Call for Papers: Science and the Public 2010
Imperial College, London
3rd and 4th of July 2010.
Now in its fifth year, the Science and the Public conference aims to
bring together the various
strands of academia which consider science's relationships with
groups generally called 'the
public'.
Delegates come from a wide range of disciplines: science and
technology studies, history of
science, geography, psychology, cultural studies, media studies,
sociology, development
studies, English literature, science policy studies and more.
The range of topics covered may include (but are not limited to):
* PUS, PEST, PR.
* Surveying public knowledge and attitudes.
* Science and the arts (including science fiction).
* Science, publics and personal identity.
* The role of industry and/ or the third sector in public engagement
and scientific research.
* The challenges of 'upstream' engagement.
* Popular science and professionalization.
* Specific public-science issues: e.g. climate change, MMR, energy
policy, GMOs.
* Studies of specific media: e.g. film, books, the internet, museums, radio.
* Science, religion and the 'New Atheism'.
* Politically engaged scientists.
* Churnalism vs. investigative science journalism.
* Edu-tainment.
* Scientific advisers, spin and secrecy.
* Patients and publics in health services.
* Science and the sceptics.
* Amateur science.
Potential contributors should email a 300 word abstract to
(scienceandpublic /at/ googlemail.com) by 1st March2010. Please include
full contact details
(name, affiliation, email) of all authors.
Panel proposals should include a panel abstract and individual
abstracts for each of the
papers on the panel as well as contact information (name,
affiliation, email) of the presider
(moderator) and all panel members.
All submissions should be emailed to (scienceandpublic /at/ googlemail.com)
by 1st March 2010.
All other enquires also to this address.
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Dr Mark Erickson
School of Applied Social Science
University of Brighton
Brighton, BN1 9PH, UK
Tel: +44 (0)1273 - 644525
Blood Group: BRhPos
