List, This STS conference in Graz, Austria has a special session on energy poverty. Much more detail on themes can be found in the link, inc. abstract submission protocol (deadline 30th Jan '12) Cheers, Philip ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <[log in to unmask]> Date: 5 December 2011 11:26 Subject: [EASST-Eurograd] 11th IAS-STS Annual Conference May 2012 - Call for Abstracts To: [log in to unmask] CALL FOR ABSTRACTS 11th Annual IAS-STS Conference “Critical Issues in Science and Technology Studies” May 7-8, 2012 Institute for Advanced Studies on Science, Technology and Society (IAS-STS) GRAZ - AUSTRIA We invite interested researchers (especially postgraduates and young researchers) in the areas of science and technology studies and sustainability studies to give presentations. The conference provides a forum to discuss on a broad variety of topics in these fields – especially papers are encouraged which include some aspects of the mentioned conference themes. CONFERENCE THEMES --Energy and Climate-- -Special Session: Energy Poverty --Gender - Technology - Environment-- -Special Session: Mobile learning and working – how ‚smart technologies‘ change our lives -Special Session: Queerness in science and technology studies --Ethical, Legal and Social Aspects of Human Genetics and Agricultural Biotechnology-- -Special Session: Knowledge Brokerage as participatory interaction processes linking research, policy and civil society --Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP)-- -Special Session: Stimulation of innovation through public procurement For more information visit: http://www.ifz.tugraz.at/ias/**IAS-STS/Upcoming-Activities/** 11th-Annual-IAS-STS-Conference<http://www.ifz.tugraz.at/ias/IAS-STS/Upcoming-Activities/11th-Annual-IAS-STS-Conference> -- Mag. Thomas Berger IFZ-Interuniversitäres Forschungszentrum für Technik, Arbeit und Kultur Inter-University Research Centre for Technology, Work and Culture Schloegelgasse 2, 8010 Graz, AUSTRIA Tel./Phone: +43(0)316/813909-68, Fax: +43(0)316/810274 E-Mail: [log in to unmask] http://www.ifz.tugraz.at/**berger<http://www.ifz.tugraz.at/berger> Das IFZ ist der Grazer Standort des Instituts für Technik- und Wissenschaftsforschung der Alpen-Adria-Universitaet Klagenfurt. IFZ is the Graz unit of the Department of Science and Technology Studies at Klagenfurt University. ______________________________**_________________ EASST's Eurograd mailing list [log in to unmask] http://lists.easst.net/**listinfo.cgi/eurograd-easst.**net<http://lists.easst.net/listinfo.cgi/eurograd-easst.net> Report abuses of this list to [log in to unmask] -- Dr. Philip Boucher<http://www.manchester.ac.uk/research/mbs/philip.boucher/> <http://www.manchester.ac.uk/research/mbs/philip.boucher/>Research Fellow Manchester Institute of Innovation Research University of Manchester [log in to unmask] 0161 275 5951 6.10 Harold Hankins Building