History and Past Activities
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History and Past Activities |
History
The Sociology of Science and Technology Network (SSTNET) held its inaugural meeting at the 4th Conference of the European Sociological Association (ESA) in Amesterdam, August 19, 1999. SSTNET is an approved "research network" (a section) of the ESA. It is Research Network 20 (RN 20).
Members of the initial coordination board (August 1999 through September 2003) were:
Raymund Werle (Max-Planck-Institut, Köln, Germany) — Chair
Maria Nedeva (PREST, University of Manchester, United Kingdom) — Co-chair
Marja Häyrinen Alestalo (University of Helsinki, Finland)
Franc Mali (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Maarten Mentzel (SEPA, University of Technology Delft, The Netherlands)
Luisa Oliveira (DINÂMIA/ISCTE Lisboa, Portugal)
In the sixth Conference of the European Sociological Association (ESA) in Murcia, August 24 September, 2003 a new new board was elected. Sven Hemlin and Aaro Tupasela replace Marja Häyrinen Alestalo and Maarten Mentzel who together with Raymund Werle initiated SSTNET in 1999 and served on the board for four years. Marja's and Maarten's work and experience were extremely important for the SSTNET's initial success and its development into one of the most active research networks of the ESA. Raymund Werle stepped down from the chair function but remained on the board. Luísa Oliveira was elected the new chair.
1. Stream of SSTNET sessions on
"Changing Conditions of Research and Development Activities in Europe"
at the Conference of the European Sociological Association (ESA) "Will Europe Work"
Amsterdam, 18 — 21 August 1999
2. Stream of SSTNET session on
The "Technologization" of Science and Society
at the Conference of the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST) "Worlds in Transition".
Vienna, 27—30 September 2000
3. Stream of SSTNET sessions on
"Commodification of Knowledge"
Helsinki, August 28 — September 1, 2001
Selected papers from the SSTNET stream of sessions at the ESA Conference in Helsinki published.
4. Workshop "Commercialisation"
"The Commercialisation of Public Research and Higher Education"
SSTNET Workshop, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 13 — 14 September 2002
5. Two streams of SSTNET sessions on
"Governing Science and Technology in the Era of Globalization"
and
"New Technologies in Ageing Societies"
at the Conference of the European Sociological Association (ESA) "Ageing Societies, New Sociology"
Murcia, Spain, 23 — 26 September 2003
6.
Stream of SSTNET session on Ownership in the Life Sciences
Paris, August 25-28, 2004: selected papers from the SSTNET stream of sessions in the joint conference of the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST) and Society for the Social Study of Science (4S)
7. The SSTNET Lisbon workshop with the title Biotech Age took place on 28-29, January 2005.
8. A stream of SSTNET sessions on "Science, Technology and the Public" at the Conference of the European Sociological Association (ESA) " Rethinking Inequalities", Torun, Poland, occurred from 9th to 12th September 2005.
9. The Manchester Workshop on SCIENCE AND CHANGE, occurred from 6th to 7th April 2006
Sociology of Science and Technology NETwork - last update: April 2006