Dear colleagues,
<br>
<br>
<br>Our research group “Independence of Research” invites you to contribute
<br>to our interdisciplinary workshop on this topic, which will take place
<br>on 15 and 16 November 2018 in Berlin. Below, please find a brief
<br>description of the workshop. The call is attached and can be found at
<br>https://independenceofresearch.org/news/workshop-2018/.
<br>
<br>The independence of research is a key strategic problem of modern
<br>societies. The question of who should be able to influence research and
<br>how this can be accomplished without damaging its productivity becomes
<br>increasingly important. At the same time, we observe new challenges to
<br>the independence of research from the increasing integration of science
<br>in political processes, changes in science funding, threats to the
<br>mutual trust between scientists such as the reproducibility crisis and
<br>the discovery of questionable research practices, as well as a growing
<br>mutual dependence of researchers. The complex problems posed by these
<br>shifts are insufficiently matched by a collaboration of disciplines
<br>investigating conditions for, and effects of, the changing independence
<br>of research. Sociological, psychological, legal, economic, historical
<br>and philosophical perspectives are unevenly developed, insufficiently
<br>integrated, and rarely linked to reflections by scientists on their
<br>independence.
<br>
<br>We invite theoretical and empirical contributions, which may contribute
<br>to the disciplinary perspectives described above, add new ones, or
<br>explore interdisciplinary perspectives. Please submit abstracts of about
<br>500 words until *3 September 2018* to Jochen.Glaser@ztg.tu-berlin.de
<br>. Participants will be notified
<br>by *15 September 2018*. We will cover travel and accommodation costs of
<br>participants.
<br>
<br>Best wishes
<br>
<br>Jochen Gläser
<br>
<br>--
<br>PD Dr Jochen Gläser
<br>
<br>PD Dr Jochen Gläser
<br>
<br>Center for Technology and Society
<br>
<br>TU Berlin
<br>
<br>Hardenbergstr. 16-18
<br>
<br>10623Berlin
<br>
<br>Germany
<br>
<br>*New Special Issue:*/Changing Funding Arrangements and the Production of
<br>Scientific Knowledge. Minerva 56 (1)/
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