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Eurograd Invitation to the Joint European Summer School on TEL 2011
Dear all,
Eurograd Tenure Track Faculty Positions for a Center in "IT and Society" at IIIT-Delhi
IIIT-Delhi , a Govt of Delhi sponsored, research-led Institute of higher education in IT and allied areas, is setting up a group/Center on “ICT and Society” for conducting research in that area, and is looking for tenure-track faculty members for the same. This center will bring together researchers in the area of sociology, policy, psychology, philosophy (particularly those relating to knowledge) and other relevant HSS. In collaboration with IT faculty of the Institute, it is hoped that the center will study the interface between IT and society, and dynamics of this interface.
For the center, the Institute is looking for faculty members in the areas of sociology, psychology, arts, and philosophy, policy, law, etc., i.e. areas with which IT has a strong relationship. A candidate
Eurograd Job available: Curator, History of Science, Science Museum, London
New Year Reminder: Job available: Curator, History of Science, Science Museum, London
Science Museum, London
Eurograd Gender, Bodies & Technology listserv invitation
In Spring 2010 the Women’s and Gender Studies Program at Virginia Tech hosted an interdisciplinary conference entitled Gender, Bodies & Technology (GBT) that attracted international participation from over 120 scholars working in this exciting field of research from a wide range of disciplinary approaches. Feedback from the participants was overwhelmingly positive and requests to strengthen and build a network of scholars in this area were strongly articulated. We invite scholars whose work relates to the Gender, Bodies and Technology nexus to join our growing listserv.
Gender, Bodies & Technology listserv invitation
In Spring 2010 the Women’s and Gender Studies Program at Virginia Tech hosted an interdisciplinary conference entitled Gender, Bodies & Technology (GBT) that attracted international participation from over 120 scholars working in this exciting field of research from a wide range of disciplinary approaches. Feedback from the participants was overwhelmingly positive and requests to strengthen and build a network of scholars in this area were strongly articulated. We invite scholars whose work relates to the Gender, Bodies and Technology nexus to join our growing listserv.
Eurograd EASST website
Message from EASST Council
Richard Rogers has played an invaluable role for many years in the development and success of EASST and his contribution is very much appreciated by the EASST Council.
In response to his resignation from the role of webmaster, we would like to clarify matters.
Strong fluctuation in membership has over the past years been partly due to inefficient administrative tools such as a manually edited database. Furthermore, many requests have been made in recent years for the enhancement of our communication and networking functions on our website. A prerequisite for the development of EASST into a lively community is efficient membership administration and a well-organised website.
The EASST Council has over the past 18 months worked to find a solution that covers these needs. We invited proposals from a range of organisations (including the company that created the existing website). The process was reported to the EASST members meeting at the Trento conference in September 2010. Richard has been fully consulted and his criticisms of the options were circulated to Council members and taken into account.
We can reassure everyone that the Council followed its democratic procedures properly and is prudent with EASST finances. The details of the proposal will be made available to EASST members in the next edition of the EASST Review.
EASST was to continue to pay Richard for his services over a longer handover period to be mutually agreed. Unfortunately he has decided to resign at very short notice. We understand his disappointment about a decision with which he disagrees but request his cooperation to ensure continuity in the availability of the EASST website and its links with the Eurograd list.
Fred Steward
on behalf of EASST Council
The University of Westminster is a charity and a company limited by guarantee. Registration number: 977818 England. Registered Office: 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2UW.
Eurograd Competitive lectureships at Imperial College.
Please note the forthcoming deadline for this competition: 4 January
Competitive lectureships at Imperial College London
In association with an Imperial College-wide competition to appoint a significant number of lecturers across its various faculties, the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine invites applications from historians of science, technology and/or medicine post 1800.
The Centre was rated the number one (out of 83) history unit in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise. It seeks applicants with internationally-recognised research expertise (or the clear potential for this). Ideally, their research will include an element of policy, economics and/or commerce, and applicants should be willing to develop the relevance of these elements to contemporary issues. They should have a record of winning research funding for their own research and to support related research projects, or be prepared to develop this capability during the early years in post. Candidates who already hold a university post are eligible to apply.
