CALL FOR PAPERS
GLOBALIZATION AND SCIENCE COMMUNICATION

Special Theme Issue of the Journal Science Communication

The accelerating commercialization of scientific knowledge, combined
with the growing internationalization of the economy, have contributed
to changing patterns in the flow of scientific information.
Multinational business interests are investing heavily in developing
both the newest science (such as biotechnology) and the oldest (local
indigenous knowledge) for commercial purposes. The developing world is
often the object of both of these efforts. At the same time
environmental issues and concerns are increasingly recognized as
global in scope, creating both new tensions and new opportunities,
while basic human health needs that science might help address
continue to be unmet.

Science Communication invites papers for a special theme issue on the
topic of how globalization and global affairs affect and are affected
by scientific knowledge and interests through communication and
negotiation. We encourage potential contributors to consider these and
other related themes:

   The global commodification of indigenous scientific knowledge

   Environmental and health education and communication in the
   developing
world

   International trade, international communication, and the global
environment

   Technology transfer, marketing science, and the global economy

   New communication dynamics in international scientific
   collaboration

Science Communication is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal
and welcomes submissions from both social scientists and humanities
scholars using any appropriate methodology. Thoroughly researched case
studies may be particularly effective in addressing these theme-issue
topics; theoretical papers supported by concrete examples are also
especially encouraged. Send three copies of research articles, with
identifying information confined to a title page, to guest editor
Susanna Hornig Priest, Center for Science & Technology Policy &
Ethics, Texas A&M University, College Station TX 77843-4355, no later
than May 15, 1999. (She may also be contacted by email at
[log in to unmask]) Reviews, essays, and commentary will also be
considered if space is available; this material should be identified
as not intended for peer review. Manuscripts should be typed
double-spaced (including appended tables, figures, footnotes, and
alphabetical references), using Chicago Style B, and include an
abstract of 100 or fewer words. Letters of transmittal should include
author contact information and statements confirming (a) that all
authors have read and approved the manuscript as submitted and (b)
that the material has not been previously published and is not under
consideration elsewhere. 
Susanna Priest
Interim Director, Center for Science and Technology
 Policy and Ethics
Associate Editor, Public Understanding of Science
329 Dulie Bell Building
Texas A&M University
College Station TX 77843-4355
409-845-5434
409-847-9372 (FAX)





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