- Alan
Sokal on the "Social Text Affair"
- Read all about the hoax in which Sokal submitted a bogus
article to a humanities journal, including the article,
the aftermath, and his motivation.
- Belgian
Biosafety Server - Focusing on scientific and regulatory
aspects of biosafety, with regard to human activities carried
out using pathogenic or genetically-modified organisms.
- Center
for the Study of Technology and Society - A nonprofit
research and educational organization which considers the
social effects of technological change.
- Cyber
Tech Seminars - Exploring the transformation of the
internet from what was seen as a communications medium to
a truly social environment. From Johns Hopkins University
Applied Physics Laboratory.
- The
Engines of Our Ingenuity - Transcripts of a radio program
exploring technology and culture.
- IEEE Society
on Social Implications of Technology - Addressing such
issues as environmental, health and safety implications
of technology, engineering ethics and professional responsibility.
- Irish
Science Centres Association - ISCAN fosters and promotes
the public understanding of science and technology in Ireland.
- krisis
- A journal, addressing the relationship between science
and society, published by students at McGill University.
- The
Masters of History - A book about the impact of science
and engineering on society.
- National
Conference of Lawyers and Scientists - Addressing matters
including scientific fraud, reliability scientific and technical
information available to the federal courts, legal, ethical,
and technological aspects of computer networks and genetic
testing, and intellectual property issues associated with
electronic publishing.
- RiskWorld
- Resources on risk assessment and risk management in medicine,
environment, and society at large.
- Science
& Institutions - Personal web pages of Luis Gonzalez-Mestres,
including topics of science ethics and other social aspects
of science.
- Science,
Technology and Society Links - Links to STS-related
information sources from North Carolina State University.
- Scientific Freedom,
Responsibility and Law Program - A project to examine
intellectual property issues associated with electronic
publishing in science.
- TechNet:
The Technology Network of the World Bank - Designed
to encourage understanding of, and promote the use of science,
technology and information in development.
- Technology
and Culture - A scholarly journal dedicated to the historical
study of technology in its relationships with society and
culture.
- 2think.org
- Collection of book reviews and essays, mostly on popular
science, with an emphasis on science as a guide to truth.
Also includes a discussion forum.
- Virtual
Society? - Introduction to the Virtual Society? Programme:
the social science of electronic technologies.
- Voice
of the Shuttle - Science, Technology, and Culture Page
at this website for Humanities Research.
- WACRA
Europe - World Association for Case Method Research
and Case Method Application, Europe - Advancing the philosophy
that complex economic and social problems, whether acute
or chronic, cannot be solved by academic research bounded
by the conventional constraints of strict rationality.
- W3C
Technology & Society Domain - Concentrating on issues
that arise from applications of Web technology, and devoting
significant resources to international public policy issues.
- What
the Social Text Affair Does and Does Not Prove - Article
by Alan Sokal.
- World
Conference on Science - Final reports from the international
conference, addressing many aspects of the place of science
in society, including ethics, science and technology in
economic development, and environmental and economic issues.
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