Belgian Biosafety Server
Information and research areas, databases, and general aims, as well as discussion
forum, networks, and related links.A nonprofit research and educational organization which considers
the social effects of technological change.
www.fplc.edu/risk/vol4/spring/kantro.htm
Report by the minority
staff of the Government Reform Committee assessing the treatment of science and scientists by the Bush
Administration.
Technology and Culture
A quarterly journal devoted to science and technology issues and
their relation to social and political affairs
www.lsu.edu/ssss/
futurism 4s
www.scienceforabetterlife.bayer.com
The
Robertson Center for Science and Public Policy
Program funded by the Economic and Social Research Council
(ESRC) to study the change in social interactions with new electronic technologies.Aims to enhance the
communication, discussion and collaboration between researchers and other groups of practitioners (e
.
aip speculations
Focusing on scientific and regulatory aspects of biosafety, with regard to human activities carried
out using pathogenic or genetically-modified organisms.
www.embl.org/aboutus/sciencesociety/index.html
Institute of Science in Society
www.aaas.org/spp/dspp/sfrl/committ/ncls.htm
World Conference on Science
interacting esrc
Biography and academic papers.
IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology
The New Atlantis: A
Journal of Technology and Society
W3C Technology & Society Domain
respects devoting
Bad Science
Articles by Luis Gonzalez
-Mestres, including topics of science ethics and other social aspects.A project to examine intellectual
property issues associated with electronic publishing in science.
vos.ucsb.edu/index-netscape.asp
soraj elitism
Website
for European Union socio-economic research in the life sciences.
Research Institute of Science and Technology
for Society (Ristex), Japan
Science For People
A scholarly journal dedicated to the historical study
of technology in its relationships with society and culture.
www.thenewatlantis.com
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.
virtualsociety.sbs.ox.ac.uk/
iscan elitism
aip.org/success/
www.aps.org/statements
/
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 associated with electronic publishing.
www.aps.org/units/fps/newsletters
/
www.aaas.org/spp/dspp/sfrl/projects/epub/ip.htm
June 5-18, 2004 - Sciences and Humanities in a Changing
world.Designed to encourage understanding of, and promote the use of science, technology and information
in development.Researches bibliometrics and other quantitative measures of scientific work for use in
public and private decision making.g.
respects interplay
www.aps.org/units/fps/
www.noisenet.ws/
Quarterly newsletter; articles
on nuclear proliferation, nuclear power and energy policy. The school is based on three two-week courses
by distinguished scholars.
The Masters of History
ingenuity misrepresents
www.badscience.net/
Irish Science Centres Association
ISCAN fosters and promotes the public understanding of science and technology in Ireland.
Negrotti, Massimo
digilander.libero.it/maxnegro/Nuova1.html
Page includes books, research interests, music and photos
.Essays, reviews, and other opinion pieces presenting scientific and science policy topics without the
jargon.
The Society for Social Studies of Science (4S)
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 strict rationality.
vigor interacting
Highlights the important links between federal funding
for basic and applied research and development and their economic benefits to society.Ben Goldacre`s
column from The Guardian, presented as a blog.Educational organization created to facilitate the exchange
and cultivation of interest in interdisciplinary science research.
policy.rutgers.edu/andrews/projects
/ssit
Panel on Public Affairs of the American Physical Society
RiskWorld
www.csiic.ca/
www.w3.org/TandS/
chulalongkorn aip
Forum on Physics and Society
www.law.asu.edu/HomePages/Jones/seal/default.htm
www.uh.edu/engines/
ramifications kantrowitz
Biosociety
Center for the Study of Technology and Society
Collection of articles covering science, technology, and
society. Includes stories on evolution, industrial chemicals, energy, and materials.
EMBL Science and
Society
Assistant professor of Philosophy at Chulalongkorn University, specialising in problems arising
from the interplay between modern science and Thai culture. Publications and details of forthcoming
conferences.
www.iscan.ie
National Conference of Lawyers and Scientists
www.worldbank.org/html/fpd/technet
/
A scholarly association devoted to studying science, technology and society.
pathogenic esrc
Articles generally focus
on how the media misrepresents science.
