The fourth international conference on Science in Society will address disciplinary and interdisciplinary challenges in the sciences, and in particular the relationships of science to society. Key themes addressed by the conference include the social impacts of science, the values and ethics of science, the pedagogies of science, the knowledge-making processes of science, the politics of science and the economics of science.
At first glance, the scope and concerns of the conference are enormous. However, in contrast to conferences with a specialist disciplinary focus, this conference aims to explore, in an interdisciplinary spirit, links between different areas of concern and practices of investigation. We welcome a range of presentation proposals, from broad explorations of philosophical, theoretical, methodological and policy questions, to proposals that present finely grained evidence of the connections of science to society in microcosms of research, teaching and practice.
Participants at the conference will include researchers, teachers, administrators and policy makers from the basic natural-physical sciences, the applied sciences, the social sciences, history and philosophy of science, the humanities and the professions.
Participants are welcome to submit a presentation proposal for either a 30-minute paper or a 60-minute workshop, or for a jointly presented 90-minute colloquium session. For those unable to attend the conference in person, virtual participation is also available.
Venue: University of California, Berkeley, USA
For more information, visit the conference website. For all inquiries, please contact the conference secretariat.