Science, Science in Society
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- Membership organization in the UK, offering news articles, mailing lists, and membership information.
- Addressing matters including scientific fraud, reliability scientific and technical information available to the federal courts, legal, ethical, and technological aspects of computer networks and genetic testing, and intellectual property issues associate
- Final reports from the international conference, addressing many aspects of the place of science in society, including ethics, science and technology in economic development, and environmental and economic issues.
- Resources on risk assessment and risk management in medicine, environment, and society at large.
- A project to examine intellectual property issues associated with electronic publishing in science.
- Assistant professor of Philosophy at Chulalongkorn University, specialising in problems arising from the interplay between modern science and Thai culture. Biography and academic papers.
- Introduction to the Virtual Society? Programme: the social science of electronic technologies.
- public debates on scientific topics that have important societal, political, and business ramifications.
- Researches bibliometrics and other quantitative measures of scientific work for use in public and private decision making.
- Report from Union of Concerned Scientists, with endorsements.
- Addressing such issues as environmental, health and safety implications of technology, engineering ethics and professional responsibility.
- Scholarly association fostering interdisciplinary exploration of issues at the intersection of law, biology, and evolutionary theory. Features conference details, notices, other organization information, and links.
- A nonprofit research and educational organization which considers the social effects of technological change.
- Quarterly newsletter; articles on nuclear proliferation, nuclear power and energy policy.
- Focusing on scientific and regulatory aspects of biosafety, with regard to human activities carried out using pathogenic or genetically-modified organisms.
- A quarterly journal devoted to science and technology issues and their relation to social and political affairs
- Website for European Union socio-economic research in the life sciences. Information and research areas, databases, and general aims, as well as discussion forum, networks, and related links.
- on ethics and values, education, human rights, and national policy, from a physics perspective.
- Professional society for those interested in understanding and interacting systemically with reality. Emphasizing system-level approaches to evolution of and applications of science in society.
- Director of the Lab for the Culture of the Artificial, University of Urbino, Italy. Page includes books, research interests, music and photos.
- Designed to encourage understanding of, and promote the use of science, technology and information in development.
- Division of the American Physical Society for discussion of science and society issues.
- An annotated guide to online resources that respects the established humanities disciplines in their professional organization and points toward the transformation of those disciplines as they interact with the sciences and social sciences.
- Science and Society activities and events at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg, Germany
- Educational organization created to facilitate the exchange and cultivation of interest in interdisciplinary science research. Publications and details of forthcoming conferences.
- Articles by Luis Gonzalez-Mestres, including topics of science ethics and other social aspects.
- A scholarly journal dedicated to the historical study of technology in its relationships with society and culture.
- in-depth studies on topics ranging from energy and environment to national security issues.
- A public charity founded by scientists committed to the advancement of policies and practices that aid in the elimination of poverty and improving public health.
- Promotional stories about the results of science improving the lives of people and animals through health care, nutrition and high-tech materials.
- Highlights the important links between federal funding for basic and applied research and development and their economic benefits to society.
- French museum exhibit showing how technology can modify our conception of humanity.
- - Research Institute of Science and Technology for Society (Japan)
- Report by the minority staff of the Government Reform Committee assessing the treatment of science and scientists by the Bush Administration.
- A scholarly association devoted to studying science, technology and society.
- Paper by Arthur Kantrowitz proposing a method for communicating what science knows and doesn't know when facts are needed for public policy decision.
- World Association for Case Method Research and Case Method Application, Europe - Advancing the philosophy that complex economic and social problems, whether acute or chronic, cannot be solved by academic research bounded by the conventional constraints of
- Concentrating on issues that arise from applications of Web technology, and devoting significant resources to international public policy issues.
- UK-wide campaign funded by EPSRC to raise awareness of science and engineering among young people.
- A book about the impact of science and engineering on society.
- June 5-18, 2004 - Sciences and Humanities in a Changing world. The school is based on three two-week courses by distinguished scholars.
- Essays, reviews, and other opinion pieces presenting scientific and science policy topics without the jargon.
- Council for the Advancement of a New Human Ethic Life Paradigm. Aims to restructure a new view of the world that values life more than matter. Includes a comparison between the new view and the traditional one. Also, has link to their interdisciplinary
- Aims to enhance the communication, discussion and collaboration between researchers and other groups of practitioners (e.g. NGOs, policy makers, media, etc.) in Science and Society.
- ISCAN fosters and promotes the public understanding of science and technology in Ireland.
- Collection of articles covering science, technology, and society. Includes stories on evolution, industrial chemicals, energy, and materials.
- Transcripts of a radio program exploring technology and culture.
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