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Topic List

Upon successful completion of the first semester the student is familiar with the following key current issues, debates, conceptual perspectives and methodological approaches which provide a basis for the research project in second semester.

philosophy of science, sociology of science, sociology of scientific knowledge,

principle of symmetry, Big science, role of the military, ANT, micro-perspective

determinism, socio-technical ensemble, SCOT. LTS

Industrial revolutions, (dis)utopias

evolutionary approach, systems of innovation, university-industry-government relationship, public innovation policy, transfer of technology, standardisation, employment, legal aspects

knowledge Society Network Society , Interorganisational Networks, ICT, regional, trans-national, organisational and institutional changes, social exclusion, macro-perspective, relation between Europe and the rest of the world, research and technology for development, issues of world poverty

democratisation of Science and Technology /Risk (politics and policymaking, regulation, risk assessment, controversies, public participation, genetic engineering, sustainable technology , popularisation of science, expertise

social exclusion, gender, Appropriate Technology, ICT, mass media, energy issues

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