Eurograd FAQs - EASST decision-making concerning the Website
Dear EASST members,
I have received another large number of emails of support, and they have contained many questions. I have considered starting an FAQ.
For the time being I’ll answer the most pressing questions.
FAQ
- What was the decision-making procedure about the new EASST website? What went wrong?
Sonia Liff (EASST Secretariat) created a large document where the website options were put side by side. Fred Steward (EASST President) put a cover note on the document thanking Sonia, circulating it to EASST Council, and saying that it was time to move to the NomadIT solution. EASST council members responded one after the other saying that they hadn’t read the document or don’t have technical knowledge to enable an informed view, and supported Fred’s opinion, trusting that all had been properly thought through by Fred and Sonia. There were four or five emails from council members to us all. One was supportive of my position, i.e., not in favor of NomadIT. Fred wrote later that he had received 8 responses, and that the decision was now clear. To me, that was a red flag. I only received 4 or 5 viewpoints. The transparency of the procedure became murky and untrustworthy at that point, whereby I decided to resign. This occurred on 19 December.
Eurograd EASST member support
Dear EASST members,
I have receive a huge number of emails from you, off list, expressing appreciation for my service to EASST over the past 16 years, and also supporting my position about the EASST website. I have been asked for further information about my views of the new website plans.
The website plans put forward by Fred Steward (EASST President) and Sonia LIff (EASST secretariat) are unappealing to me for a variety of reasons. First, they are expensive, both in terms of the start up costs as well as the running costs. You will likely hear a rejoinder on this point from EASST, but I am happy to provide the actual figures if need be. Second, they shift the work to a company — one that will provide no content. Third, the company will implement proprietary software to run a members’ back-end system. The current EASST site runs on Drupal, a highly active open source project. Open source modules are available for most every aspect of a website. Fourth, the company will provide the availability of member profiles, which may or may not be what EASST members are looking for. I fear that online space will remain empty, and inactive. Fifth, the company does not appear to have website design sense. That is, its own website, http://www.nomadit.co.uk/, and the ones !
Re: Eurograd EASST.NET Webmaster signing off
Dear Mr. Rogers, I am very sorry because of your signing off. I am pretty new to this mailing list but I am very thankful that it exists in the form you were administrating it. Thank you.
With kind regards,
yen sulmowski
— Y e n S u l m o w s k i Environmental Scientist Leuphana University of Lueneburg Project PoNa - “Shaping Nature. Policy, Politics, Polity” Scharnhorststr. 1, C 16.013 21335 Lneburg Fon +49 (0)4131-677-1964 Fax +49 (0)4131-677-2532
www.pona.eu www.leuphana.de
Am 21.12.2010 11:06, schrieb eurograd@easst.net:
Dear EASST members,
I am leaving you all after 16 years of service at easst.net. Together with my end of service, the EASST.net website as is currently running is coming to an end, as is the link up with the EUROGRAD list.
Re: Eurograd EASST.NET Webmaster signing off
Dear Richard,
thank you for your excellent work over the years. The EASST community is truly indebted for all your work and commitment.
I am also worried that we are spending so much money on IT solutions which can be done cheaper and better (although I must admit that I do not know anything about the replacement system).
Sincerely,
Aaro Tupasela Department of Social Research University of Helsinki
——- Original Message ——- From: eurograd@easst.net To: eurograd@easst.net Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 12:24 PM Subject: Re: [Eurograd] EASST.NET Webmaster signing off
Dear Richard, the work done here has been invaluable. I am really sorry to hear that it comes to an end. Maybe the community should be involved in a decision that affects funding and services. It would be very helpful to get your full
Re: Eurograd EASST.NET Webmaster signing off
Dear Richard, the work done here has been invaluable. I am really sorry to hear that it comes to an end. Maybe the community should be involved in a decision that affects funding and services. It would be very helpful to get your full position. Best Wishes Deborah
Deborah Mascalzoni, PhD Institute of Genetic Medicine
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Eurograd EASST.NET Webmaster signing off
Dear EASST members,
I am leaving you all after 16 years of service at easst.net. Together with my end of service, the EASST.net website as is currently running is coming to an end, as is the link up with the EUROGRAD list.
