CALL FOR PAPERS
The John J. Reilly Center of the University of Notre Dame in conjunction
with Bielefeld University invites papers and panels for a conference on The
Commerce and Politics of Science, to be held September 21-24, 2006 at Notre
Dame. Confirmed keynote speakers include Robert Berdahl, former Chancellor
of the University of California, Berkeley, and Sheldon Krimsky of Tufts
University. Controversies over the commercialization of scientific research
and representations of science for political ends have surged in recent
years. Two central concerns voiced in the mid-twentieth century have
resurfaced as sources of contemporary unease. First, how do commercial and
political interests shape scientific inquiry, knowledge, and practice, both
now and in the past? Second, is it possible to say that one or another
economic or political context is favorable or unfavorable to science or
more likely or less likely to produce "good science?" These questions
encompass many issues requiring analysis from a wide range of disciplinary
perspectives, including history, philosophy, anthropology, economics,
sociology, law, and political science. The Planning Committee welcomes
papers from scholars in any of these disciplines which, through an
examination of current or past scientific practice, analyze the commerce
and politics of science. Please submit a 500-word abstract by March 1, 2006
for either a single paper (30-minute limit), a session consisting of two
papers (30 minutes each), or a panel, accompanied by a one-paragraph
description including your academic affiliation(s), scholarly interests,
and major publications. For more information please visit the conference
web site:
<http://www.nd.edu/~reilly/compolsci.html>http://www.nd.edu/~reilly/compolsc
i.html
Notification will be made by March 31, 2006.
Please submit your proposal electronically to
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]
OR mail a hard copy to:
Reilly Center for Science, Technology, and Values
309 O'Shaughnessy
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN 46556
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Don Howard
Department of Philosophy or Program in History and
100 Malloy Hall Philosophy of Science
University of Notre Dame 346 O'Shaughnessy
Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 University of Notre Dame
574-631-7547 (Office) Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
574-631-6471/7534 (Dept.) 574-631-5015 (Program)
574-631-0588 (Fax) 574-631-7418 (Fax)
Email: [log in to unmask] http://www.nd.edu/~hps
http://www.nd.edu/~dhoward1
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