EASST - The European Association for the Study of Science and Technology

Job Announcement: Assistant Professor in New Media, University of Amsterdam

Wed, 07 May 2008 10:49:04 +0200

Job Vacancy: Assistant Professor in New Media, Media and Culture,
University of Amsterdam - Full-time (38 hours per week) or Part-time
(32 hours per week)

University of Amsterdam The University of Amsterdam (UvA) is a university with an
internationally acclaimed profile, located at the heart of the Dutch
capital. As well as a world center for business and research,
Amsterdam is a hub of cultural and media activities. The University of
Amsterdam is a member of the League of European Research Universities.

The Faculty of Humanities provides education and conducts research
with a strongly international profile in a large number of disciplines
in the field of language and culture. Located in the heart of
Amsterdam, the Faculty maintains close ties with many cultural

PhD Course - Nanotechnology in Society: Emerging Issues of Accountability, Responsibility and Citizenship

Mon, 05 May 2008 17:29:20 +0200

NANOTECHNOLOGY IN SOCIETY: Emerging Issues of Accountability,
Responsibility and Citizenship

Organizer: Professor Andrew Jamison, e-mail: andy plan.aau.dk

Lecturers: Professor Andrew Jamison, Associate professor Niels
Mejlgaard, Aalborg University, and PhD fellow Mette Ebbesen, Center
for Bio- and Nanoethics, University of Aarhus

ECTS: 3

Time: October 27-30, 2008

Place: Aalborg University, Denmark

Deadline: October 1, 2008

Description: The rapid growth and development of nanotechnology raises
a number of significant ethical, social and political issues, which
are important for doctoral students to learn about in the course of
their professional training. Such issues as power over
nanotechnological decision-making, social and professional
responsibility, and the role of the nanoscientist in society are

Final Call for abstracts - "Care and the Art of Dwelling: Bodies, Technologies and Home"

Fri, 02 May 2008 14:46:58 +0200

Care and the Art of Dwelling: Bodies, Technologies and Home

Call for Papers

Guest Eds. Domenech, M., Schillmeier, M.

Manchester Wellcome Unit: Postdoctoral Positions -- ERRATUM

Thu, 01 May 2008 18:23:04 +0200

Manchester Wellcome Unit: Postdoctoral Positions — ERRATUM In yesterday’s announcement of two postdoctoral research positions at
the Manchester Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, we made a
little mistake:

RA1 (LS/80396) is a two-year appointment to work on the economic
history of medicine, and not, as announced yesterday, optionally on
medical sciences and technologies. Further details can be found online, at
http://www.manchester.ac.uk/ab

Post-doc opportunity in Amsterdam, extended deadline

Wed, 07 May 2008 12:48:38 +0200

Subject: Post-doc opportunity in Amsterdam, extended deadline

Virtual Knowledge Studio, third 3-month Postdoctoral Fellowship, KNAW

Applications are invited for three-month fellowships within the Virtual Knowledge Studio for the Humanities and Social Sciences (VKS) for Autumn 2008. The fellowship is designed for junior scholars who have recently received their PhDs in order to provide the following: experience of working within an interdisciplinary research group, an opportunity to prepare material for publication and to develop new research ideas. Deadline for applications is 15 May 2008.

UCL Global Citizenship programme

Thu, 01 May 2008 17:22:37 +0200

UCL Global Citizenship programme If you have undergraduates who would be interested in a year (or a term) in London
exploring STS issues in a global activist context then I’d be very grateful if you could
point them towards a programme UCL is launching under its Global Citizenship theme next
academic year.

For example they could take part in an action-based course where they collectively design
and promote a campaign around a global issue. (We were only half joking when we thought
we could assess this course by measuring the world before

In the Game: AoIR pre-conference workshop

Thu, 01 May 2008 17:22:36 +0200

CFP: In the Game: AoIR pre-conference workshop

CALL FOR PAPERS
In The Game: AoIR pre-conference workshop http://www.virtualknowledgestudio.nl/projects/in-the-game.php
This event will be a pre-conference workshop at Internet Research 9.0: Rethinking Communities, Rethinking Place, to be held on 15 October 2008 in Copenhagen, Denmark. For information about the conference, please see the AoIR website (http://conferences.aoir.org/). It is co-organized by Anne Beaulieu (Virtual Knowledge Studio), Marinka Copier (Utrecht University), and T.L. Taylor (IT University of Copenhagen).

