The 8th STS Italia
Conference will be hosted by the University of Trieste,
Italy, June 18
through 20, 2020, by the Italian Society
of Science and Technology Studies.
The conference will be an
opportunity to present empirical and theoretical
work from a variety of disciplines: sociology,
anthropology, design, economics, history, law,
philosophy, psychology and semiotics. The focal theme of the
8th STS Italia Conference will be
"Dis/Entangling Technoscience: Vulnerability,
Responsibility and Justice”. This broad
theme refers to the complex and ambivalent role of
technoscience and innovation in constituting
societies – making possibilities flourish, but
also creating new vulnerabilities.
The conference will
include 33 tracks,
which are clustered into five thematic streams. The
tracks focus on several topics, including:
biomedicine, digital platforms and media, work
and organizations, expertise and public policy,
ethics of technology and innovation, and
governance of science and technology at large.
Conference’s
keynote speakers include: Amade M’charek (University
of Amsterdam); Dimitris Papadopoulos
(University of Nottingham) and René von
Schomberg (European Commission)
Abstracts
(written in English, or in Italian in case of
tracks in two language) should be submitted
by February,
9 to the
conference email address ([log in to unmask])
and to the emails of convenors' selected track. Track
Convenor(s) will be responsible for reviewing,
accepting/rejecting and organising submissions
into their track.
THEMATIC STREAMS
STS Italia offers
4 scholarships for
talented PhD students, post-doc and non-tenured
academics.
The
scholarship will cover registration fees,
accommodation and social dinner (see more details
about scholarships on the conference website).