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Follow the Food: Social and Ecological Implications of Premium Coffee Production in Aceh

Follow the Food Seminar 3. Geographical Indications and Coffee in Indonesia: Social and Ecological Implications of Premium Coffee Production in Aceh The third Follow the Food seminar was held on 11 December at the Utrecht University Future Food Conference. This year’s conference theme was food democracy, and raised several questions that are closely tied to ... Follow the Food: Social and Ecological Implications of Premium Coffee Production in Aceh

Nina Litsios

Pathways to Sustainability

On 28 November I attended the Utrecht University Pathways to Sustainability Conference 2024 in the beautiful surroundings of the Tivoli Vredenburg in Utrecht. The title of the conference was At Home?, and the conference focused upon a premise: A just and sustainable future can only be reached with a feeling of HOME for all. All ... Pathways to Sustainability

Jonathan Hankins

Responsible Innovation Lectures at Leiden University

On Thursday 5th and Monday 9th of December (2024), Bassetti Foundation correspondent Jonathan Hankins brought discussion about responsible innovation and sociotechnical imaginaries to Leiden University Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, as part of its Social Theories undergraduate course. Here his report: In December of 2024 I was given the opportunity to discuss responsible ... Responsible Innovation Lectures at Leiden University

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Postdoc Position in sociology of science/STS at Bielefeld University

Opportunities –  Bielefeld University have announced a job opening for a researcher at the Postdoc level in the context of the research project Repercussions of Open Access on Research Assessment (ROARA). They are seeking candidates with a background in sociology of science or Science and Technology Studies (STS). In the context of the collaborative project ... Postdoc Position in sociology of science/STS at Bielefeld University

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Postdoctoral Researcher at Goethe University Frankfurt

The Research Training Group “Fixing Futures: Technologies of Anticipation in Contemporary Societies” in the Department of Social Sciences at Goethe University Frankfurt is offering to fill the position of a Postdoctoral Researcher. Building on recent scholarship in science and technology studies (STS), the Research Training Group “Fixing Futures” investigates how contemporary societies accommodate future developments ... Postdoctoral Researcher at Goethe University Frankfurt

Liberal Innovation In ICT

On Thursday 2 March, the Bassetti Foundation will host an online seminar and book launch (in Italian) with Gabriele Giacomini, author of The Arduous Road to Revolution, Resisting Authoritarian Regimes in the Digital Communication Age (Mimesis International, 2022). In his publication, Giacomini proposes the need for a form of Liberal Innovation within ICT, offering ideas ... Liberal Innovation In ICT

Jonathan Hankins

The Arduous Road to Revolution. Resisting Authoritarian Regimes in The Digital Communication Age.

The Arduous Road to Revolution. Resisting Authoritarian Regimes in The Digital Communication Age is the latest book from Gabriele Giacomini (Mimesis International, 2022). As the title suggests, Giacomini not only offers an analysis of historical events (predominantly based on revolutions against regimes in Myanmar, Ukraine, Iran, Egypt, Hong Kong and Belarus), but goes on to ... The Arduous Road to Revolution. Resisting Authoritarian Regimes in The Digital Communication Age.

Jonathan Hankins

Collective food procurement as responsible innovation

Collective food procurement is an emerging phenomenon at multiple levels, well beyond purchasing: for example through foraging and self-production; short food chains and direct sales; or food governance through local institutions, but also through networks of NGOs. The Food Citizens? project has comparatively investigated in the cities of Gdańsk (Poland), Rotterdam (the Netherlands) and Turin ... Collective food procurement as responsible innovation

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OECD Conference on Technology in and for Society, December 2021

In this post I would like to offer some take-aways and personal thoughts on the recent OECD Conference on Technology in and for Society, held on the 6th and 7th of December 2021. Innovating Well for Inclusive Transitions The conference rationale was Innovating Well for Inclusive Transitions, based upon the supposition that the world faces ... OECD Conference on Technology in and for Society, December 2021

Jonathan Hankins

Purdue University: Assistant Professor of Sociology with a Specialization in Sociology of Science/Technology

The Department of Sociology at Purdue University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the area of Sociology of Science/Technology. Specific research interests are open, including the implications of science and technology regarding one or more of the following: public policy; human and civil rights; privacy and security; surveillance; regulation of scientific/technological products ... Purdue University: Assistant Professor of Sociology with a Specialization in Sociology of Science/Technology

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Leiden University: PhD candidate in Social Studies of Science with a focus on research evaluation

Over the past decade, debate has intensified on how research is being funded, practiced, and evaluated. Some of the most visible initiatives include the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), The Leiden Manifesto for research metrics and The Metric Tide, which have all critically reflected on the role of metrics in evaluation frameworks. As ... Leiden University: PhD candidate in Social Studies of Science with a focus on research evaluation

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Call For Interest at Politecnico di Milano

The School of Management of the Milan Polytechnic invites expressions of interest for one Post-doc position in the area of Sociology of Science & Technology. The position is for one Full-time Postdoc for 1 year, renewable for 2 additional years. Tenure track opportunities are envisaged afterwards. The Postdoc will conduct research full-time at the intersection ... Call For Interest at Politecnico di Milano

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