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• 01 fév 2015

  Prague

  Call for papers - Sociology

  Inequalities in and through science and technology as challenges for sociological research

  CFP ESA, Research Network 24, Sociology of Science and Technology Network (SSTNET)

  Increasing social inequalities, exacerbated by neoliberal policies and international economic crisis, have been an issue of science and technology studies (STS) even prior to the crisis. Instead of normative claims about the socially beneficial or harmful role of science and technology, a more complex sociological perspective has been promoted. This perspective, postulating that S&T impacts are closely interrelated to social context and circumstances has the potential to be more productive in studying the relationship between techno-scientific development and social inequalities. The global economy, with its increasing role of S&T, seems to increase inequalities within contemporary societies, as well as between them. 

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