ISA Forum, Programme Book - International Sociological Association

Academic chemistry and the struggle for relevance
Elena Mirskaya (Russian Academy of Sciences,
Russia)
The ethos of classical science: Robert K. Merton
and contemporary problems
Maria Lucia Maciel (Universidade Federal de
Rio Janeiro, Brazil)
Structuralism and constructivism: An empirical
evaluation of Merton and Latour
Marcello Barra (Universidade Federal de Rio
Janeiro, Brazil)
Structuralism and constructivism: An empirical
evaluation of Merton and Latour
Richard Woolley (University of Western
Sydney, Australia)
Are research scientists a global social movement?
Friday, September 5, 18:00-20:00
Session 07: Joint Session of RC07, RC14
and RC23: The Internet: From Utopia to Nightmare?
Chair: Binay Kumar Pattnaik, Department of
Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute
Technology Kanpur, India and Hermilio
Santos, Department of Social Science,
PUCRS, Brazil
Location: URL-A101
Session ID: SJS_RC023_RC07_RC14_07
Authors and Papers:
Ann Denis (Dept of Sociology and Anthropology,
University of Ottawa, Canada)
The effects of age and time: Internet use by
young people in Barbados.
Lech Zacher (Leon Kozminski Academy of
Entrepreneurship & Management, Poland)
Multiple – Trajectory evolution of information
societies.
Kenneth Kyle (California State University,
USA)
The use and misuse of the Internet in responding
to hurricane Katrina: A cautionary tale.
Egle Butkeviciene (Kaunas University of Technology,
Department of Sociology, Lithuania)
Information society in postcommunist context:
patterns and social implications of ICT diffusion
in rural communities of Lithuania.
Egle Vaidelyte (Kaunas University of Technology,
Department of Sociology, Lithuania)
Information society in postcommunist context:
patterns and social implications of ICT diffusion
in rural communities of Lithuania.
Friday, September 5, 18:00-20:00
Session 15: Joint session of RC02, RC23
and RC24: The ‘Knowledge-Based Bio-Economy’:
Critical Perspectives.
Chair: Les Levidow, Development Policy and
Practice, Faculty of Maths, Computing and
Technology, The Open University, UK
Location: URL-A201
Session ID: RC23_15
Authors and Papers:
Kean Birch (University of Glasgow and Les
Levidow, Open University, UK)
Bioeconomy’ as a self-fulfilling prophecy
Marja Häyrinen-Alestalo (University of Helsinki,
Finland)
Political conflicts over the knowledge-based
bio-economy.
Stefano Ponte (Danish Institute for International
Studies, Denmark)
Of ‘bad’ fish: Regulation, eco-labels and popular
culture in the (re)construction of European
bio-economies.
Larry Reynolds (Univ of Lancaster, UK, Bron
Szerszynski )
Corporate imaginaries, publics and the knowledge-based
bioeconomy
David Tyfield (Univ of Lancaster, UK)
Will the knowledge-based bio-economy ever
arrive? The problem of productive labour.
Saturday, September 6, 09:00-11:00
Session 01B: Science, Technology and Innovation
in the Public Eye: Freedom or Restraint?
Part II
Chair: Marja Häyrinen-Alestalo, University of
Helsinki, Helsinki Institute of Science and
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