Call for papers
The relationship between science and governance is becoming more complex as the boundaries between previously disparate fields of activity - society, politics, culture, economy and science - shift and become increasingly blurred. 'Governance' itself has multiple interpretations relating, for instance, to the shared responsibility for social and economic issues between diverse institutions or power dependence in the relationships between institutions involved in collective action.
This seminar aims to explore the development of an interdisciplinary perspective on the dynamics and changing relationships between scuence and governance by:
1. bringing together fragmented and disconnected academic communities in different disciplines (STS, political science, geography, sociology etc);
2. critically examining existing narratives of the changing relationship between science and governance across a range of disciplines, in terms of drivers of change, causal influences, implications and effects;
3. interrogating and discussing a range of empirical research projects that seek to explore the relationship between science and governance.
1st May 2005 - Submissions of 250 word extract to Pam Allen (p.allen@salford.ac.uk)
1st June 2005 - Notification of accepted papers and registration
1st October 2005 - Submission of papers for circulation
14th October 2005 - Finalisation of programme and circulation of papers to participants. |