511 The social and environmental impacts of nanotechnologies and other emerging technologies

Friday, August 3, 2012: 10:45 AM-12:15 PM
APT 120 (Faculty of Economics)

RC23 Sociology of Science and Technology (host committee)

Language: English
Session Organizers:
Alison ANDERSON, University of Plymouth, United Kingdom and Paulo Roberto MARTINS, BRAZILIAN RESEARCH NETWORK IN NANOTECHNOLOGY, SOCIETY AND ENVIRONMENT - RENANOSOMA, Brazil
On statistical framing of emerging technologies - A case of nanotechnology in Russia (Oral Presentation)
Konstantin FURSOV, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia

Nanotechnology: Sociotechnical interactions and social impacts (Oral Presentation)
Tânia MAGNO, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Brazil; Diego CALAZANS, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Brazil

Law and technological innovation: The (new) challenges of employment of nanotechnology (Oral Presentation)
Wilson ENGELMANN, University of the Valley of Sinos River (UNISINOS), Brazil; Augusto Zimmer RODRIGUES, University of the Valley of Sinos River (UNISINOS), Brazil

Alternative energies: Social, economic and environmental impacts (Oral Presentation)
Leandro RAIZER, UFRGS/IFRS, Brazil