Symposium: (XVIII ISA World Congress of Sociology (July 13-19, 2014))

RC23 Sociology of Science and Technology

Program Coordinators: Nadia ASHEULOVA (Director of the Centre, Russia) and Ralph MATTHEWS (The University of British Columbia, Canada)

Monday, July 14, 2014

10:30 AM-12:20 PM

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Globalization from below: Institutional and Policy Changes in Developing Countries
Session Organizer: Binay K. PATTNAIK

3:30 PM-5:20 PM

403

Emerging Sociological and Social Psychological Perspectives on Science and Technology
Session Organizers: Carl Martin ALLWOOD and Sven HEMLIN

5:30 PM-7:20 PM

404

Young Researchers' Forum: New Research Directions in the Study of Science and Technology and Their Impacts
Session Organizers: Ralph MATTHEWS and Czarina SALOMA-AKPEDONU

Tuesday, July 15, 2014

8:30 AM-10:20 AM

405

Higher Education As a Key Driver of Innovation and Economic Growth
Session Organizer: Nadia ASHEULOVA

10:30 AM-12:20 PM

406

The Future of Public Research Universities: Confronting the Demands of Increasing Economic Self-Sufficiency
Session Organizer: Jaime JIMENEZ GUZMAN
Chair: Jaime JIMENEZ GUZMAN

3:30 PM-5:20 PM

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New Topics in Interaction between University and Society
Session Organizers: Juha TUUNAINEN and Kari KANTASALMI

5:30 PM-7:20 PM

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The Future of Teaching and Research in Universities
Session Organizers: Jaime JIMENEZ GUZMAN, A. Gary DWORKIN, Gerardo DEL CERRO SANTAMARIA and Ralph MATTHEWS
Chair: Ralph MATTHEWS

7:30 PM-8:50 PM

407

RC23 Business Meeting

Wednesday, July 16, 2014

8:30 AM-10:20 AM

408

ICTs and Social Inequalities
Session Organizer: Binay K. PATTNAIK

10:30 AM-12:20 PM

409

Science, Technology and (New) Forms of Social Inequalities
Session Organizer: Siddharamesh HIREMATH
Chair: Shindhe Jagannath RAMANNA

3:30 PM-5:20 PM

410

The Digital Divide - Contributing to an 'unequal World'
Session Organizer: José Manuel ROBLES

5:30 PM-7:20 PM

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Surveillance, New Media and Digital Information
Session Organizers: Torin MONAHAN and David LYON

Thursday, July 17, 2014

8:30 AM-10:20 AM

411

Scientific Development, New Technologies and State: Challenges and Opportunities of Nanotechnology and Other Technological Advances
Session Organizer: Tânia MAGNO

10:30 AM-12:20 PM

412

The Sociology of Disaster and Technoscience: Public Knowledge and Sustainability Beyond Fukushima
Session Organizer: Miwao MATSUMOTO

3:30 PM-5:20 PM

413

Technological Innovation and (Un)Sustainable Consumption
Session Organizers: Czarina SALOMA-AKPEDONU and Marlyne SAHAKIAN

5:30 PM-7:20 PM

414

Assessing Technologies: Global Patterns of Trust and Distrust
Session Organizers: Antonio BRANDAO MONIZ, Christina GOETZ, Nuno BOAVIDA and Constanze SCHERZ

Friday, July 18, 2014

8:30 AM-10:20 AM

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Right to Benefits of Scientific Progress and Its Applications
Session Organizers: Brian GRAN and Jaime JIMENEZ GUZMAN
Chair: Nadia ASHEULOVA

10:30 AM-12:20 PM

415

Technological Transfer in Latin American Countries and the Caribbean: Challenges of Scientific and Technological Cooperation
Session Organizer: Rafael PALACIOS BUSTAMANTE

3:30 PM-5:20 PM

416

Toward a World of Low Carbon: Social, Economic and Environmental Impacts
Session Organizers: Leandro RAIZER and Marcus Vinicius SPOLLE

5:30 PM-7:20 PM

417

Fostering Trans-Disciplinarity Amongst the Social and Natural Sciences, Engineering, Arts and Design
Session Organizers: Benjamín TEJERINA and Cristina MIRANDA DE ALMEIDA

Saturday, July 19, 2014

8:30 AM-10:20 AM

418

Gendering Inclusion and Exclusion in Science and Technology
Session Organizers: Alice ABREU and Ralph MATTHEWS
Chair: Ralph MATTHEWS

10:30 AM-12:20 PM

419

RC23 Roundtable. Contested Science and Technology: Empirical and Conceptual Analysis about the Social Role of Technology and Science
Session Organizer: Ralph MATTHEWS