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