Category: Technology Assessment

Lecture Series „Human, Medicine and Society: Past, Present and Future Encounters“ program / „İnsan, Tıp ve Toplum: Geçmiş, Bugün ve Gelecek Buluşmaları“ Konferans Dizimizin programı, 04.12.2019-04.03.2020, 19h, Orient-Institut Istanbul:

(for english pls scroll down) İnsan, Tıp ve Toplum alanı, disiplinlerarası, yenilikçi ve geniş bir konu yelpazesini kapsar. Tıp, bilim ve teknolojide görülen hızlı değişim ve gelişmeler toplumların yapısında da sürekli yeniliklere, ve düzenlemelere yol açmaktadır. Bu yenilikler, sağlık kurum ve politikalarının sosyal, ekonomik, hukuki ve kültürel yönleri ile ilgili olup ayrıca hastalık, sağlık, tıp […]

“Human, Medicine and Society: Past, Present and Future Encounters” Series of Lectures, Orient-Institut Istanbul (4 Dec 2019 – 4 Mar 2020) #human #medicine #ststwitter #care #sexrobots #energy #performance #foodbanks #biopower #womanstudies #healthpolitics #art

The issue of Human, Medicine and Society encompasses a broad and interdisciplinary spectrum of topics. Ongoing innovations in medicine, science and technology have led to various possibilities and restructuring orders. These innovations are concerned with social and cultural aspects of illness and health, medicine, health care organizations and health policies. Hence, new practices of self-care combined […]

CfP special issue: “Manufacturing Life” in NanoEthics. Studies of New and Emerging Technologies #sts #enhancement #cyborg #multispecies #innovation #feministSTS #anthropocene #sociology #ethics

Dear colleagues, We invite papers for a special issue: “Manufacturing Life” in NanoEthics. Studies of New and Emerging Technologies (https://link.springer.com/journal/11569) This special issue of NanoEthics “Manufacturing Life” aims to gather research and insights about the (re-)constructions of living beings through practices in life sciences and technology with a focus on cultural, ethical and social issues […]

Safe the date: 10-12 September 2019, STS TURKEY 2019 Conference (Keynote: Prof. Dr. Wiebe Bijker) at Istanbul Technical University

STS TURKEY 2019 will take place at the Istanbul Technical University,  Turkey, on 10-12 September 2019; jointly organized by Istanbul Technical University, Program on “Science, Technology and Society” and Istanbul Technical University, Humanities and Social Sciences, supported by STS TURKEY. STS TURKEY is delighted to announce that our keynote speaker is Prof. Dr. Wiebe Bijker […]

Beteiligung am Projekt „Digitale Gesundheitsdaten zwischen sozialer Inklusion und sozialer Robustheit.“

Das Orient-Institut Istanbul (resp. Dr. Melike Şahinol) hat sich an dem vom Bundesministerium für Gesundheit eingereichten und Ende 2017 genehmigten Verbundantrag „Digitale Gesundheitsdaten zwischen sozialer Inklusion und sozialer Robustheit. Risikoethische Abschätzung digitaler Selbstvermessung im Gesundheitswesen unter besonderer Berücksichtigung vulnerabler Personengruppen (VALID)“, welches von Prof. Dr. Stefan Selke an der Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften Furtwangen geleitet […]

ITÜ 28.11.: RRI in the Era of Human Enhancement Cultures

Responsible Research and Innovation in the Era of Human Enhancement Cultures (Dr. Melike Şahinol, Orient-Institut, Istanbul) The aim of this presentation is to show the intercultural aspects of the regulation of  Human Enhancement Technologies with the example of Turkey, hence illustrating the blurring boundaries in enhancement practices and the limitations of an internationally adapted Technology […]

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