All new EASST services will be provided by Fred Steward, the EASST President, and Sonia Liff, the EASST secretariat. They will build a new website, and take over EASST web activities, which they will run together with a company that they have contracted, NomadIT, http://www.nomadit.co.uk/. One major reason for the change is their desire for you to be able to create EASST member profiles, a kind of LinkedIn or Facebook, on a new website to be built for EASST.
I disagree with Fred and Sonia’s plans, and I also do not understand their merit. The new EASST.net website ideas are unappealing to me for too many reasons to list here. The new EASST website start-up costs are enormous, and running the Website will cost at least 7x times more than the current services. I argued against the expensive changes. I argued that EASST should spend its money instead on its members. But I am not in a position to stop the plans.
Eurograd PhD position, Free University of Brussels
(ref. IBBT/SMIT/Privacy)
The research centre IBBT-SMIT at the Free University of Brussels (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) offers a full time PhD position in the field of Social Sciences, more in particular of Media and Communication Studies. The vacancy is open for a research position of 4 years, in order to realize a PhD on the use of social media and social networks sites, the reconfiguration of privacy practices and the social and technological consequences thereof. The position starts in January 2011, and is supervised by Prof. Jo Pierson.
Candidates are expected to show strong affinity with and interest in the domain of audience and user studies, social media technologies and media sociology, and are holder of a Masters degree in Social Sciences (Communication Studies, Sociology, …). Applications are to be sent
Eurograd Call for Papers: 10th Annual IAS-STS Conference
10th Annual
IAS-STS Conference
Critical
Issues in Science and Technology Studies
May 2-3, 2011
Institute for Advanced Studies on Science, Technology and Society
(IAS-STS)
GRAZ - AUSTRIA
The IAS-STS in Graz, Austria, which is hosted by the IFZ -
Interuniversity
Research Centre for Technology, Work and Culture (www.ifz.tugraz.at), promotes the interdisciplinary
investigation of the links and interactions between science, technology
and
society, technology assessment, as well as research on the development
and
implementation of socially and environmentally sound technologies.
Therefore,
IAS-STS hosts international fellows and research associates through its
fellowship programme. Additionally, the institute organizes an annual
conference on “Critical Issues in Science and Technology Studies”.
CONFERENCE THEMES
Gender - Technology Environment
— Special session 1: Issues
of Inclusion and
Exclusion in Web 2.0
For this
part of the conference, contributions on the topic Issues
of Inclusion and Exclusion in Web 2.0 are looked for. Web
2.0 is considered as user-centred and democratic: Everybody is said to
be able
to participate and it seems that nearly everybody does. However, this
is not
the case of course. The Internet with all its interactive applications
is not
as colourful as it could be, it does not represent the real world and
it is
definitely not democratic per se.
In this
session we want to discuss
- boundaries
and possibilities,
- theoretical
inputs and empirical research,
- gender,
queer and intersectionality issues of the current Internet.
Besides a
critique on the current Web 2.0, we will discuss utopias as well how
can the
Internet be further democratized?
— Workshop: �The Concept
of �Heteronormativity� and its Methodological Implications�
Conference
participants interested in joining this workshop please contact Birgit
Hofst�tter (hofstaetter@ifz.tugraz.at)
by March 31, 2011
Ethical, Legal and Social Aspects of Human Genetics and
Agricultural
Biotechnology
A main focus of the conference will lie on research projects providing
a
critical analysis of human genetic research or of agricultural
biotechnology.
