we are pleased to invite contributions to the  8th STS Italia Conference "Dis/Entangling Technoscience" in Trieste on June 18-20, 2020. See the call below for more information about abstract submission.

We remind you that 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).

In addiation, 19 scholarships for participant from CEI Member States (https://www.cei.int/member-states) are offered by the The Central European Initiative (CEI) Cooperation Fund. All information to apply can be found on the conference website: https://www.stsitaliaconf2020.com/

All the best,

Stefano Crabu, on behalf of the baord of STS Italia

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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

• Biomedicine, bodies and technoscience;    
  
• Platforms, digital technologies and media environments;     
  
• Rethinking science, technology and innovation: emerging challenges;     
  
• Including, excluding and connecting through / within technoscience;     
  
• Governing and reshuffling technoscience and innovation processes;
  

•  Open Track:  Science and Technology Studies in Post-socialist countries/in Central and Eastern European countries

Check the conference website www.stsitaliaconf2020.com for further information and to read the 33 specific call for abstracts. To contact the organization team write to <[log in to unmask]>