Dear colleagues,
<br>
<br>At the EASST/4S conference in Prague, we would like to discuss the
<br>inclusion of researchers in their scientific communities. We think that
<br>this concept has the potential to integrate a large body of studies that
<br>are often unconnected. While aspects of fairness and justice are often
<br>on the forefront of this research, we are particularly interested in
<br>functional aspects, i.e. in negative consequences of for the production
<br>of knowledge that arise from constraints on the inclusion of researchers
<br>in their scientific communities. This led us to the following abstract:
<br>
<br>*Inclusion in scientific communities*
<br>
<br>The original conception of scientific communities by Robert Merton,
<br>Thomas Kuhn and Michael Polanyi implied the idea that all members of
<br>scientific communities equally participate in the production of
<br>scientific knowledge. Meanwhile, science studies have uncovered many
<br>constraints that limit the participation of researchers in the knowledge
<br>production processes and decision processes of their scientific
<br>communities. Examples include constraints based on gender, ethnicity,
<br>access to means for research, or non-mainstream approaches in research.
<br>At the international level, several scientific communities have begun a
<br>discussion about a North-Western dominance in the selection of topics
<br>and approaches. In addition to these constraints, which could be
<br>considered endogenous to scientific communities, political decision
<br>produce constraints by limiting access to resources, imposing secrecy,
<br>or restricting travel and other forms of communication and collaboration.
<br>
<br>The purpose of this open session is to explore the potential of studying
<br>these phenomena from a perspective of researchers limited inclusion in
<br>(or exclusion from) their scientific communities. We suggest considering
<br>inclusion as the way in which researchers participate in knowledge
<br>production and decision processes of their scientific communities, and
<br>to look at mechanisms that constrain inclusion from a comparative
<br>perspective. How are opportunities to participate in knowledge
<br>production and decision-making distributed in international scientific
<br>communities? Whose participation is restricted, and in which ways? What
<br>mechanisms restrict inclusion? How does the inclusion of researchers,
<br>national scientific communities, and world regions in the international
<br>production of scientific knowledge change historically?
<br>
<br>The usual conditions (deadlines etc.) apply - you read them many times.
<br>
<br>Best wishes
<br>
<br>Jochen Gläser and Nelius Boshoff (Stellenbosch University, South Africa)
<br>
<br>--
<br>PD Dr Jochen Gläser
<br>
<br>Prof. Dr. Jochen Gläser
<br>
<br>Social Studies of Science and Technology
<br>
<br>Institute of Philosophy, History of Literature, Science, and Technology
<br>
<br>TU Berlin, HBS 7
<br>
<br>Hardenbergstr. 16-18
<br>
<br>10623 Berlin
<br>
<br>Germany
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