Amsterdam Colloquia in Science & Technology Studies

[Loet Leydesdorff]

Questions which have traditionally been raised in the philosophy of science
have increasingly become empirical questions about how reflexive and
substantive discourses can feedback on each other.

Themes for this discussion are, for example:

v    The difference between scientific knowledge and common-sense knowledge:
Can one specify a criterion of “demarcation” in terms relevant for the
social sciences?

v    Legitimation in the social sciences: Does social-scientific knowledge
provide authority?

v    Is the differentiation among disciplines in the social sciences valid?
How does your discipline differ from others?

v    How are research agendas shaped? Theoretically and/or in terms of
social problems (Mode 2)? “Anything goes?” (Feyerabend)?

v    Are the structures of the scientific community best considered as “old
boys networks”?

v    Does anonymous peer review function as a validation mechanism for
communication in the social sciences?

v    Do audiences legitimate research results? 

v    Can contractors influence research results?

Colloquia Science & Technology Dynamics 
University of Amsterdam 
Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences


in collaboration with 

the Amsterdam School of Communications Research ASCoR

the Amsterdam School of Social Science Research ASSR

 

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Friday, 11 February 2005, 3-5 pm.

Location: Binnengasthuis BG V, room 203, Oudezijds Achterburgwal 237, 1012
DL  Amsterdam

 

Political Science and STS

Discussants:
•       Jos de Beus (political theory) 
•       Maarten Hajer (public policy) 

chair: Amade M’charek (science & technology studies; political science)


Friday, 18 March 2005, 3-5 pm.

Location: Oost-Indisch Huis, Heren XVII
Kloveniersburgwal 48, 1012 CX  Amsterdam

 

Anthropology and STS

Discussants:
•       Birgit Meyer (religion and society) 
•       Stuart Blume (science & technology dynamics)

chair: Anita Hardon ( anthropology)


Friday, 22 April 2005, 3-5 pm.

Location: Oost-Indisch Huis, Heren XVII
Kloveniersburgwal 48, 1012 CX  Amsterdam

 

Communication Studies and STS

Discussants:
•       Liesbet van Zoonen (media and popular culture) 
•       Klaus Schönbach (mass media and communication)

chair: Paul Wouters (science & technology studies; e-science)


Friday, 27 May 2005, 3-5 pm.

Location: Oost-Indisch Huis, Heren XVII
Kloveniersburgwal 48, 1012 CX  Amsterdam

 

Sociology and STS

Discussants:
•       Abram de Swaan (university professor of social science) 
•       Cees Schuyt (sociology)

chair: Bernhard Kittel (methods of social science research)

 

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Loet Leydesdorff 
Amsterdam School of Communications Research (ASCoR)
Kloveniersburgwal 48, 1012 CX Amsterdam
Tel.: +31-20- 525 6598; fax: +31-20- 525 3681 
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<http://www.leydesdorff.net/> http://www.leydesdorff.net/ 

 
 <http://www.upublish.com/books/leydesdorff-sci.htm> The Challenge of
Scientometrics ;  <http://www.upublish.com/books/leydesdorff.htm> The
Self-Organization of the Knowledge-Based Society
 
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