Free Workshop Mixed Methods in Longitudinal Risk and Life Course Research

Submitted by Patrick R Brown on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 13:23

 

Risk, Life Course and Longitudinal Mixed Methods

 

Free methodology training

 

July 3 and 4 in Amsterdam

We invite you to participate in this workshop on methods in longitudinal research. Particularly we focus on interpretive and mixed methods research in the area of health risks and life course. The workshop combines lectures, discussions and hands on training. It will enable you to reason about, choose and apply mixed methods approaches.

 

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Special issue of the Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society

Submitted by Patrick R Brown on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 15:24

 
Special issue of the Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society
This special issue, edited by David Schleifer and Bart Penders, includes papers on the social study of corporate science and some interesting papers from sociologists, historians and others regarding risk. See especially Bart Penders' article which examines how Unilever develops products that can be manufactured and marketed as "safe". http://bst.sagepub.com/content/31/6.toc

ESA RN22 Quarterly newsletter - May 2012

Submitted by Jörgen Sparf on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 13:56

 

Please click here to read the newsletter in pdf.

 

 

Conference: Moral Emotions and Risk Politics

Submitted by Jörgen Sparf on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 11:02

August 20-22, 2012

Philosophy Department, TU Delft

Call for papers

Submitted by Jörgen Sparf on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 13:20

7th Future Security Conference (Future Security 2012)

Bonn, Germany - September 4-6, 2012

www.future-security.eu/

 

Call for papers

Submitted by Jörgen Sparf on Mon, 03/26/2012 - 21:28

For the interim conference of the European Sociological Association (ESA) Research Network 8 “Disaster, Conflict and Social Crisis Research Network” (DCSCRN), that is organized in collaboration with the Rector’s Office, the Sociology of Work Laboratory and the Laboratory for Social-Cultural Digital Documentation of the Aegean University and will be held on the island of Lesvos (Greece), on 13-14 September 2012.

Call for Papers and Session Proposals

Submitted by Jörgen Sparf on Mon, 03/26/2012 - 21:22

Second Aalto Event on Science and Technology Studies: Energy in Society http://stsevent.org

The Helsinki Institute of Science and Technology Studies (HIST), the Aalto University School of Economics, and the Finnish Society for Science and Technology Studies will organize the 2nd Aalto Event on Science and Technology Studies at the Aalto University School of Economics, in Helsinki, Finland, on 5-6 November 2012.

Risk Conference - Antwerp, Belgium - November 2012: Call for papers

Submitted by Jörgen Sparf on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 11:23

Dear Sir/Madam,

We have the pleasure of announcing the call for papers for the international workshop the University Centre Saint Ignatius Antwerp (cf. http://www.ucsia.org/), a forum for academic reflection on societal issues and their ethical implications, is organising on the topic of Risk and Uncertainty in Changing Society on November 22nd – 23rd  2012 at the University of Antwerp, Belgium.

Call for papers for edited volume

Submitted by Alphia on Sat, 03/10/2012 - 09:09

Dr Alphia Possamai-Inesedy of University of Western Sydney and Dr Peter Rogers of Macquarie University are releasing a call for abstracts for an edited volume on  'Resilience, Trust and Adaptation: Bridging Theory and Policy'.  
Please submit abstracts to Alphia at alphia.possamai@uws.edu.au by the 2nd of April.
 
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call for papers - Risk and Uncertainty in Changing Society - international workshop, 22-23 Nov 2012, Antwerp, Belgium

Submitted by Alphia on Sat, 03/10/2012 - 09:00

Hi Everyone,
 
The following call for papers should be of interest for those working within the field of risk and uncertainty.  
 
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