Critical Issues in Science, Technology and Society Studies

6 May 2019, 09:00 → 7 May 2019, 19:00 Europe/Vienna

The conference is over. Information on the next STS Conference Graz in 2020 can be found here.

The STS Conference Graz 2019 is the joint Annual Conference of the Science Technology and Society Unit of the Institute of Interactive Systems and Data Science of the Technical University of Graz, the Inter-University Research Centre for Technology, Work and Culture (IFZ) and the Institute for Advanced Studies of Science, Technology and Society (IAS-STS).

 

Scientific Coordinator: Günter Getzinger

All abstract submissions, proceedings contributions, talks, posters, workshops, videos, official guidelines and communications will be in English.

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This event meets the criteria of the Austrian Ecolabel for Green Meetings

  

 

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Monday, 6 May

09:00 → 09:15 Welcome Note

Keynote

09:15 → 10:00 Keynote 1 - Room Styria: Back to the future. Why we did, why we do and why we shall do TA, Helge TORGERSEN - ITA/OEAW, Vienna

10:15 → 11:45 S2 (1): The politics of algorithmic governanca. Data power and data privacy

10:15 → 11:45 S23: Teaching STS: building the knowledge basis

10:15 → 11:45 S27 (1): Valuations and epistemic practices

10:15 → 11:45 S31: Intersectionality in research - celebrating equality and diversity

10:15 → 11:45 S5: Technology and the promise of decentralization

10:15 → 11:45 S7 (1): Humans & machines in healthcare contexts: interdiciplinary perpectives

12:15 → 13:45 Lunch Break

Landhaus, Herrengasse 16, 8010 Graz

14:00 → 15:30 S16 STS perspectives on China´s low-carbon energy and mobility systems

14:00 → 15:30 S2 (2): The politics of algorithmic governance. Algorithmi Black Boxes

14:00 → 15:30 S24: Meaningful science and technology education for kids

14:00 → 15:30 S27 (2): Valuation, Impact and Valorisation

14:00 → 15:30 S29 (1): Institutionalizing Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI): structural change as a means to institutionalize RRI

14:00 → 15:30 S7 (2): Humans & machines in healthcare contexts: interdiciplinary perspectives

15:30 → 16:00 Coffe Break

16:00 → 17:30 S18 Is the Circular Economy able to transform the built environment in cities?

16:00 → 17:30 S1: Technical standardisation and STS

16:00 → 17:30 S2 (3): The politics of algorithmic governance. New epistemologies

16:00 → 17:30 S21: Engineering education and STS: courses and teaching/learning units on the social and ecological responsibility of enigineers

16:00 → 17:30 S27 (3): Indicators and evaluative practices in academia

16:00 → 17:30 S29 (2): Institutionalizing Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI): structural change as a means to institutionalize RRI

18:00 → 18:45 Keynote 2 - Room Styria: Artificial Intelligence - A Transformative Force: Facing the Challenges ahead! Sabine Theresia KÖSZEGI, Institute of Management Science, TU Wien

19:30 → 23:00 Dinner - Rooftop Mensa, Stremayrgasse 16, 8010 Graz

Tuesday, 7 May

09:15 → 10:00 Keynote 3 - Room Styria: The peripherical challenge. Territorial justice and new forms of mobility. Aglaiee DEGROS, Institute of Urbanism, TU Graz

10:15 → 11:45 S10: Food water energy nexus and susastainability urban governance

10:15 → 11:45 S12: Towards a second stage of energy transition? Sociotechnical dimension of sector coupling

10:15 → 11:45 S19 (19: It´s time for structural change, sister!

10:15 → 11:45 S25: Genome editing: revolution or another incremental step in the life sciences?

10:15 → 11:45 S27 (4): Valuing Food, Environmet & Health

10:15 → 11:45 S3 (1): Socio-technical challenges of health technologies

12:15 → 13:45 Lunch Break: City Hall, Hauptplatz 1, 8010 Graz

14:00 → 14:50 Postersession

15:00 → 16:30 S11: STS - Design - Sustainability

15:00 → 16:30 S17 (1): The role of users in energy transition: What do we know, what should we know?

15:00 → 16:30 S19 (2): It´s time for structural change, sister!

15:00 → 16:30 S26: Governing life sciences in the age of globalization: security, ethics, and emotions

15:00 → 16:30 S3 (2): Socio-technical challenges of health technologies

15:00 → 16:30 S30: Knowing, Governing and Digital Technologies

16:30 → 17:00 Coffee Break

17:00 → 18:30 S14: The spatialities of waste

17:00 → 18:30 S17 (2): The role of users in energy transition: What do we know, what should be know?

17:00 → 18:30 S19 (3): It´s time for structural change, sister!

17:00 → 18:30 S28: The uptake of open science

17:00 → 18:30 S4: Applying artificial intelligence on vulnerable target groups: chances and challenges

17:00 → 18:30 S6: Exploring critical and angaged approaches for investigating the complexities of digital health