From: Deutschsprachige Diskussions- und Ankuendigungsliste fuer Wissenschafts- [mailto:gwtf-t...@listserv.dfn.de] On Behalf Of Pfersdorf, Simon Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 1:56 PM To: gwtf-t...@listserv.dfn.de Subject: Reminder: CfP Summer School "Beyond Knowledge Society" - Speakers confirmed
--- We apologize for cross posting --- --- Please forward this call to anyone who might be interested --- Dear Colleagues: We would like to remind you of the Call for Papers to the International Graduate Summer School "Beyond Knowledge Society: Scientific knowledge production, consumption and transformation", to be held at the Inter-University-Center in Dubrovnik, September 13th - 17th, 2010, that is open until May 15th, 2010. We are pleased to announce that besides Armin Grunwald, Vitaly Gorokhov, Imre Hronszky and Gerd Schienstock as course directors, Sabine Maasen, Gotthard Bechmann, Andoni Ibarra and Nico Stehr confirmed their attendance as lecturers. Beyond Knowledge Society The role of scientific knowledge in society has changed over the last decades. The ideal of the pursuit of science as a self-evident value is no longer valid for the entire science system. Furthermore, parts of the science system are drawn into society's decision-making processes and are changed through this encounter. Through new research programs, for example at the European level, or new scientific organisations (such as the Helmholtz Association in Germany) new modes of scientific knowledge production are institutionalized. With the introduction of the concept of New Public Management into scientific organisations and the shortening of (financial) resources available to scientists, they find themselves in a changing environment where traditional norms and values of knowledge production may no longer apply. In this situation, science comes under pressure to legitimize its knowledge production as relevant for society. The potentials of this new form of scientific knowledge have to be analysed. Can these developments lead to a state beyond the concepts of knowledge society? An analytical framework to discuss this thesis may be based on the distinction between knowledge production, consumption and transformation. The summer school's objective is to discuss the state of the knowledge society along this analytical distinction. Some leading questions are: * How can the changed production, consumption or transformation of (scientific) knowledge be conceptualised? * What empirical findings support or contradict this thesis? * What is beyond the concepts of knowledge society? Discussions of PhD Projects as well as lectures from experienced scholars working in the field of knowledge society, knowledge politics and Science Studies build the core of the summer school. When accepted, PhD Students will have the opportunity to present and discuss their work in an international setting with experienced scientists and young scholars. Submitting abstracts / Further information We invite PhD students as well as young scientists to submit papers concerning the summer school's topic. The papers can discuss empirical as well as theoretical questions. We also welcome perspectives from varying disciplinary perspectives. Applicants should submit an abstract of their paper containing an outline of their doctoral thesis (no more than 800 words) until May 15th. The Call for Paper as well as detailed information about the program, the venue, travel expenses or scholarships can be found at the homepage: http://www.itas.fzk.de/v/dubrovnik/ If you have any further questions do not hesitate to contact us by mailing to simon.pfersd...@kit.edu. Kind regards, Simon Pfersdorf on behalf of the course directors and the organizing committee __________________________ Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Campus-Nord Institut für Technikfolgenabschätzung und Systemanalyse (ITAS) Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen Telefon: 07247 82-4841, Fax: 07247 82-4806 http://www.itas.fzk.de/mahp/pfersdorf/pfersdorf.htm <http://www.itas.fzk.de/mahp/pfersdorf/pfersdorf.htm> KIT - Universität des Landes Baden-Württemberg und nationales Großforschungszentrum in der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft
