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2 post-doc positions, history of epidemiological reasoning in 20th CU Edinburgh
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(2021-3-30 3:02)
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We are looking for two Postdoctoral Research Fellows to play an important role within the ERC-funded research projectThe Epidemiological Revolution: A History of Epidemiological Reasoning. Both post-holders will work closely with Dr Lukas Engelmann over the next four years to pursue research on the history of epidemiology in the twentieth century. Each of the two […] The post 2 post-doc positions, history of epidemiological reasoning in 20th C – U Edinburgh appeared first on Society for Social Studies of Science .
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New book by Thuy Linh Nguyen TuExperiments in Skin: Race and Beauty in the Shadows of Vietnam
from Society for Social Studies of Science
(2021-3-30 2:14)
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Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu’sExperiments in Skin: Race and Beauty in the Shadows of Vietnamis nowavailablefrom Duke University Press.She examines the legacies of the Vietnam War on contemporary ideas about race and beauty, showing how US wartime efforts to alleviate the environmental and chemical risks to soldiers’ skin has impacted how contemporary Vietnamese women use pharmaceutical […] The post New book by Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu — Experiments in Skin: Race and Beauty in the Shadows of Vietnam appeared first on Society for Social Studies of Science .
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New book by Thuy Linh Nguyen TuExperiments in Skin: Race and Beauty in the Shadows of Vietnam
from Society for Social Studies of Science
(2021-3-30 2:14)
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Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu’sExperiments in Skin: Race and Beauty in the Shadows of Vietnamis nowavailablefrom Duke University Press.She examines the legacies of the Vietnam War on contemporary ideas about race and beauty, showing how US wartime efforts to alleviate the environmental and chemical risks to soldiers’ skin has impacted how contemporary Vietnamese women use pharmaceutical […] The post New book by Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu — Experiments in Skin: Race and Beauty in the Shadows of Vietnam appeared first on Society for Social Studies of Science .
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New book by Thuy Linh Nguyen TuExperiments in Skin: Race and Beauty in the Shadows of Vietnam
from Society for Social Studies of Science
(2021-3-30 2:14)
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Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu’sExperiments in Skin: Race and Beauty in the Shadows of Vietnamis nowavailablefrom Duke University Press.She examines the legacies of the Vietnam War on contemporary ideas about race and beauty, showing how US wartime efforts to alleviate the environmental and chemical risks to soldiers’ skin has impacted how contemporary Vietnamese women use pharmaceutical […] The post New book by Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu — Experiments in Skin: Race and Beauty in the Shadows of Vietnam appeared first on Society for Social Studies of Science .
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New book by Thuy Linh Nguyen TuExperiments in Skin: Race and Beauty in the Shadows of Vietnam
from Society for Social Studies of Science
(2021-3-30 2:14)
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Now available from Duke University Press. Tu examines the legacies of the Vietnam War on contemporary ideas about race and beauty, showing how US wartime efforts to alleviate the environmental and chemical risks to soldiers’ skin has impacted how contemporary Vietnamese women use pharmaceutical cosmetics to repair the damage from the war’s lingering toxicity. Thuy […] The post New book by Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu — Experiments in Skin: Race and Beauty in the Shadows of Vietnam appeared first on Society for Social Studies of Science .
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New book by Max Liboiron- Pollution is Colonialism
from Society for Social Studies of Science
(2021-3-27 3:40)
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InPollution Is ColonialismMax Liboiron presents a framework for understanding scientific research methods as practices that can align with or against colonialism. Focusing on plastic pollution, the book models an anticolonial scientific practice aligned with Indigenous, particularly Métis, concepts of land, ethics, and relations. Liboiron draws on their work in the Civic Laboratory for Environmental Action […] The post New book by Max Liboiron- Pollution is Colonialism appeared first on Society for Social Studies of Science .
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System Innovation: Organizational Strategy, Research&Innovation Policy GovernanceUniversity of Camp
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(2021-3-25 3:33)
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The SãoPaulo Excellence Chair (SPEC) program “System Innovation: Organizational Strategy, Research & Innovation Policy Governance” (https://www.ige.unicamp.br/spec/) is announcing the immediate opening of five (5) post-doctoral fellowships at the Department of Science and Technology Policy (DPCT) of the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in Brazil. The positions are open to applicants from around the world. The call […] The post System Innovation: Organizational Strategy, Research & Innovation Policy Governance — University of Campinas (UNICAMP) appeared first on Society for Social Studies of Science .
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New book by Pia M. KohlerScience Advice and Global Environmental Governance
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(2021-3-25 3:12)
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Anthem Press is delighted to announce the publication of Science Advice and Global Environmental Governance: Expert Institutions and the Implementation of International Environmental Treaties By Pia M. Kohler. “Science Advice and Global Environmental Governance” examines expert committees advising multilateral environmental agreements on ozone layer depletion, persistent organic pollutants and land degradation. This work argues the […] The post New book by Pia M. Kohler — Science Advice and Global Environmental Governance appeared first on Society for Social Studies of Science .
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Normative Structure at 80: a special issue of Serendipities
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(2021-3-25 3:09)
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In an essay entitled “The Normative Structure of Science” Robert K. Merton described the ethos of science as comprising four dimensions or criteria (Merton actually called them ‘imperatives’): universalism, communism, disinterestedness and organized skepticism. The text is dated ‘1942’; however, most people will have read the text in one of its reprinted versions, e.g. in […] The post Normative Structure at 80: a special issue of Serendipities appeared first on Society for Social Studies of Science .
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Registration for the Feminist Technoscience MA and Summer School 2021 now open!
from Society for Social Studies of Science
(2021-3-23 22:08)
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The Centre for Gender and Women’s Studies at Lancaster University, UK, in cooperation with Lancaster’s Centre for Science Studies and Centre for the Study of Environmental Change, is pleased to announce its annual Summer School in Feminist Technoscience Studies. The course will be organised around the theme Ecologies of Emergency. Teachers include Maggie Mort, Vicky […] The post Registration for the Feminist Technoscience MA and Summer School 2021 now open! appeared first on Society for Social Studies of Science .
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