ESA Research Networks
Research Network on Science and Technology (SSTNET)
General information on the Research Network
http://sstnet.iscte.pt/
The Sociology of Science and Technology Research Network (SSTNET) held its inaugural meeting at the ESA's 4th Conference, August 19, 1999.
More than in other areas, scholars in the field of science and technology studies have made multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary efforts to blend 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 the Research Network 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
Coordinators
Luisa Oliveira: DINÂMIA / ISCTE, Av. Forças Armadas, 1600 Lisboa, Portugal
Tel. ++351 21 7938638, Fax ++351 21 7940042
E-mail luisa.oliveira@iscte.pt
Maria Nedeva
(PREST, University of Manchester, United Kingdom)
Maria.nedeva@man.ac.uk