RC23 ISA midterm workshop was held  on 18 – 19 September, 2017 in  St. Petersburg.

 

Organizers:

International Sociological Association (ISA), Research Commitee 23 on Sociology of Science and Technology (RC23)

St Petersburg Branch of the Institute for History of Science and Technology (IHST) of the Russian Academy of Sciences

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Partners:

St Petersburg Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences

House of Scientists - Palace of Grand Duke Vladimir

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The topic of the interim workshop attracted interest

among international sociological communities.

More than 20 researchers from different regions took part in this event:

Brazil, India, Italy, France, Lithuania, Mexico and Russia.

 

The workshop, while interested in papers covering the entire spectrum of topics related to science policy, was particularly focused on papers (both theoretical and empirical) dealing with issues related to the governance of science; the role of science policy in the facilitation of innovation and excellence; the role of science policy in creating and eliminating barriers to global cooperation and the international mobility of scientists; and the implications of neoliberal reforms on academia (both locally and globally), particularly as they relate to new forms of association between industry and academia and the governance of the 'entrepreneurial university'.

The workshop provided opportunities for personal exchanges of scientific results and the strengthening of cooperation among researchers from different parts of the world.

RC23 is extremely pleased to have received a special grant from the International Sociological Association and very grateful to all who has contributed their academic papers to this meeting!

 

Monday 18th of September 2017

10.00 – 10.30 Opening and Welcome:

Nadia Asheulova, Director of the IHST, St Petersburg Branch, RAS,

President of RC23, ISA (2014-2018)

 

Jaime Jiménez, President of RC23, ISA (2002-2010)

Liliia Zemnukhova, President of St Petersburg Association of Sociologists

 

10.00 – 12.00 Session one: Governance in Science and Technology: Research and Innovation

 

Chair: Sonia K Guimaraes

 

 

Jaime Jiménez, Juan C. Escalante, Delfino Vargas, Rodolfo Ramírez, Leonardo Munguía and Brenda H. Molina (Mexico)

National Laboratories: a Strategy for Scientific and Technological Development Geared to Innovation

 

 

Leandro Raizer (Brazil)

Society, Innovation and Energy Policy in Brazil

 

 

 

Irina Dezhina (Russia)

Russian Science Policy: External and Internal Challenges for Scientific Community

12.30 – 14.00 Session two: The Future of University Research and the National Innovation Systems

Chair: Jaime Jiménez

 

 

Sonia K Guimaraes (Brazil)

Relationship University-Enterprise in Brazil Selected Regions

 

 

 

Duru Arun Kumar (India)

University Research and its Important Driving Forces in India

 

 

 

Egle Butkeviciene and Egle Vaidelyte (Lithuania)

Implementing Ideas of Entrepreneurship in Higher Education

15.00 – 16.00 Session tree: Global Science and National Context

Chair: Leandro Raizer

 

 

Aleksey Gordienko (Russia)

The Conceptual Model of Regional Innovative Development according to the Principle of the Brownfield

 

 

 

Anatoly Ablazhey (Russia)

Science in Transit: the Analysis of Post-Soviet Experience

 

16.30 – 18.00 Session four: Academic Profession and Publication Practices

 

Chair: Anatoly Ablazhey

 

 

 

Jérôme Pierrel (France)

Journal of Molecular Biology’s growth and Content Analysis

 

 

Alexander Rodny (Russia)

Formation of National Models of the Chemist’ Profession

Tuesday 19th of September 2017

10.00 – 14.00 Session five: Academic Career Development in Changing Social Context

 

 

 

Welcome: Alice Abreu, Director of GenderInSITE, Vice President of RC23, ISA

Chair: Alice Abreu

 

 

Giuseppe Pellegrini and Barbara Saracino (Italy)

Adolescents and Scientific Careers Interests, Scholastic Experiences and the Opinions of Italian Students

 

 

 

Irina Popova (Russia)

Sustainable Professional Career in Science and Technology: Interdisciplinary Perspective and the Russian Context

 

 

Egle Butkeviciene and Egle Vaidelyte (Lithuania)

Academic careers in Lithuania: Recruitment Systems of University Staff and its Regulations

 

 

Alice Abreu (Brazil)

More Women Better Science? The Importance of Bringing a Gender Lens to the Production of Science and Technology

 

14.00 -14.15 Closing remarks: Alice Abreu, Nadia Asheulova

 

 

 

 

 

 

16.00 – 18.00 Excursion in the House of Scientists -

 

Palace of Grand Duke Vladimir

(Dvortsovaya naberezhnaya, 26, St. Petersburg)