Science and the Public 2008 Conference, June 21-22

Thu, 01 May 2008 17:22:36 +0200

Science and the Public 2008 Conference, June 21-22 Science and the Public, 2008 Conference, 21-22 June
University of Manchester, UK

Today the sciences are linked to society through many different channels of
communication. The public interfaces with science during controversies that
involve scientists as well as journalists, politicians and the citizenry as
a whole. This interdisciplinary conference brings together diverse strands
of academia in order to consider science, technology and medicine as they
intersect with non-professional cultures in both contemporary and historical
settings.

We are fortunate to have obtained Manchester’s Victoria Baths, well known as
the winner of BBC2’s Restoration series, as our conference venue.

Manchester Wellcome Unit: Postdoctoral Positions in the History of Medicine

Thu, 01 May 2008 17:22:36 +0200

Manchester Wellcome Unit: Postdoctoral Positions in the History of Medicine Applications are invited for two postdoctoral research positions to work on
projects in the Centre’s Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine.
. RA1 - Two-year appointment to work either on the economic history of
medicine or medical sciences and technologies. (LS/80396)
http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/jobs/research/vacancy/index.htm?ref=135447
. RA2 - Two-year appointment to work on ecologies of disease.( LS/80397)
http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/jobs/research/vacancy/index.htm?ref=135448

These appointments are supported by a Strategic Award on ‘Medicine and
Modernity’ from the Wellcome Trust. The appointees will act as research and
teaching assistants and have the opportunity to develop their own work.
Applicants should hold, or will soon be acquiring, a PhD in the history of
medicine or cognate area. For details of the work of the Centre see:
www.manchester.ac.uk/chstm

Salary will be at Research Associate Scale Grade 6, point 29 - �27,466.

The posts are available from October 2008.

Postdoc position at Erasmus Studio, Rotterdam

Thu, 01 May 2008 17:22:35 +0200

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4th International Conference on e-Social Science - registraion now open

Thu, 01 May 2008 16:21:14 +0200

4th International Conference on e-Social Science - registraion now open Apologies for cross-posting

Registration for the 4th International Conference on e-Social Science is
now open

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The Conference will run from 18 - 20 June 2008 at the Manchester
Conference Centre, Manchester, UK. Workshops and tutorials will take
place on Wednesday 18th June, with Papers, Keynotes, posters and panel
sessions on Thursday 19th - Friday 20th June.

The aim of the conference on e-Social Science is to bring together leading
international representatives of the social science, e Infrastructure/
cyberinfrastructure and e-Research communities in order to improve mutual
awareness, harmonize understanding and instigate coordinated activities to
accelerate research, development and deployment of powerful, new research
methods and tools for the social sciences and beyond.

Keynote speakers at the conference are confirmed as:

* Professor Wolfgang Gentzsch, DEISA, Duke, and RENCI

* Dr.

Triple Helix 7 in Glasgow, 17-19 June 2009; at http://www.triple-helix-7.org

Thu, 01 May 2008 15:20:50 +0200

Triple Helix 7 in Glasgow, 17-19 June 2009; at http://www.triple-helix-7.org Glasgow : Scotland : UK : 17-19 June 2009

CALL FOR PAPERS
         Further information will be available shortly…

The Role of Triple Helix in the Global Agenda for
Innovation, Competitiveness and Sustainability

         The Triple Helix network of University-Industry-Government (U-I-G)
interactive relations is gaining increasing recognition in policy, academic
and industrial circles as a dynamic institutional basis for wealth creation
and sustainable development through the generation of knowledge and its
effective application.

Positions in environmental social sciences at the University of Leeds

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:37:21 +0200

Sustainability Research Institute, School of Earth and Environment

Workshop Multidisciplinarity

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:37:09 +0200

The Center for Philosophy of Technology and Engineering Science (CEPTES) of the Department of Philosophy at University of Twente is proud to invite you to our international workshop on May 23, 2008. The aim of the workshop is to explore methods for performing interdisciplinary research and for exchanging experiences. The workshop will take place at Hotel Drienerburght on University of Twente campus and will feature speakers from University of North Texas, Colorado School of Mines, Twente University and the Rathenau Institute.

For the program, see attachment.

AHRC Beyond Text Doctoral Studentship, York

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:35:19 +0200

NB This is an ADDITIONAL studentship to the one previously advertised.

AHRC Beyond Text Collaborative Research Studentship in the Institute of Railway Studies & Transport History (Department of History, University of York) and National Railway Museum

Picturing the imaginary geography of the Great Western Railway, 1903-39

Applications are invited for one full-time PhD studentship in modern history (railway studies), available from October 2008. This three-year studentship is fully funded (including all University fees and a tax-free maintenance grant) through the AHRC Beyond Text Collaborative Research Studentships scheme. The student will be based in the Institute of Railway Studies & Transport History, a joint initiative of the University of York (Department of History), and the National Railway Museum (NRM), and have full access