About Time
About Time Editorial by Ann Rudinow Saetnan This issue of the EASST Review will, in various ways, be about time. Let’s start with the Review itself. It’s time for a new editor to take over. I have been editor now for about 7 years. I am gradually easing my way into retirement, both at my […]
Mattering Press: New forms of care for STS books
Mattering Press: New forms of care for STS books by Sebastian Abrahamsson, Uli Beisel, Endre Dányi, Joe Deville, Julien McHardy, and Michaela Spencer Mattering Press is a new book publishing initiative committed to the creation and publishing of widely accessible, carefully produced, and intellectually vibrant books in Science and Technology Studies (STS). Our first books […]
“What if we don’t buy it?”
“What if we don’t buy it? Unmaking and Remaking Common Worlds” Report on the Third Meeting of the Spanish STS Network 19-21 June 2013 (Barcelona) Pablo Santoro (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) The 3rd Meeting of the Spanish STS Network (esCTS), under the title of “What if we don’t buy it? Unmaking and Remaking Common Worlds”, […]
On the Geographies of STS
On the Geographies of STS A Brief Introduction. Editorial by Ann Rudinow Saetnan One day of EASST’s most recent council meeting was devoted to the various national and regional STS networks around Europe. Eleven (11) national and regional networks were represented, in one way or another. Some had sent representatives, some were present in that […]
Launch of Science in Society: caring for our futures in turbulent times
Launch of Science in Society: caring for our futures in turbulent times By Fred Steward Vilnius also saw the launch of a new science-society report ‘Science in Society: caring for our futures in turbulent times‘ drawing extensively on knowledge from the Science and Technology Studies community. Authored by Ulrike Felt, Daniel Barben, Pierre-Benoit Joly, Alan […]
Conference Report: Horizons for Social Sciences and Humanities
Conference Report: Horizons for Social Sciences and Humanities By Fred Steward Helga Nowotny, Professor of Social Studies of Science, President of the European Research Council, and well known to EASST colleagues, welcomed participants to this important and timely conference with a call to ‘operationalise’ the ambitious goals of integrating the social sciences and humanities (SSH) […]
Are You Paranoid Yet?
Are You Paranoid Yet? Editorial by Ann Rudinow Saetnan How are you feeling after Chelsea Manning’s conviction, Edward Snowden’s revelations and exile, David Miranda’s questioning at the UK border, the confiscation of David House’s electronic devices at the US border? (Not heard of that last one? Here’s a link: www.nytimes.com/2013/09/10/business/the-border-is-a-back-door-for-us-device-searches.html?smid=fb-share) With these four stories high […]
easst Review: Volume 32(2) June 2013
EASST Review: Volume 32(2) June 2013 Congratulations!. Editorial by Ann Rudinow Saetnan Science Wars Redux by Ann Rudinow Saetnan Science and Technology Parks in Italy by Michela Cozza Broadening the Knowledge Base in Policymaking: Notes on a Symposium on Technology Assessment in the Walloon Parliament by Michiel van Oudheusden First Nordic STS conference, April 2013 […]
First Nordic STS conference, April 2013
First Nordic STS conference, April 2013 by Henrik Karlstrøm and Ann Rudinow Sætnan The first biennial Nordic STS conference was held April 24-26 in Hell, Norway. On very short notice, Ann Sætnan was asked to review the event for EASST Review. Special thanks to Henrik Karlstrøm, who was available and willing to review Brian Wynne’s […]
Broadening the Knowledge Base in Policymaking: Notes on a Symposium on Technology Assessment in the Walloon Parliament
Broadening the Knowledge Base in Policymaking: Notes on a Symposium on Technology Assessment in the Walloon Parliament By Michiel van Oudheusden How can technology assessment (TA) broaden and deepen the knowledge base of decision making in science, technology, and innovation? This question was at the forefront of a symposium entitled “Debating new technologies” (Les nouvelles […]