Cienciateca.com: Scientists Popularizing Science
Membership organization
in the UK, offering news articles, mailing lists, and membership information.
www.scienceforpeople.com
) in Science and Society.
systemically soraj
Discussion on ethics and values, education, human rights, and national policy
, from a physics perspective.
Bayer - Science For A Better Life
Conducts interdisciplinary science studies
as it applies to issues of importance to society.
www.riskworld.com/
alba.jrc.it/science-society/
chulalongkorn 4s
www.tecsoc
.org
Summer School at Institute of Communication, Lund University.
The Canadian Science and Innovation
Indicators Consortium (CSIIC)
The Engines of Our Ingenuity
4s futurism
American Physical Society Statements
Director
of the Lab for the Culture of the Artificial, University of Urbino, Italy.
Scientific Freedom, Responsibility
and Law Program
World Association for Case Method Research and Case Method Application Europe
popularizing skeptical
Houston
Science Caf
systemically respects
biosafety.ihe.be
Elitism vs. Checks and Balances in Communicating Scientific Information
to the Public
pioneer.netserv.chula.ac.th/~hsoraj/web/soraj.html
Addressing such issues as environmental
, health and safety implications of technology, engineering ethics and professional responsibility.
www
.isss.org/
Professional society for those interested in understanding and interacting systemically with
reality.
Physics and Society
www.house.gov/reform/min/politicsandscience/
Resources on risk assessment
and risk management in medicine, environment, and society at large.Scholarly association fostering interdisciplinary
exploration of issues at the intersection of law, biology, and evolutionary theory.
Voice of the Shuttle
(VOS)
Concentrating on issues that arise from applications of Web technology, and devoting significant
resources to international public policy issues.
helix.nature.com/wcs/index.html
interplay popularizing
biosociety.cordis.lu
/
www.sciencecafe.net
UK-wide campaign funded by EPSRC to raise awareness of science and engineering among
young people.
Science and Institutions
Society for Evolutionary Analysis in Law
technet kantrowitz
Paper by Arthur Kantrowitz
proposing a method for communicating what science knows and doesn`t know when facts are needed for public
policy decision.Transcripts of a radio program exploring technology and culture.
www.geocities.com/savitz_1999
/masters.htm
Worldwide Virtual Network of Young Practitioners Working on Science and Society Issues
ramifications interacting
French
museum exhibit showing how technology can modify our conception of humanity.
www.aps.org/public_affairs
/popa/
Politics & Science
www.ristex.jp/english/english/gaiyou/gaiyou_e.html
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.
devoting speculations
Science and Society activities and events at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg
, Germany
Hongladarom, Soraj
Man Transformed
www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/4605/
shot.press.jhu
.edu/Publications/Technology_And_Culture_Main.htm
technet esrc
AIP Physics Success Stories
Promotional stories about
the results of science improving the lives of people and animals through health care, nutrition and
high-tech materials.Public debates on scientific topics that have important societal, political, and
business ramifications.
www.cite-sciences.com/english/ala_cite/expo/tempo/defis/homtrans/index.htm
Noise
in-depth studies on topics ranging from energy and environment to national security issues.
www.icomm
.lu.se/summerschool
www.robertsoncenter.org
Virtual Society?
www.wacra-europe.org
ramifications speculations
www.i-sis.org.uk/
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
.
skeptical pathogenic
www.cienciateca.com/stsindex.html
Division of the American Physical Society for discussion of science
and society issues.
Hybrid Vigor Institute
www.hybridvigor.org/
International Society for the Systems Sciences
Emphasizing system-level approaches to evolution of and applications of science in society. Page includes
list of programs, forum and history of the facility. Features conference details, notices, other organization
information, and links.
TechNet: The Technology Network of the World Bank
A book about the impact of science
and engineering on society. NGOs, policy makers, media, etc.
kantrowitz aip
A community sponsored library.