The Institute for Science and Society is involved in the new Interdisciplinary Research Priority Area EcoSocieties which studies ecological transitions in our societies and approaches social issues from an ecological perspective. This transdisciplinary research initiative transcends disciplinary boundaries to engage technoscience and society for creating novel approaches and alternatives to current environmental issues.
EcoSocieties examines the socio-political, cultural and scientific making of an environmentally conscious remaking of our societies and combines a variety of methods and approaches from science, engineering, social science and the humanities to analyse and design ecological transitions.
ISS is part of an exciting new collaboration with Sheffield, Leeds and York universities. We will be working with the research centre iHuman and the Science, Technology and Medicine in Society (STeMiS) group, University of Sheffield, the Centre for Health, Technologies and Social Practice (CHTSP), University of Leeds and the Science and Technology Studies Unit (SATSU), University of York.
Our plans include a mobile seminar series rotating around each of our four Universities and an International Summer School in 2020. See our events page for details about future activities and follow us all on Twitter for more STS news from our four cities: @NottmSTS, @thespleeds, @ihumansheff, @UoY_SATSU
ISS is committed to engaging and collaborative research interventions and we will be starting a series of activities to explore how our research can have a transformative impact in the fields we are studying.
We aim to involve Science and Technology Studies (STS) in issues that matter to us and we are planning a series of events and collaborations to explore this challenge. The first event in this series took place at the University of Nottingham in 2019.
ISS is leading an interdisciplinary conversation about Responsible Research and Innovation at the University of Nottingham and beyond. We have set up an RRI network to develop shared understandings and practices of RRI from different perspectives and disciplines. ISS is also leading in the provision of cross-disciplinary training that supports research students and early career researchers in the sciences.
Together with the Graduate School, we are developing a number of courses for EPSRC funded CDTs that explore the social, ethical, regulatory and cultural questions that emerge from the processes and products of scientific and technological innovation.
This Leverhulme funded research programme investigates a series of questions on the relationship between science, politics and publics: What are the challenges involved in making science public, in making public science, in making science in public, in making science more public, and finally in making science private? How are such activities changing science and society, and what are the normative implications for problems relating to political legitimacy, scientific authority and democratic participation?
Francis Willughby and me
You have probably all heard of Newton or Halley or Hooke or Pepys … But have you heard of Willughby? I had, vaguely, but I did not look hard enough. They were all early members of the Royal Society (founded in 1660) and involved in a little scandal to which I’ll come later. But first ...
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The concept of net zero hangs in the balance
‘Net zero’ has been in the air for a while and I let it waft over me without taking much notice. However, a few days ago I read Ken Rice’s thoughts on this matter on his And Then There’s Physics blog. He argues against a “recurring narrative that the concept of net-zero is flawed”, saying ...
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Institute for Science and SocietySchool of Sociology and Social PolicyLaw and Social SciencesUniversity of NottinghamUniversity Park Nottingham, NG7 2RD