Researchers investigating either ethical, legal and social aspects of
genetic
testing in the medical domain or risk policy and wider governance
issues
related to agricultural biotechnology are especially encouraged to
contribute.
Sustainable
Consumption and Production (SCP)
SCP seeks to promote social and economic development within the
carrying
capacity of ecosystems. New strategies and concrete tools are needed to
change
individual and institutional patterns of consumption and to enhance
corporate
responsibility (CR) of organisations. Researchers investigating
patterns of
consumption and intervention strategies to promote sustainable
lifestyles among
both public and private consumers or working within the thematic field
of
ecological product policy are encouraged to give a presentation.
Research
projects integrating product assessment tools such as LCA, carbon
footprint,
MIPS or related methods are also of special interest.
— Special
Session 2: Trans-disciplinarity in sustainability studies
We invite presentations dealing with
concepts, models and experiences of
trans-disciplinary research (TDR) in the context of ecological and
social
sustainability. We are interested in reflecting the possibilities and
limits of
this type of research.
The trans-disciplinarity panel will be
organized along specific sessions,
and we are looking forward to experience based or conceptual papers
with a
focus on one of the following issues:
1. Integrated knowledge production: An
important aspect of TDR refers to topics of the production of new and
integrated knowledge. We shall discuss questions about the ways in
which
different kinds of knowledge - represented by the different actors
participating - are both being treated and integrated in the research
process.
- How do TDR actors work together to
develop mutual learning, new
understandings and to produce new and integrated knowledge?
- How does social learning relate to
knowledge integration?
2. (policy) Intervention: Interventions
resulting from trans-disciplinary research activities may proof the
specific
relevance of this specific type of research. We would like to reflect
on the
potential for interventions based on empirical papers, which describe
interventions that have been taking place in the context of carrying
out TDR,
and under what circumstances that happened.
- Which kinds of interventions take place
in TDR?
- How can TDR be designed in order to allow
for interventions?
3. Societal relevance of
trans-disciplinary
research: TDR is considered
being a useful tool for solving
complex �real world� problems. The added value of this mode of research
is
often ascribed to its societal relevance and a high potential for
societal
impact. In this session we want to discuss the societal relevance on
the basis
of concrete cases.
- How do specific cases illuminate the
societal relevance of
TDR-activities?
- Which methodological tools can be applied
to assess the societal
relevance of TDR?
The sessions will be affiliated to the
final conference of the project
�Sustainable behavior at work and in private life� organized in
parallel to the
IAS-STS conference.
— �Sustainable
behavior at work and in private life� � final conference
The first part of the conference deals with
the specific characteristics
and quality criteria of trans-disciplinary research projects. The
experiences
gained in the project �Sustainable behavior at work and in private
life� are
contrasted with contributions of other researchers in the field of
sustainability. The second part of the conference is limited to the
German
speaking audience and will be organized as a half-day workshop. The
main inputs
and conclusions will be summarized and fed back to the IAS-STS
conference.
Energy and Climate
Presentations in this field should develop appropriate measures and
strategies
for the promotion of renewable energy sources and for the transition to
a
sustainable energy system. Regional governance, climate policy
strategies,
innovation policy, technology
assessment, and the role of users in the area of energy
technologies
should play an important role.
—Special Session 3: �How
do you manage? Unravelling the situated practice of environmental
management�
People manage their environments, all of us
in everyday life, and some
more specifically as professionals. Many of the decisions we take and
activities we practice, in everyday life as well as in professional
roles, have
consequences on our environments. In order to explore more sustainable
ways of
living in this world, however, we need to better understand these
various forms
of environmental management. This session will discuss environmental
management
as a practice, as a situated unfolding of social relationships,
desires,
routines, and materials. Thereby, we aim to gain insight into some of
the
processes by which sustainability and unsustainability are being
produced.
Contributions to this session may address,
but need not be limited, to
the following questions: How do people �manage� their environments in
everyday
life? How do those who are explicitly considered environmental managers
understand their mission, opportunities and limitations? How do
particular
forms of knowledge, organizations and implementation instruments
structure the
engagement of the �manager� and her subject matter? And how does this
subject
matter itself figure as an active participant in the process?
