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UNITED SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ON HUMANITARIAN PROBLEMS of SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL SOCIOLOGY HERITAGE ST.PETERSBURG SCIENTIFIC CENTER 5, Universitetskaya nab., St.Petersburg, 199034, Russia Tel/Fax (812)328-4124, (812)550-8676, e-mail: [log in to unmask] International School of Science and Technology Sociology invites you to participate in the XIII Session to be held in St. Petersburg on June 23 - July 4, 2000. *BRIEF HISTORY* The School exists since 1992. This is the only research and educational structure providing additional education and skills refreshment of experts, researches and high school teachers in the field of sociology of science and technology, science policy and high education sociology. The International School for Science & Technology Sociology has been established by the Research Committee on the Sociology of Science and Technology at the International Sociological Association, by research institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg and Moscow, by technical and economic universities of St.Petersburg as well as by the St. Petersburg Association of Scientists and Scholars. Traditionally, the School sessions include lectures, seminars, round tables and open discussions associated with sociology of science and technology as well as other fields of sociology. Well-known Russian scholars and internationally recognized foreign professors (from U.S.A., U.K., Hungary, Germany, France, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Japan, Canada, Israel) delivered their lectures in previous sessions of the School. The XIII session will address the following topic: Science technology and education in Russia in conditions of globalization and transformation of social life *SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM* The main problems of the sociology of globalisation Globalisation in the light of the sociology of social changes, mechanisms, means and forms of transition from isolationism to globalisation; security and integrity of Russia in globalisation; ecology and globalisation; the present situation with the globalisation of culture; the role of elites in processes of globalisation; new aspects of ethics of science and globalisation; sociological and anthropological methods of studying globalisation. Globalisation of science and technology: sociological image The driving forces for development of Russia's science in the new social and economic situation; self-sufficiency, regionalism and globalisation; supranationalism structures in science and Russia's place in them; changes in the international division of labour, the place of Russian science in the world scientific space, in the system centre-periphery; significance and factors of the international migration of Russian scientists and transformations of the Russian society and the globalisation of science; progress of the social sciences, humanities and globalisation. Globalisation and tendencies of changes in higher education in Russia The influence of globalisation on the content, forms and methods of higher education in Russia: new strategies of development, national mentality and process of globalisation, conception of double knowledge; global models of co-operation between science and education; Russian scientific special features; the Academy of Sciences and universities: old experience and new realities; universities and industry; prospects for integration of science and education XIII Session of the School is held during the world famous «white nights». Cultural program includes the visits to such art treasuries as Hermitage, Russian Museum, Pavlov's Palace, Mariininsky theatre, etc. Those who are interested in taking part in the School Session as a professor (lecturer) or listener (post-graduate students, young scientists and tutors, undergraduates) please send your e-mail and we will inform you about conditions in taking part in the School Session in more details. Unfortunately we do not cover travel expenses. *CONTACT INFORMATION* ST.PETERSBURG SCIENTIFIC CENTER 5, Universitetskaya nab., St.Petersburg, 199034, Russia Tel/Fax (812)328-4124, (812)550-8676, e-mail: [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%