Science, Technology and Innovation: Institutions, Policies, Industry and the State (Part I)

Tuesday, 8 July 2025: 13:00-14:45
Location: SJES020 (Faculty of Legal, Economic, and Social Sciences (JES))
RC23 Sociology of Science and Technology (host committee)

Language: English

Science, technology, and innovation (ST&I) activities require robust institutional coordination, funding, planning, and a clear understanding of stakeholder capabilities, policies, and agendas. This RC23 session aims to discuss emerging comprehensive interdisciplinary frameworks in fields such as sociology, public policy, and management for investigating ST&I systems in contemporary societies. All theoretical and applied studies attentive to the role of institutions, stakeholders, public policies, industry and the States in ST&I development is welcomed. To ensure an adequate debate and discussion about the nature of these systems, the session welcomes work advancing comparative analysis and multi-level, multi-cultural approaches to ST&I. Specifically, it focuses on outcomes from empirical sociological research on how institutions, policies, arenas, and agendas influence the production of ST&I within diverse cultural, technical, and political contexts.
Session Organizer:
Leandro RAIZER, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil
Oral Presentations
Exploring the Strategies of Scientific Long-Term Mobility
Alena NEFEDOVA, Russian Federation; Elizaveta CHEFANOVA, Russian Federation
Results of a Bibliometric Search about Longcovid and Zika Virus in Brazil
Andre SICA DE CAMPOS, Unicamp, Brazil; Janaina Pamplona da COSTA, Unicamp, Brazil
Public Engagement in Agricultural Biotechnology: Comparative Analysis of Actors, Narratives and Epistemologies Enacted in a Deliberative Workshop on Gene Editing in Agriculture and Food.
Theresa SELFA, State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry Department of Environmental Studies, USA
Innovation and Sustainability in the Wood Industry: Insight from the Mics Project
Ilaria MAROTTA, Italy; Fabio CORBISIERO, University of Naples Federico II, Italy; Anna Maria ZACCARIA, Università degli studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy