This year’s Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Science and Technology Studies (JSSTS) was held on 9th and 10th November at the Kanazawa Institute of Technology, which is just outside the beautiful city of Kanazawa. I was not able to stay for the entire program, so here only report the talks that relate to … Continue reading JSSTS – 2019 Annual Meeting
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Foods for thought
The autumn term starts tomorrow at my university. This means that the summer is officially over. I spent most of my time preparing for lectures and seminars during the last term, so I needed August to switch to the research mode and it went rather quietly. But I think that paid off as I very … Continue reading Foods for thought
JSSTS – 2018 Annual Meeting
This year’s Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Science and Technology Studies (JSSTS) was held on 8th and 9th December at Seijo University. I attended only the first day of the Meeting but there were some interesting talks. My talk was scheduled in the very first session of the Meeting entitled ‘Rethinking ELSI,’ along … Continue reading JSSTS – 2018 Annual Meeting
Fantastic week as an academic
Starting from the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) Annual Meeting in Sydney, I had a quite intensive but very rewarding week. I am still in the process of digesting the large volume of information that I received but would like to share some of it here. This year’s 4S experience began with the … Continue reading Fantastic week as an academic
Sociology of Science Society of Japan – 7th Annual Meeting
Yesterday, I attended the 7th Annual meeting of the Sociology of Science Society of Japan. The full-day event was held at Tokyo Denki University this year, and I was there for the entire event. I really enjoyed talking about our ongoing Re-conceptualization of ELSI project, as much as listening to the talks of other researchers. … Continue reading Sociology of Science Society of Japan – 7th Annual Meeting
Sociology of Science Society of Japan – 6th Annual Meeting
Last weekend, I attended the 6th annual meeting of the Sociology of Science Society of Japan, held at Hongo Campus of the University of Tokyo. Because I had another commitment on the first day and was not able to take part in the entire meeting unfortunately, I did not present my work this time but … Continue reading Sociology of Science Society of Japan – 6th Annual Meeting
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