November 18th-20d, EUSP together with Skolkovo Foundation organized a three days workshop on science and technology studies

Workshop program (pdf 50KB)

Friday, November 18
17:00-19:00
KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Michèle Lamont, Sociology, Harvard University
ELEMENTS FOR A COMPARATIVE SOCIOLOGY OF KNOWLEDGE EVALUATION PRACTICES

19:00-20:00
Mikhail Sokolov, Sociology, EUSP
THE (INFRA)STRUCTURAL BASIS OF ACADEMIC VICE AND VIRTUE: A COMMENT ON THE RECENT WORK OF MICHELE LAMONT

20:00 Welcoming Reception

Saturday, November 19
12:00-14:00
STS: EXPLAINING THE KEY ECONOMIC ISSUES OF THE DAY?

Vincent Lepinay, STS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
WHAT STS TAUGHT US ABOUT PRODUCTS AND MARKETS THAT FINANCIAL ENGINEERS SHOULD HAVE KNOWN

Svetlana Milyaeva, Sociology, Edinburgh University
THE LEGAL MAKING OF MATERIAL MARKETS: THE CASE OF CURRENCY DERIVATIVES

14:00- 14:30 Light lunch break

14:30-16:00
ROUNDTABLE 1
STS IN PRACTICE: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY FIELD AS SCIENCE AND CULTURE

Key speakers:
Trevor Pinch, STS, Cornell University
Andy Pickering, Sociology, University of Exeter

16:00-16:30 Coffee break

16:30-18:00
ROUNDTABLE 2
WHAT DOES STS MEAN FOR BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT?

Key speakers:
Steve Woolgar, Said Business School, Oxford
Elena Simakova, Business School, University of Exeter

18:00-18:30 Coffee break

18:30-20:00
ROUNDTABLE 3
WHAT DOES STS MEAN FOR RUSSIA?

Key speakers:
Oleg Alekseev, Skolkovo Foundation
Oleg Kharkhordin, EUSP

Sunday, November 20
MASTER LECTURES

12:00-13:45
Steve Woolgar, WHERE DID ALL THE PROVOCATION GO? REFLECTIONS ON THE FATE OF LABORATORY LIFE (1979)

13:45-14:00 Coffee break

14:00-15:45
Andy Pickering, THE MANGLE OF PRACTICE AND THE MANGLE IN PRACTICE: NEW STUDIES ON THE ESTABLISHED TOPIC

15:45-16:00 Coffee break

16:00-17:45
Trevor Pinch, MAKING INFRASTRUCTURE VISIBLE: HOW DOES THIS RELATE TO « THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF TECHNOLOGY» PROGRAM?