STMS 2022: Sixth International Undergraduate Research Conference on Science, Technology, Medicine, and Society: The Interaction of Science, Technology, & Medicine and Politics Online Toronto, Canada, March 24-25, 2022 |
Conference website | http://hpsus.sa.utoronto.ca/events/stms/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=stms2022 |
Poster | download |
Submission deadline | January 31, 2022 |
It has long been thought that the relation between science and politics is an uneasy one: politics covets power, while science seeks apolitical truth. Scholars from the history, philosophy, and social studies of science have investigated the interactions between science and politics to unearth a complex web where science and politics co-evolve and are co-produced. What interactions lead science to shape political policies, and political environments to influence science? What lies at the intersection of science and politics?
The Sixth International Undergraduate Research Conference on Science, Technology, Medicine, and Society at the University of Toronto invites student submissions that examine the interaction between politics and science, including science policy, science funding, politicization of science and scientization of politics, political influences on science, as well as other topics regarding the mutual influence between science and politics. We are specifically interested in current issues surrounding COVID pandemic, climate change, data privacy, AI and warfare, vaccine hesitancy. However, we also invite submissions on other issues related to STM in historical and present societies throughout the world. As an interdisciplinary gathering, we encourage students to submit papers from across the arts, humanities, social sciences and natural sciences–check out our Facebook page for past presentations.
Keynote Speaker
Maya J. Goldenberg, Associate Professor, Philosophy, College of Arts, University of Guelph. Author of Vaccine Hesitancy: Public Trust, Expertise, and the War on Science (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2021)
Submission Guidelines
Please submit an abstract of approximately 250 words by January 31, 2022. Communication of acceptance will be by the end of February.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to hannah.rajput@mail.utoronto.ca