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	Home: Science in Society: Page 2 CATEGORIES:   Academic Departments (61)   Forensic Science (272)   Research Ethics (41)   Science and Religion (66)   Science and Technology Policy (47)   Skeptical Inquiry (158) LINKS:   Pages: [<<] 1 2 3 [>>] The Engines of Our Ingenuity http://www.uh.edu/engines/ Transcripts of a radio program exploring technology and culture. The Masters of History http://www.geocities.com/savitz_1999/masters.htm A book about the impact of science and engineering on society. RiskWorld http://www.riskworld.com/ Resources on risk assessment and risk management in medicine, environment, and society at large. TechNet: The Technology Network of the World Bank http://www.worldbank.org/html/fpd/technet/ Designed to encourage understanding of, and promote the use of science, technology and information in development. WACRA Europe http://www.wacra-europe.org World Association for Case Method Research and Case Method Application, Europe - Advancing the philosophy that complex economic and social problems, whether acute or chronic, cannot be solved by academic research bounded by the conventional constraints of strict rationality. W3C Technology & Society Domain http://www.w3.org/TandS/ Concentrating on issues that arise from applications of Web technology, and devoting significant resources to international public policy issues. What the Social Text Affair Does and Does Not Prove http://www.physics.nyu.edu/faculty/sokal/noretta.html Article by Alan Sokal. Science-as-Culture http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/sci-cult.html Internet mailing list. Site includes subscription tools and archives. The Edge - The Third Culture http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/index.html Collected works and ideas of intellectuals whose work bridges the gap that C.P. Snow identified as existing between traditional intellectuals and the sciences. Topics include physics, evolutionary biology, philosophy, psychology, artificial life, chaos theory, neural nets, fractals, and others. Voice of the Shuttle (VOS) http://vos.ucsb.edu/index-netscape.asp An annotated guide to online resources that respects the established humanities disciplines in their professional organization and points toward the transformation of those disciplines as they interact with the sciences and social sciences. Science and Institutions http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/4605/ Articles by Luis Gonzalez-Mestres, including topics of science ethics and other social aspects. Society for Evolutionary Analysis in Law http://www.law.asu.edu/HomePages/Jones/seal/default.htm Scholarly association fostering interdisciplinary exploration of issues at the intersection of law, biology, and evolutionary theory. Features conference details, notices, other organization information, and links. The Canadian Science and Innovation Indicators Consortium (CSIIC) http://www.csiic.ca/ Researches bibliometrics and other quantitative measures of scientific work for use in public and private decision making. Physics and Society http://www.aps.org/units/fps/newsletters/ Quarterly newsletter; articles on nuclear proliferation, nuclear power and energy policy. Panel on Public Affairs of the American Physical Society http://www.aps.org/public_affairs/popa/ in-depth studies on topics ranging from energy and environment to national security issues. Politics & Science http://www.house.gov/reform/min/politicsandscience/ Report by the minority staff of the Government Reform Committee assessing the treatment of science and scientists by the Bush Administration. Ristex http://www.ristex.jp/english/top_e.html - Research Institute of Science and Technology for Society (Japan) Science and National Security in the Post-9/11 Environment http://www.aaas.org/spp/post911 Issue briefs and links to useful resources on key issues related to the topic of balancing national security and scientific openness. Summer School at Institute of Communication, Lund University. http://www.icomm.lu.se/summerschool June 5-18, 2004 - Sciences and Humanities in a Changing world. The school is based on three two-week courses by distinguished scholars. Science For People http://www.scienceforpeople.com Essays, reviews, and other opinion pieces presenting scientific and science policy topics without the jargon. Preeminent Scientists Protest Bush Administration's Misuse of Science http://www.ucsusa.org/news/press_release.cfm?newsID=381 Report from Union of Concerned Scientists, with endorsements. The Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) http://www.lsu.edu/ssss/ A scholarly association devoted to studying science, technology and society. The New Atlantis: A Journal of Technology and Society http://www.thenewatlantis.com A quarterly journal devoted to science and technology issues and their relation to social and political affairs Technology and Culture http://shot.press.jhu.edu/Publications/Technology_And_Culture_Main.htm A scholarly journal dedicated to the historical study of technology in its relationships with society and culture. ZENSCI - Making sense of science http://www.zensci.com Participatory site (blog with comments etc.) on science and society issues.   Pages: [<<] 1 2 3 [>>]

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