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Postdoctoral position in the Social Dimensions of Emerging Agricultural Technologies at South Dakota
from Society for Social Studies of Science
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The Technology-Environment-Society (TES) Lab at South Dakota State University (SDSU) invites applications for a postdoctoral researcher with expertise in the field(s) of Environmental Sociology, Rural Sociology, and/or Science and Technology Studies (STS). The successful applicant will have interest in understanding the social, political, environmental, and ethical implications of new and emerging digital agricultural technologies (such […] The post Postdoctoral position in the Social Dimensions of Emerging Agricultural Technologies at South Dakota State University appeared first on Society for Social Studies of Science .
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New book by Gwen D’ArcangelisBio-Imperialism: Disease, Terror, and the Construction of National Fr
from Society for Social Studies of Science
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Bio-Imperialismfocuses on an understudied dimension of the war on terrorthe fight against bioterrorism. This component of the war enlisted the biosciences and public health fields to build up the U.S. biodefense industry and U.S. global disease control. The book argues that U.S. imperial ambitions drove these shifts in focus, aided by gendered and raced discourses […] The post New book by Gwen D’Arcangelis — Bio-Imperialism: Disease, Terror, and the Construction of National Fragility appeared first on Society for Social Studies of Science .
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New book by Gwen D’ArcangelisBio-Imperialism: Disease, Terror, and the Construction of National Fr
from Society for Social Studies of Science
(2021-1-7 2:56)
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Bio-Imperialismfocuses on an understudied dimension of the war on terrorthe fight against bioterrorism. This component of the war enlisted the biosciences and public health fields to build up the U.S. biodefense industry and U.S. global disease control. The book argues that U.S. imperial ambitions drove these shifts in focus, aided by gendered and raced discourses […] The post New book by Gwen D’Arcangelis — Bio-Imperialism: Disease, Terror, and the Construction of National Fragility appeared first on Society for Social Studies of Science .
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New book by Gwen D’ArcangelisBio-Imperialism: Disease, Terror, and the Construction of National Fr
from Society for Social Studies of Science
(2021-1-7 2:56)
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Bio-Imperialismfocuses on an understudied dimension of the war on terrorthe fight against bioterrorism. This component of the war enlisted the biosciences and public health fields to build up the U.S. biodefense industry and U.S. global disease control. The book argues that U.S. imperial ambitions drove these shifts in focus, aided by gendered and raced discourses […] The post New book by Gwen D’Arcangelis — Bio-Imperialism: Disease, Terror, and the Construction of National Fragility appeared first on Society for Social Studies of Science .
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New book by Simon Egbert and Matthias LeeseCriminal Futures: Predictive Policing and Everyday Polic
from Society for Social Studies of Science
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This book explores how predictive policing transforms police work. Police departments around the world have started to use data-driven applications to produce crime forecasts and intervene into the future through targeted prevention measures. Based on three years of field research in Germany and Switzerland, this book provides a theoretically sophisticated and empirically detailed account of […] The post New book by Simon Egbert and Matthias Leese — Criminal Futures: Predictive Policing and Everyday Police Work appeared first on Society for Social Studies of Science .
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New book by Simon Egbert and Matthias LeeseCriminal Futures: Predictive Policing and Everyday Polic
from Society for Social Studies of Science
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This book explores how predictive policing transforms police work. Police departments around the world have started to use data-driven applications to produce crime forecasts and intervene into the future through targeted prevention measures. Based on three years of field research in Germany and Switzerland, this book provides a theoretically sophisticated and empirically detailed account of […] The post New book by Simon Egbert and Matthias Leese — Criminal Futures: Predictive Policing and Everyday Police Work appeared first on Society for Social Studies of Science .
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New book by Simon Egbert and Matthias LeeseCriminal Futures: Predictive Policing and Everyday Polic
from Society for Social Studies of Science
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This book explores how predictive policing transforms police work. Police departments around the world have started to use data-driven applications to produce crime forecasts and intervene into the future through targeted prevention measures. Based on three years of field research in Germany and Switzerland, this book provides a theoretically sophisticated and empirically detailed account of […] The post New book by Simon Egbert and Matthias Leese — Criminal Futures: Predictive Policing and Everyday Police Work appeared first on Society for Social Studies of Science .
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Relaunching York’s Science&Technology Studies (STS) Graduate Program
from Society for Social Studies of Science
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We arerelaunchingour Science & Technology Studies (STS) graduate program for entry in September 2021! We welcome applicants withscience, social science, or humanities degreeswho want to study science and technology using the methods and approaches of the social sciences and humanities.Join thelargest and most diverseSTS graduate program in Canada, and one of the largest in the […] The post Relaunching York’s Science & Technology Studies (STS) Graduate Program appeared first on Society for Social Studies of Science .
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New book by Loet LeydesdorffThe Evolutionary Dynamics of Discursive Knowledge: Communication-Theor
from Society for Social Studies of Science
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SpringerNature; open access; Switzerland, Cham, 2021. Three themes have been central to my research: (i) the dynamics of science, technology, and innovation; (ii) the scientometric operationalization of these concept; and (iii) the elaboration in terms of a Triple Helix of university-industry-government relations. I discuss the relations among these themes. Using Luhmann’s social-systems theory for modelling […] The post New book by Loet Leydesdorff–The Evolutionary Dynamics of Discursive Knowledge: Communication-Theoretical Perspectives on an Empirical Philosophy of Science appeared first on Society for Social Studies of Science .
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New book by Loet LeydesdorffThe Evolutionary Dynamics of Discursive Knowledge: Communication-Theor
from Society for Social Studies of Science
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SpringerNature; open access; Switzerland, Cham, 2021. Three themes have been central to my research: (i) the dynamics of science, technology, and innovation; (ii) the scientometric operationalization of these concept; and (iii) the elaboration in terms of a Triple Helix of university-industry-government relations. I discuss the relations among these themes. Using Luhmann’s social-systems theory for modelling […] The post New book by Loet Leydesdorff–The Evolutionary Dynamics of Discursive Knowledge: Communication-Theoretical Perspectives on an Empirical Philosophy of Science appeared first on Society for Social Studies of Science .
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