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I have been involved with this on a number of previous occasions. It is
a very international environment with English as a lingua franca and
Helsingborg in June is a pretty little town with long days and generally
warm weather. The following outline is from the summer school website.
"During the last few years universities and research institutions all
over the world have changed considerably.
Inside the institutions themselves, the traditional structures have
changed, partly as a result of developments in the various sciences,
especially the various branches of biology, but also as a result of
changing external needs.
The overall aim of the earlier International Graduate Summer Schools at
Lund University, Campus Helsingborg has been to contribute to a
comprehensive critical discussion of this development. Ideas for
desirable research strategies and adequate methodologies for the various
sciences and the humanities have been presented and discussed; and the
impact of the sciences and research on society at large, incl. the
values and principles that are fundamental for maintaining an Open
Society, has been thoroughly scrutinized.
From 2008 and on we will broaden the perspective to the global social,
economic and political situation and use the notions of "Openness" and
"Sustainability" as our overall guiding and evaluative reference points.
The courses, discussions, workshops and the public debates offered will
thus, in various ways, focus on important aspects of these notions.
The three courses by profs. Steve Fuller, Joni Seager and Jeremy
Shearmur will set the agenda for the discussion.
The courses will take place every morning Monday-Friday during the
entire two weeks and will be followed by discussion groups and
workshops.
In addition there will be one Public Debate on "The Future of the
Media".
Papers in progress will be presented during afternoons, as well as
supervised work on papers and dissertations.
A number of social events and activities will be offered, beginning the
weekend before the courses start and continuing throughout the two
weeks."
Further details at http://www.iks.lu.se/summerschool/
Robert Dingwall
Professor and Director
Institute for Science and Society
University of Nottingham
Law and Social Sciences Building, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD,
United Kingdom.
Phone +44 (0) 115 951 5418 Fax +44 (0) 115 846 6349
www.nottingham.ac.uk/iss
Personal page: http://tinyurl.com/29ltbw
Essays on Professions was published by Ashgate in January 2008 - see
http://tinyurl.com/yq8mhy
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