Third ISA Forum of Sociology (July 10-14, 2016)

Global Science and International Collaboration: A Gender Perspective from the South

Abstract Submissions Closed

RC23 Sociology of Science and Technology (host committee)

Language: English

If we want to invent a better future, science and technology must be at the center of it. The science of the 21st century is a global science, where increasingly, if still slowly, many more countries are involved in promoting a strong research basis that help with their development and advancement. A global science is a science where international collaboration plays a central role, and the new information technologies, as well as data processing and communications, make this possible.
This session would like to discuss international collaboration from a double point of view:

• First from the South: How are the international research networks incorporating researchers from the Global South? How do countries and research groups collaborate and with whom? Does this change depending on the scientific area involved? Does international cooperation in social sciences have specific issues to be addressed?
• Secondly from a gender perspective: Looking at international collaboration, what do we know about gender issues? How do women researchers fare in big international projects? How is all this reflected in scientific publications?

We hope to receive papers from all regions discussing these issues that are important if we want an equitable science and technology system worldwide.