[Galileo] conference announcement and call for papers for dissemination

[Richard Hindmarsh]

Hi: please send the following announcement which I'm sure will interest 
some of the members

Many thanks
 
Richard Hindmarsh (Convenor APSTSN)
Associate Professor 
Environmental Politics & Policy and STS 
Griffith School of Environment,
and, Centre for Governance and Public Policy 
Griffith University
Nathan 4111
Australia
email: r.hindmarsh at griffith.edu.au 

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Call for papers

STS and the New Knowledge Society: Negotiating Innovation, Risk, Trust, 
Culture & Development
 
The 2nd Asia-Pacific STS Network Conference 2011
19-21 July 2011
Northeastern University, Shenyang, China
Website: http://www.neusts.com/stsbeta2/index.asp
 
Deadline:  1 April 2011
The conference is the second biannual conference of the Asia‐Pacific 
Science, Technology & Society (STS) Network (APSTSN). Following the 
inaugural 2009 APSTSN conference hosted by Griffith University (Brisbane), 
the 2011 conference is hosted by the Research Center for Science, 
Technology and Society (RCSTS), Northeastern University, Shenyang, China. 
APSTSN forums bring together researchers involved in STS in the 
Asia-Pacific ? East Asia, Southeast Asia, Australasia and Oceania. The 
APSTSN aims to encourage regional STS collaboration in the Asia-Pacific; 
foster critical discussion on current themes and issues; fill an important 
regional gap in global STS scholarship and knowledge; seek wide 
representation from regional STS communities, with a strong focus on 
decision-making and policy, in addition to other STS areas of scholarship. 


Theme
Abstracts and papers are invited according to the conference theme:

STS and the new knowledge society: negotiating innovation, risk, trust, 
culture & development

Sub-themes (or mix thereof):
1.      Environment and/or energy, climate change, and sustainability  
2.      Administration and/or public policy, citizenship and public 
engagement 
3.      Culture and/or innovation & development 
4.      Emerging technosciences
5.      Others seen as relevant to the conference theme 
 
Special conference offer: 
Fifty (50) foreign scholars (including 10 postgraduate students) will be 
offered free registration, accommodation and meal fees, based on the 
quality and relevance of their abstracts to the themes. First preference 
will be given to APSTSN members. To join the APSTSN you will typically be 
a scholar in the Asia-Pacific doing STS research, or a scholar external to 
the Asia-Pacific (Australasia, SE and East Asia and Oceania) doing STS 
research within the Asia-Pacific. To join (no fees): see 
www.esr.cri.nz/AsiaPacificSTSNetwork 

Conference Secretary-General:
Dr. Ma Huiduan, Research Center for Science, Technology and Society 
(RCSTS), Northeastern University (NEU):  mahd21cn at 126.com

To submit abstracts: see Call for papers at: 
www.neusts.com/stsbeta2/index.asp

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