Welcome to the Science and Technology Studies Unit (SATSU), University of York
The activities of the Social Informatics Research Unit (SIRU)
have now been incorporated into an expanded Science and Technology Studies Unit (SATSU)
SATSU is an internationally recognised social science research centre exploring the dynamics, practices, and possibilities of contemporary science and technology. Its principal focus is on the biosciences, health, digital media and social networking including new forms of democratic governance, and the broader regulatory universe within which these are found. Our approach is to provide both theoretical and empirically-grounded critical analyses of these fields, and to undertake interdisciplinary and policy-relevant research informed by both conventional and novel methodological techniques.
LATEST NEWSNEW!! Webcasts of SATSU Celebrated Invited Lecture Series CALL FOR PAPERS (Speical Issue of iCS): Networking Democracy? New Media Innovations in Participatory Politics 3 day Symposium to be held at Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj, Romania 25-27 June 2010 CALL FOR PAPERS (Speical Issue of iCS): Religion and the Internet: The Online-Offline Connection Media, Religion and Culture Conference (MRC), Toronto, Canada 9-13 August 2010 SATSU Anniversary Invited Lecture Series - Dr Celia Roberts, University of Lancaster, 2 December, 18:15hr Room PL002. It's All Hormonal: Puberty, Biomedical Technologies and Responsibility. Conference - The Wire as Social Science Fiction? REGISTER HERE! Bio-Step Network secures support Third meeting at the Centre for Gender research at Uppsala University... |
RESEARCH NEWSSATSU has secured a number of grants recently related to the broad area of the sociology of the biosciences, one of its core research themes. These relate to the political economy of regenerative medicine (via the REMEDiE project), cord blood banking, and citizen engagement with European policy in the xenotransplantation field. A recent major conference that brought together colleagues from the REMEDiE project with other UK researchers working on the ESRC Stem Cell Initiative explored a range of issues, clinical and governance/regulatory issues relating to the medium to long-term safety of stem cell therapies as first-in-human trials are begun, and related to this the value of existing animal models. Much of this work focuses on the boundaries between animal/human and the regulation thereof and how these shape clinical trials and regulation. A recent paper by Nik Brown, in Biosocieties, explores this issue while Webster is preparing a paper with colleagues on the REMEDiE project relating to trials. |
The Department is home to Information Communication & Society Journal
iCS (Information, Communication & Society) Drawing together the most current work upon the social, economic and cultural impact of the emerging properties of the new information and communications technologies, this journal positions itself at the centre of contemporary debates about the information age. Information, Communication & Society (iCS) transcends cultural and geographical boundaries as it explores a diverse range of issues relating to the development and application of information and communications technologies (ICTs). Online submissions to iCS can be made at click here |
