Deadline for submitting abstracts***extended until *
<br>
<br>*21 February 2020*
<br>
<br>Dear colleagues and friends,
<br>
<br>to satisfy the many requests, the deadline for abstracts submission
<br>within the 8th STS Italia Conference (University of Trieste, Italy, June
<br>18 through 20, 2020) has been extended to_*February 21, 2020 (23:59
<br>CET)*_. See the call below. More information on the conference website
<br>.
<br>
<br>*_These are the updated dates:_*
<br>
<br>·February 21, 2020: Deadline for abstract submission
<br>
<br>·March 2, 2020: Notification of abstract acceptance or rejection
<br>
<br>·March 29, 2020: Early registration deadline
<br>
<br>·April 19, 2020: Closing date for registration
<br>
<br>·May 24, 2020: Publication of the final conference programme
<br>
<br>·June 18-20, 2020: Conference
<br>
<br>We kindly remind you that STS Italia offers *4 scholarships*, for
<br>talented PhD students, post-doc and non-tenured academics. The
<br>scholarship will cover
<br>registration fees, accommodation and social dinner (see more details
<br>about scholarships on the conference website).
<br>
<br>In addition,*19 scholarships
<br>* for participant
<br>from CEI Member States
<br> (https://www.cei.int/member-states)
<br>are offered by the The Central European Initiative
<br> (CEI) Cooperation Fund. The Central European
<br>Initiative (CEI) is a regional intergovernmental forum committed to
<br>supporting European integration and sustainable development through
<br>cooperation between and among its Member States and with the European
<br>Union, international and regional organisations as well as with other
<br>public or private institutions and non-governmental organisations.
<br>
<br>All the best,
<br>
<br>
<br>Stefano Crabu, on behalf of the board of STS Italia
<br>
<br>********
<br>
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<br>
<br>The *8th STS Italia Conference*
<br> will be hosted by the *University
<br>of Trieste*, Italy, *June 18 through 20, 2020*, by the Italian Society
<br>of Science and Technology Studies.
<br>
<br>The conference will be an opportunity to present empirical and
<br>theoretical work from a variety of disciplines: sociology, anthropology,
<br>design, economics, history, law, philosophy, psychology and semiotics.
<br>*The focal theme of the 8th STS Italia Conference will be
<br>"Dis/Entangling Technoscience: Vulnerability, Responsibility and
<br>Justice”*. This broad theme refers to the complex and ambivalent role of
<br>technoscience and innovation in constituting societies – making
<br>possibilities flourish, but also creating new vulnerabilities.
<br>
<br>*The conference will include **33** tracks, which are clustered into
<br>five thematic streams.* The tracks focus on several topics, including:
<br>biomedicine, digital platforms and media, work and organizations,
<br>expertise and public policy, ethics of technology and innovation, and
<br>governance of science and technology at large.
<br>
<br>Conference’s keynote speakers include: *Amade M’charek* (University of
<br>Amsterdam); *Dimitris Papadopoulos* (University of Nottingham) and *René
<br>von Schomberg* (European Commission)
<br>
<br>*Abstracts (written in English, or in Italian in case of tracks in two
<br>language) should be submitted by February, 9* to the conference email
<br>address (stsitaliaconf@gmail.com ) and
<br>to the emails of convenors' selected track. Track Convenor(s) will be
<br>responsible for reviewing, accepting/rejecting and organising
<br>submissions into their track.
<br>
<br>*THEMATIC STREAMS*
<br>
<br>·Biomedicine, bodies and technoscience
<br>;
<br>
<br>·Platforms, digital technologies and media environment
<br>s
<br>;
<br>
<br>·Rethinking science, technology and innovation: emerging challenges
<br>;
<br>
<br>·Including, excluding and connecting through / within technoscience
<br>;
<br>
<br>·Governing and reshuffling technoscience and innovation processes
<br>;
<br>
<br>·Open Track: Science and Technology Studies in Post-socialist
<br>countries/in Central and Eastern European countries
<br>
<br>
<br>Check the conference website www.stsitaliaconf2020.com
<br> for further information and to read
<br>the 33 specific call for abstracts. To contact the organization team
<br>write to
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