The session
is organised by IFZ in cooperation with the Environment, Management and
Society
research group (http://www.ems-research.org).
Information and Communication
Technologies
The fifth focus of the conference will be put on novel developments
based
on ICT from an STS perspective. Topics like ICT and agency, ubiquitous
computing or ICT and mobility shall be analysed with respect to their
wider
social and political implications. Further issues of interest are the
social
shaping of ICT developments, innovation policies, risk management and
participatory approaches to the design of ICT systems and applications.
ORGANIZATIONAL DETAILS
Participants
The 10th IAS-STS
conference invites all current and former fellows of the Institute for
Advanced
Studies as well as other interested researchers in the area of science
and
technology studies. The conference provides a forum to discuss on a
broad
variety of topics in the STS field and especially papers are encouraged
which
include some aspects of the above mentioned conference themes.
Abstracts
Abstracts should include no more than 250 words, comprising
detailed
contact information, affiliation and specification of the conference
theme you
are referring to. Submission of abstracts should please be send to
Birgit
Hofst�tter (conference@ifz.tugraz.at )
by Monday, January 24, 2011.
We also appreciate proposals for poster presentations and specific
sessions in
the line with the conference themes. Proposals for sessions shall
include a
preliminary title of the session, names of possible speakers and a
short
outline on the issues to be discussed (max. 250 words) and should be
send to
the above mentioned email address by Monday, January 24, 2011.
We also welcome participants
attending the conference without presenting a paper themselves.
Conference fees*
100 � (including conference folder, coffee breaks, lunch sessions)
No conference fees for current fellows of the IAS-STS fellowship
programme
2010/11 and for graduate or PhD students.
Grants covering conference fees
Participants from central, eastern and south-eastern Europe
may apply for a reduction or exemption from conference fees. Please
announce
your application in the online registration form, which will be
available soon
after confirmation of accepted abstracts. Registration will be open
until Monday, March 21, 2011.
Grants partly covering travel expenses
We can offer grants partly covering travel expenses for:
- graduate or PhD students
- participants from central, eastern and south-eastern Europe
Up to 50 percent of the travel costs with a maximum amount of 100 � can
be
reimbursed.
Participants from developing countries can apply for a reimbursement for 50 % their travel expenses up to a maximum amount of � 500
Eurograd Workshop on Globalisation and Medicine: Epidemic/Contagious Diseases
Dear All,
Eurograd CFA: Responsible Innovation Conference 2011-Extended deadline
Deadline for abstract submission has been extended to January 17!
SECOND - CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
RESPONSIBLE INNOVATION 18-19 April 2011, The Hague, the Netherlands Solutions for Global Issues http://www.responsible-innovation.nl info@responsible-innovation.nl
CONFIRMED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Thomas Pogge (Yale, Australian National University) Armin Grunwald (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS:
We invite you to submit abstracts for the First Annual International Conference on Responsible Innovation organized by Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO). NWO has launched an interdisciplinary research program that brings together researchers from ethics, applied science and the social and behavior sciences in research projects that aim
Eurograd ICOST 2011 summer school, 16-22 June 2011, Montreal, Canada
Bessam
We apologize for multiples copies.
Please circulate this CFP among your colleagues
and students.
ICOST Summer School
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C A L L F O R P A R T I C I P A T I O
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Summer School on Smart Homes and Health
Telematics
Toward
useful services for elderly and people with disabilities
16-22 June 2011
Montreal, Canada
www.icost2011.org
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***** in Conjunction with ICOST
2011*****
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IMPORTANT DATES ****
January 22, 2011: Deadline for Application
February 20, 2011: Notification for participation.
June 16-22, 2011: Summer School.
