CALL FOR PAPERS
Drugs and the birth of scientific marketing
Final conference of the GEPHAMA research project.
Berlin, June 4th-5th, 2012.
The conference will be organized in three thematic session respectively
dealing with: 1) Professionalization, media and forms of marketing; 2)
Regulation, consumption and the construction of markets; 3) Marketing,
drug uses and the redefinition of diseases. Papers may address any one of
these issues through studies of firms, products or specific tools. Given
the emphasis the GEPHAMA project placed on the historical trajectory of
pain killers, psychotropic drugs, hormones and anti-diabetics, priority
will be given to papers investigating these drug classes.
All costs of participation will be covered by GEPHAMA funding. Proposals
for papers should be send to Jean-Paul Gaudillière ( gaudilli@vjf.cnrs.fr)
and Ulrike Thoms ( ulrike.thoms@charite.de) before March 15th, 2012.
Engaging India: Human and Social Dimensions of Science and Technology
June 3 & 4, 2012
University of Calgary
Calgary, Alberta
It is our pleasure to announce that the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute will be organizing a national conference entitled Engaging India: Human and social Dimensions of Science and Technology to take place on Sunday and Monday June 3 and 4, 2012 at the University of Calgary.
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Individuals interested in submitting a panel or paper proposal for presentation during the conference are requested to complete the attached form. Proposals are to be submitted by April 15, 2012. Panel and paper proposals are invited in the following areas:
Religious and Cultural Perspectives on Science and Technology
Humanities and Digital Media
Art , Architecture and Environment
Energy, Environment, and Sustainability
Food Sustainability: Agricultural production, Food distribution, and Accessibility
Water: Resource management for life sustainability
Nano Technology: Critical Human and Social Issues
Age, Gender and Health
Education Technologies and Accessibility
For further information about this conference please contact:
Mariam Elghahuagi
Communications Officer
Shastri Indo- Canadian Institute
Tel. 403 220 2847
Cell 403 478 7950
melghahu@ucalgary.ca
www.sici.org - Canada Office
www.sici.org.in - India Office
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22-28 JULY 2013
Manchester, UK
Knowledge At Work
International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science
Division of History of Science and Technology
The deadline for Symposia (Themed Sessions) submissions is
Monday, 30 April 2012 http://www.ichstm2013.com/call/
The call for individual papers will be issued in May 2012.For Further Information:
Jeff Hughes
Chair, Local Organising Committee
Inquiries via e-mail:
enquiries@ichstm2013.com
For more information about DHST:
http://www.dhstweb.org/
For more information about the meeting:
http://www.ichstm2013.com/
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The 24th International Congress of History of Science, Technology, and Medicine will take place in the summer of 2013, from July 22nd-28th, in
Manchester, England. The Call for Symposia is now open, with a deadline
of April 30, 2012. (See:
http://www.ichstm2013.com/) There will be a
separate call for individual paper proposals in May 2012.
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CALL FOR PAPERS
Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice
The past few years have seen a resurgence of interest in the philosophy of medicine and health care. Controversies about evidence, value, clinical knowledge, judgment, integrity and ethics have required practitioners and policy-makers to confront the epistemic and moral basis of practice, while philosophers have found in these debates ways to invigorate and reframe the investigation of long-standing philosophical problems about: the nature of reasoning, science, knowledge and practice, and the relationships between epistemology and ethics, morals and politics.
The Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice is an international journal that focuses on the evaluation and development of clinical practice in medicine, nursing and the allied health professions. It has a large and diverse readership including practitioners and academics from a vast range of areas, and a tradition of publishing papers raising epistemological, metaphysical and ethical issues underlying clinical policy and practice. Following the publication of two highly successful thematic issues in 2010 and 2011 on the philosophy of medicine and health care, we are seeking contributions to a third thematic edition, scheduled for publication in autumn 2012. Papers are particularly welcome on the following themes.
1) Reasoning in medicine.
Possible questions/topics include: what is the role and what are the limitations of statistical reasoning in medicine? What alternative accounts of reasoning are available? If arguments are somehow at the core of medical reasoning, what are the sorts of argumentation skills we need to nurture in health care? What role do intuition and emotion play in a proper account of sound decision-making? How should we understand such ideas as judging, perceiving and interpreting and their role in reasoning in a range of contexts: clinical, policy, population/ public health?
2) Value, meaning and measurement.
Possible questions/topics include: how do we represent meaning and value in health care and are our representations adequate? How do we account for the value of ‘unquantifiable’ aspects of these processes? What is the relationship between epistemology and ethics in discussions of value? What are the criteria used to assess health care? (Which ‘outcomes’? what counts as ‘quality’? How is health gain assessed and valued in relation to other aspects of health care process/experience?) How do we defend expenditure on health care in the context of the current global environment?
However, we also welcome papers that do not fit neatly into one of these themes, but represent excellent examples of the application of philosophy to questions of substantive import in medicine and healthcare.
The deadline for submission of manuscripts is 30th April 2012. Original papers are usually no more than 5000 words in length, and detailed author guidelines are available at
http://www.wiley.com/bw/submit.asp?ref=1356-1294&site=1
Those interested in submitting a paper are invited to contact
Maya Goldenberg
Department of Philosophy, University of Guelph
mgolden@uoguelph.ca
‘Science versus Society? Social epistemology meets the philosophy of the humanities.’
Special Issue of Foundations of Science
Guest Editors: Anton Froeyman, Laszlo Kosolosky and Jeroen Van Bouwel (Ghent University)
Aim of the issue:
The aim of this issue is to bring together two philosophical disciplines, i.e. social epistemology and philosophy of the humanities, that have been dealing with the same topic: the relation between science and its social context.
Submission details:
The deadline for receipt of submissions is 31 October 2012, after which the papers will be subjected to external peer review. This special issue of Foundations of Science will appear in print as one of the issues of 2013. Articles will appear online first within a few weeks after acceptance.
Papers should preferably not exceed 8000 words. If so, please keep in mind that length should be in good equilibrium with content, in order for quality and readability to be maintained.
Authors should submit manuscripts electronically, prepared as a PDF or Word document or rtf attachment, and emailed to Laszlo.kosolosky@ugent.be with the heading ‘CFP: Science versus Society’. In their email message, authors should include their full name, affiliation and address for email correspondence.
Further enquiries can be addressed to Laszlo Kosolosky ( laszlo.kosolosky@ugent.be), Anton Froeyman ( anton.froeyman@ugent.be) or Jeroen Van Bouwel ( jeroen.vanbouwel@ugent.be). If in doubt whether their work fits our description, authors are cordially invited to send in a short abstract.
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