Welcome to the Science and Technology Studies Unit (SATSU)

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SATSU is an internationally recognised social science research centre exploring the dynamics, practices, and possibilities of contemporary science and technology.

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The Co-Production of Knowledge: Social Media, STS and ...

Posted on Monday 23 January 2012

This three-day symposium is intended to explore the intersection between these two areas of inquiry, with a specific focus on how Web 2.0 is both generative and challenging of different forms of knowledge production and the authority it commands. Questions related to co-production, citizen science, the power of data algorithms and metrics to shape or bypass human agency, and the possibility of participatory forms of surveillance are just some of the issues that are raised. This Special Issue has been reserved and will be published before the REF

SATSU Director explores the science/society relationship in Norway

Posted on Wednesday 4 January 2012

SATSU Director explores the science/society relationship at meeting in Norway: webcast

SATSU is offering a full time PhD studentship from October 2012, as part of a wider STS PhD network funded by the ESRC Doctoral Training Centre.

Posted on Wednesday 4 January 2012

Please contact Andrew Webster if you are interested in applying. Deadline 2 February 2012. (andrew.webster@york.ac.uk)

SATSU Annual Review 2010-2011

Posted on Monday 19 September 2011

The document has been distributed to 150 contacts, with 50 hard copies printed and copies sent to various research centres. Please distribute the URL to interested contacts.

Events

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Research themes

Find out about projects within our key research areas: the biosciences, health, digital media and social networking, space and mobility, and democratic governance.


Anniversary lecture series

View webcasts of invited lectures on new technologies, science and culture.


Working papers

Read our research papers, the purpose of which is to foster discussion and debate prior to publication elsewhere.


iCS journal

The iCS (Information, Communication & Society) journal draws together the most current work upon the social, economic and cultural impact of the emerging properties of the new ICTs. Now included in the Thomson Reuters Social Science Citation Index©