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	Sociology of Science and Technology NETwork

Welcome to the European platform for the sociologists of science and technology to meet, exchange ideas and strengthen the interdisciplinary collaboration.

The network

More than in other areas, scholars in the field of science and technology studies have made multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary efforts to combine

• theory construction on changing relations between science, technology and economic and political systems,
• descriptive case studies,
• historical analysis,
• technology assessment, and
• self-reflective methodological arguing.

Academic associations have evolved in the USA and Europe which reinforce this development. The field provides a stimulating and challenging environment for sociologists to bring in their disciplinary profile. In this context SSTNET will offer a European platform for the sociologists to meet, exchange ideas and strengthen their specific profile for the interdisciplinary collaboration.

The network aims at

• providing a European forum for the development, discussion and dissemination of research on all social aspects of science and technology
• ensuring an organizational frame for the organization of workshops at the bi-annual ESA general conferences
• organizing focused research meetings and conferences between the ESA conferences
• setting up links to other academic and professional associations in the field of science and technology studies (national, European and international)
• facilitating research collaboration, joint research projects and publication among European scholars
• providing a platform for the dissemination of research reports, conference papers and conventional publications via the world wide web and electronic mail
• creating and maintaining a www data base of the members of the network and the network's activities
  (http://sstnet.iscte.pt)
• promoting the exchange of young scholars of science and technology between European countries

Send mail to luisa.oliveira@iscte.pt
or to any other member of the network’s coordination board

The network’s coordination board

Luísa Oliveira (DINÂMIA/ISCTE Lisboa, Portugal) – Chair
luisa.oliveira@iscte.pt

Maria Nedeva (PREST, University of Manchester, United Kingdom) – Co-chair
Maria.nedeva@man.ac.uk

Sven Hemlin (The Sahlgrenska Academy at Göteborg University, Sweden)
sven.hemlin@sahlgrenska.gu.se

Franc Mali (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Franc.mali@uni-lj.si

Aaro Tupasela (University of Helsinki, Finland)
aaro.tupasela@helsinki.fi

Raymund Werle (Max-Planck-Institut, Köln, Germany)
Werle@mpi-fg-koeln.mpg.de

Visit the ESA website
http://www.valt.helsinki.fi/esa/

Sociology of Science and Technology NETwork - last update: April 2006