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1st edition, 8-15 January 2016
SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY STUDIES
Science & Technology Studies (STS) is an interdisciplinary field, bringing together sociology, history, philosophy, sociology and related social science and humanities approaches. STS looks at science and technology (S&T) as a means of asking about the creation of facts, technological objects, and scientific knowledge, examining the ways in which S&T are embedded in social life. Rather than rely on common tropes about technological and scientific progress, STS nuances and questions this premise by asking questions like: how did/do scientists and engineers establish and maintain the credibility of their claims? In what way are such claims tied up with broader aspects of culture, as well as more local traditions, and how do technical claims become enmeshed in how our society operates? Ultimately, STS provides a way to critically engage technical claims while retaining a researcher’s own critical detachment from the claims of scientists and engineers. These claims can be far-reaching, engaging not only classical studies of technology, scientific laboratories, and production of scientific knowledge, but also examines issues around innovation, intellectual property, urban study, technological risks, intersection between art and science, and myriad other domains.
Tentative Program:
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Friday
8 January
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17.00 |
Welcome, social dinner |
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Saturday
9 January
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9.15 |
Opening remarks |
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9.30 |
Keynote Address |
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Beyond Pastures: Knowledge Commons v. Natural Commons
Mario Biagioli, European University at St. Petersburg
Leading Scientist, Russian Computer Scientists at Home and Abroad project, STS Center
http://eu.spb.ru/en/sts/staff/11665-mbiagioli-en |
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11.30 |
Coffee break |
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12.00 |
PhD candidate introductions: Revolving conversations.
The candidates will have 5 minutes each to give an outline of their research to a colleague in one-to-one dialogue |
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13.00 |
Lunch |
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14.00 |
Presentation of goals and findings of the Russian Computer Scientists project
Mario Biagioli, Vincent Lepinay, with PhD candidates:
Presentation of goals and findings of the Russian Computer Scientists project |
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16.00 |
PhD candidate introductions, contd. |
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Sunday
10 January
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Free for visiting Venice. |
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Mon - Sat
11-16 January
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Morning lectures: Science and Technology Studies
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Monday
11 January |
9.15-10.45 |
Urban STS: New Directions in Assemblage Thinking
Diane West, European University at St. Petersburg
Director of the STS Center
http://eu.spb.ru/en/sts/staff/14256-west-diana |
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Tuesday
12 January |
9.15-10.45
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Past Perfect. An Ethnography of the Hermitage Museum.
A case study of museum studies using STS approaches
Vincent Lepinay, European University at St. Petersburg
Professor, Center for Science and Technology Studies
http://eu.spb.ru/en/people/item/11666-vlepinay-en
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Wednesday
13 January |
9.15-10.45
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(Socially) Augmented Communication
Ilya Utekhin, Department of Anthropology, EUSP
http://eu.spb.ru/en/anthropology/faculty/3544-utekhin-3544
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11.15-12.30 |
Sharing Discoveries. New Frontiers and Projects in Communication of Life Sciences and Evolution
Telmo Pievani, Professor of Philosophy of Biological Sciences, Department of Biology, University of Padua
http://www.telmopievani.com |
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Thursday
14 January |
9.15-10.45 |
The coming of High-Throughput Instruments in Molecular Biology: New Laboratories in the Era of Big Data
Federico Neresini, Coordinator of the Science Technology and Innovation Studies Group (PaSTIS) at the University of Padova
http://www.fisppa.unipd.it/category/ruoli/personale-docente?key=2EC4FF8263832C2C90410EA8C94298FA |
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11.00-12.30 |
IMBY - In My Back Yard: Spatial Morphologies and Collective Rationality
Guido Borelli, Professor of Environmental Sociology at Università Iuav di Venezia
http://www.iuav.it/Ateneo1/docenti/docenti201/Borelli-Gu/index.htm |
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Friday
15 January |
9.15-10.45 |
Risks: Natural and technological
Simona Morini, Professor of Decision Theory and Philosophy of Science at IUAV Unviversity in Venice
http://www.iuav.it/Ateneo1/docenti/design-e-a/docenti-st/Simonetta-/index.htm
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Workshops: “Survival Skills for Scientists”
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Monday
11 January
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14.00
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Job Search Skills: (A) Preparing CV and Cover Letter; (B) Interviewing; (C) Social Skills
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Tuesday
12 January
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11.00 |
Science and Money: (A) Funding and (B) Scholarships
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14.00 |
The Value of Networking |
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Wednesday
13 January
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14.00 |
Ethics in Science
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Thursday
14 January
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14.00 |
Communicating Your Science: (A) Writing a Paper; (B) Oral Presentations; (C) The Peer Review Process
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Friday
15 January
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14.00
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Project Management and Technology Transfer
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The International PhD Academy is reserved for PhD candidates in the member universities of VIU.
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