DASTS annual conference 2010

DASTS is very happy to invite everyone to participate in the yearly conference 2010 at DPU entitled: Innovation and Learning in Science, Technology and Society and with Keynote speakers Tara Fenwick og Andreas Roepstorff. Read the call for papers, and information about venue, payment, and much more here (in both Danish and English ). Please notice that the conference invites contributions about all kinds of STS-related fieds and subjects and both in Danish and English. Deadline for abstract submission is March 15. Download poster here. Registration here.

Add comment January 15th, 2010

Call for abstracts – special issue of Science Studies

The editors of a special issue of Science Studies on “cultural analysis as intervention” invites you to send in an abstract. Read the call here.

Add comment February 4th, 2010

PhD positions at the IT University of Copenhagen in STS and related fields

The IT University of Copenhagen seeks potential candidates to apply for PhD positions with projects within  a wide range of subject areas, including:

• Science and technology studies,
• Computer supported cooperative work
• Health care IT,
• Organizations and IT,
• Globalization and technology,
• Mutual shaping of culture, organizations, people, and technologies, through practices of design and use.

Read the call and find more information about how to apply here. Check here for more information on becoming af PhD Candidate  in STS or related areas at the ITU. For futher information about this contact Contact Casper Bruun Jensen (cbje at itu.dk). Deadline for application is March 24.

Add comment February 2nd, 2010

Katia Dupret Søndergaard forsvarer ph.d.-afhandling

Katia Dupret Søndergaard forsvarer ph.d.afhandlingen Innovating Mental Health Care – A Configurative Case Study in Intangible, Incoherent and Multiple Efforts. Forsvaret finder sted i lokale D174, på DPU, Tuborgvej 164, 2400 KBH NV. Se invitation her. Find resume af afhandlingen her. Find hele afhandlingen her.

Add comment January 15th, 2010

PhD Course on Contemporary Social Theory

PhD Course on Contemporary Social Theory in Studies on Natural Resources Management: Power and Participation takes place at the Forest & Landscape, Copenhagen Univ. The objective of the course is to help PhD students (with no or little previous experience of sociology and anthropology) to
-grasp fundamental concepts of major social theories in the 19th and 20th centuries,
-apply these theories in analysis of social issues addressed by their PhD projects.

The course will provide an introduction to selected contemporary social thinkers and concepts relevant to sociology. Classical social theories by: 1.Karl Marx, 2.Max Weber, 3.Emile Durkhéim, Modern social theories by: 4.Michel Foucault, 5.Pierre Bourdieu, 6.Bruno Latour.
An application for the course should be sent to Jens Friis Lund, jens@life.ku.dk by February 28th, 2010 with a synopsis of your PhD project as a hole (max 500 words). Read more.

Add comment January 11th, 2010