*** General Theme
***
Smart Environments can be considered as an augmented environment capable of
utilizing embedded computers, information appliances, micro/nano systems and
multi-modal sensors, in which computational intelligence is ubiquitous to
provide contextual, proactive and personalized services to people. Current
advances in such enabling technologies make it possible to build real Smart
Environments and hence provide the opportunity for novel applications and
services to be delivered for improving the quality of life and health of people
in their home and outside. In the near future, elderly and people with
disabilities will avail of smart assistive technology to assist with carrying
out daily living activities, to socialize, to enjoy entertainment and leisure
activities all whilst maintaining good health and wellbeing. These Smart
Environments are complemented through the role of health telematics. Health
telematics approaches utilize advanced networks and telecommunication
technologies to provide healthcare remotely. Combined with Ubiquitous
technologies in Smart Environments, health telematics can radically transform
the way health-related services (diagnosis, therapy and assistance) are
conceived and delivered.
***
Objectives of summer School ***
ICOST Summer School will provide participants with a unique, high-quality and
intensive period of study. It is ideally suited for students currently
pursuing, or intending to pursue, research in smart homes, health telematics
and other assistive technologies.
The focus of the ICOST 2011 summer school is as follows:
- Provide a multidisciplinary experience in a multidisciplinary team
environment integrating clinical, social, technological, ergonomic and market
perspectives to solve a health aging issue.
- Integrate the multiple domains involved in the provision of assistive
solutions with new technology.
- Solve a health aging issue through the use of assistive technology thanks to
a multidisciplinary approach.
***
Who should participate? ***
Researchers and students formally registered in a Master and/or Doctoral
program from disciplines including computer science, electrical/electronic
engineering, rehabilitation, nursing, amongst others can submit an
application. Early stage carer investigators in these areas are strongly
encouraged to apply. Summer School participants are encouraged to contact the
ICOST 2011 Secretariat (icost2011 [AT] Usherbrooke.ca) for questions about the
necessary background knowledge and skills. Following a careful evaluation of
all the applications received, around 30 students will be accepted to take part
in the ICOST summer school. The selection will be made on the basis of a)
priority for students and b) first in, first serve principle.
IT & health professionals who are in the field of smart homes, health
telematics, and other assistive technologies will find that ICOST summer school
provides relevant knowledge and exposure to modern techniques. In addition,
they will benefit by direct interaction with key researchers within the field.
For academics, ICOST summer school is an excellent opportunity to help getting
started in multidisciplinary research on novel topics related to smart homes,
health telematics, and other assistive technologies.
***
Overall organization ***
ICOST Summer School invites world-leading experts in the domain to give
lectures on the basic and advanced topics in theories, technologies, systems,
tools, applications, work in progress and experiences related to the
theoretical and practical advancements of smart homes, health telematics and
other assistive technologies.
The ICOST summer school will run for seven days. The program structure
reinforces the links with the ICOST Conference, where participants will be
engaged for 7 days in a school process. The four first days are dedicated to
specific lectures on aging needs, assistive technology, Human Machine
Interaction, design and market perspectives. The following two and half
days will be dedicated to the ICOST conference presentations. At the end, all
the activities are consolidated to produce a final team project.
The innovative creativity method of the ALCATEL-LUCENT BELL lab will be used to
help participants integrating multiple domains and solve a health aging issue
by assistive technology. All along the summer school seven days the students
are brought together in multidisciplinary teams coached by a coordinator in
order to raise an aging issue and to solve it according to a multidisciplinary
approach. Finally, at the end of the summer school (day seven) the students
will present their solution to the selected health aging issue.
***
Location ***
ICOST summer school will be held at the Longueuil Campus of the University of
Sherbrooke (Longueuil-Montreal) four days before the conference. The ICOST 2011
Conference will take place at the Ecole de Technologie Superieure, Montreal,
Canada from 20-22 June 2011.
***
Summer school evaluation ***
The students are registered in a four credits program of the University of
Sherbrooke and will be evaluated among three specific activities.
- A report to be submitted on the forth day of the summer school.
- Oral presentation of the team solution in day 7 (end of ICOST).
