> * New Dangers: Emergent Risks
> *
> * Safety, Security and Surveillance
> *
> * The Emotional Dimensions of Risk
> *
> * The Mediation of Risk
>
> 31st May 2003 is the deadline for submitting paper proposals. Paper
> proposals (300-500 words) should include a title and complete
> information on the author(s) (name, institutional affiliation, title,
mailing address, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail address). Please
> mention in which of the sessions listed above you wish to present your >
paper.
>
> Abstracts should be submitted electronically in two formats (pasted into
> the body of the message and as attachment saved in WORD format) to:
> [log in to unmask]
>
>
>
> Dr Iain Wilkinson
> Dept. of Sociology
> University of Plymouth
> Plymouth
> Devon
> United Kingdom
> PL4 8AA
>
> Tel:01752 233257
> Fax: 01752 233201
> Email: [log in to unmask]
> Web: www.sociology.plymouth.ac.uk/~iwilkins
BOOKING FORM
I would like to attend the conference and intend to present a paper ?
I would like to attend the conference but do not intend to present a paper
?
Surname: Title:
First name:
Institutional Affiliation:
Address:
Tel: Fax:
E-mail:
Payment Details*
Circle amount below:
OPTION A: £130
Includes full fee for registration, accommodation (2 nights [8th-9th
September] bed and breakfast), lunch and refreshments (Price excludes
evening meals**)
OPTION B: £50
Registration fee plus coffee/tea
Please advise if you have any dietary requirements or disability needs
** A conference meal will be arranged (at an additional cost) for the
evening of the 8th September. Details of this event will be published in
due course. Please indicate whether you would like to attend the conference
meal.
I would like to attend the conference meal ?
I do not wish to attend the conference meal ?
Please make Cheques/Bankers drafts payable to ‘The University of Plymouth’
in sterling only. Return the completed form with payment enclosed to: Dr
Iain Wilkinson, Risk and Society Conference, Department of Sociology,
University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 8AA, United
Kingdom. The University of Plymouth is unable to accept credit card bookings.
*Please Note
All delegates will be notified that their abstracts have been accepted for
oral presentation by the 15th June 2003.
All payments must be received by the 1st July 2003. Receipts will be issued
to confirm full payment when this is received.
In the event of delegates being unable to attend, please note that under no
circumstances can refunds be made after 1st August 2003.
The British Sociological Association is a company limited by guarantee,
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