- A report to be submitted within one week following the summer school.
In general, Four North American credits are equal to 8 European credits.
Students are encouraged to contact their universities for equivalencies.
***
Best Project Award ***
This award is given to 1 or 2 best project (s) in the ICOST 2011 Summer School
based on the technical quality, novelty, and importance to the field, and
quality of the project presentation.
***
ICOST Student session ***
Students are encouraged to submit papers to the ICOST student session. Summer
school Registration for ICOST author students is free (Included in the paper
registration).
***
CONTACT ***
ICSOT2011 Secretary icost2011 [AT] Usherbrooke.ca
www.icost2011.org
Eurograd CfP Epistemology of Modeling & Simulation Conference, Pittsburgh, April 2011
EPISTEMOLOGY OF MODELING AND SIMULATION
Eurograd CFP - History of 'Economics as Culture' 3rd Workshop
Deadline for proposals is January 15, 2011.
—
This is to remind you that we are organizing on behalf of the H2S (History of Social Science) group, Economix (CNRS FRE 2357) and THEMA (CNRS UMR 8184), the third workshop on “history of ‘economics as culture’ (Histoire culturelle des savoirs conomiques)” to be held Friday, April 8th, 2011 at the University of Cergy-Pontoise (near Paris, France). Our intention is to bring together scholars from different disciplines to discuss from an historical vantage point, the place of economics in our culture. Below are some suggestions of topics that exemplify what will be at issue:
To consider the interactions between art, literature and economics;
To discuss the interactions between cultural or artistic objects such as magazines, books, maps, photographs, paintings, graphs and economic
Eurograd BSHM Neumann Book Prize - Call for Nominations
Book Prize - Call for Nominations
BSHM Neumann Book Prize
The British Society for the History of Mathematics is pleased to announce the biennial Neumann Prize for 2011. The prize is awarded for a book in English (including books in translation) dealing with the history of mathematics, aimed at a broad audience and published in 2009 or later. The prize is named in honour of Peter M. Neumann O.B.E., a former President and longstanding contributor to the Society. The winner of the prize of 600 will be announced in autumn 2011.
Nominations for the prize are invited from individuals and publishers. Nominations should be sent to the chair of the judging panel, Martin Campbell-Kelly at m.campbell-kelly@warwick.ac.uk m.campbell-kelly@warwick.ac.uk. Publishers should send three
Eurograd Professorship at Linkping University
Professorship at Linkping University
The Department of Technology and Social Change at Linkping University will hire a new full professor during 2011 (employment will commence July 1, 2012). The position is defined within the broad area of Science and Technology Studies and/or Science, Technology and Society. As yet the position has not been announced but this notification is posted as it will be, in February 2011, before this website is updated again.
For information about the Department of Technology and Social Change, please see: http://www.tema.liu.se/tema-t?l=en&sc=true. This is also where the position will be advertised in February 2011.
For information, please contact Sven Widmalm (sven.widmalm@liu.se) and, after January 1, Jenny Palm (jenny.palm@liu.se).
Eurograd FW: Funded PhD studentship on older people, information and choice
Eurograd Job available: Curator, History of Science, Science Museum, London
Job available: Curator, History of Science, Science Museum, London
Science Museum, London
Eurograd One vacant post for a DOCTORAL STUDENT or a POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW in the Department of Information Processing Science, Un
1 DOCTORAL STUDENT or POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW to start work on February 1, 2011 (or as soon as possible after). The post will be filled until July 31 2012 (with a possibility of a two year extension, i.e. until July 31 2014).
The successful applicant will participate in a research project funded by Academy of Finland that addresses e-research collaboration and e- infrastructure development from a socio-technical point of view.
Applicants may have a variety of interests in the topic area, including but not limited to digital preservation and curation, sharing and reuse of scientific data, scientific information management, collaborative work in research networks, scientific collaboration, large-scale infrastructures, collaborative infrastructure building (‘infrastructuring’), Research 2.0/3.0, open