RC23 Sessions at the First ISA Forum of Sociology

July 1, 2008

The First ISA Forum of Sociology
Sociological Research and Public Debate
5-8 September 2008
Barcelona, Spain

Research Committee on Science and Technology (RC23)
Main theme: The role of science, technology and innovation in the construction of the world of to future
Programme Coordinators
Jaime Jimnez, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico, jjimen@servidor.unam.mx and Czarina Saloma, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines, csaloma@ateneo.edu

Session 01: Science, Technology and Innovation in the Public Eye: Freedom or Restraint? ? Part I.
Chair: Marja Hyrinen-Alestalo, University of Helsinki, Helsinki Institute of Science and Technology Studies, Finland, marja.alestalo@helsinki.fi
Authors and papers:
Helena Machado, University of Minho, Portugal, hmachado@ics.uminho.pt and Filipe Santos, University of Coimbra, Portugal, filipecardososantos@gmail.com
CSIE Effect in Portugal? Representations of Forensic Genetics in the Media
Rui Brito Fonseca, CIES-ESCTE, Portugal, ruibritofonseca@yahoo.com
Daily Science: Science and Technology in Portuguese Newspapers
Fernanda A. da F. Sobral, Universidade de Braslia, Brasil, fernanda@unb.br, Henrique Carlos de Castro, Universidade de Braslia, henrique@unb.br, and Tatiana de P.A. Maranho, Universidade de Braslia e Ministrio da Cincia e Tecnologia, tati-maranhao@uol.br
Investments on Science & Technology and Political Culture: Findings from the Public Opinion of 36 Countries
Olga Shuvalova, Higher School of Economics (HSE), Russia, oshuvalova@hse.ru
The Higher Scientific Competence ? The More Opponents to Use New Technologies
Pablo Ariel Pellegrini, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Argentina, ppellegrini@unq.edu.ar
Where Does Defeated Science Go? Rejected Biotechnology Rebuilding Networks

Session 01: Science, Technology and Innovation in the Public Eye: Freedom or Restraint? ? Part II.
Chair: Marja Hyrinen-Alestalo, University of Helsinki, Helsinki Institute of Science and Technology Studies, Finland, marja.alestalo@helsinki.fi
Authors and papers:
Maria Lucia Maciel, Universidade Federal de Rio Janeiro, Brazil, luca@ufrj.br
Social Diffusion of Information in Science and Technology
Michael Ornetzeder, Institute of Technology Assessment of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria, ornetz@oeaw.ac.at, Ulrike Bechtold, Institute of Technology Assessment of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria, ubecht@oeaw.ac.at and Michael Nentwich, Institute of Technology Assessment of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria, mnent@oeaw.ac.at
Future Search & Assessment: Participatory Evaluation of the End-User Energy Technology Research Agenda in Austria
Giovanna Sonda, Observa ? Science in Society, Italy, g.sonda@observanet.it
Eco-Friendly Techniques for Plant Genetic Transformation. Improvement or Restraint of Agrobiotechnologies? Discussing the Development of a Scientific Artefact

Session 2: Science, Technology and Innovation for the Development of Third World Countries. Will the Young Ones Join? ? Part I
Chair: Judith Zubieta, Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mexico, zubieta@servidor.unam.mx
Authors and papers:
Gregory Sandstrom, St. Petersburg State University, Russia, gregorisandstrom@yahoo.com
Cooperative Extension Services, Innovation Diffusion Theory and TRIZ or the Evolution of Science and Technology inside the Third World
Giriyappa Kollannavar, Central Leather Research Institute, India, giriyappa2002@yahoo.com
Technology and Development Study of Indian Leather Cluster
Mara Zuiga Coronado, Facultad de Trabajo Social y Desarrollo Humano, Universidad Autnoma de Nuevo Len, Monterrey, Mxico, maryzuco@yahoo.com and Veronika Sieglin, Facultad de Trabajo Social y Desarrollo Humano, Universidad Autnoma de Nuevo Len, Monterrey, Mxico, veronikasieglin@yahoo.de
Working conditions of Scientists and Academic Labor Migration in Mexico: Career Expectations of Mexican Undergraduate Engineer and Natural Sciences Students

Session 2: Science, Technology and Innovation for the Development of Third World Countries. Will the young ones join? ? Part II.
Chair: Lech Zacher, Leon Kozminski Academy of Entrepreneurship & Management, Poland, lzacher@wspiz.edu.pl
Authors and papers:
Emek Kepenek, METU- Sociology, Turkey, ekepenek@gmail.com
A Hope for Other Regional Innovation Networks and Policies in Developing Countries: The Case of Furniture Sector of Turkey
Beatriz Fainholc, CEDIPROE- Centro de Diseo, Produccin y Evaluacin/Investigacin de Recursos parastyle el Aprendizaje, Argentina, :cedima@ciudad.com.ar
Which Scientific Technological Knowledge Will Promote the Shift to a Pertinent Information and Knowledge Society
Rosalba Casas, Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales, UNAM, Mxico, rcasas@servidor.unam.mx
Knowledge-Based Social Capital: Can It Help Local Development Processes?

Session 3: Converging Science and Technologies and the Construction of the New World
Chair: Paulo Roberto Martins, Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnolgicas, Brazil, marpaulo1@uol.com.br
Authors and papers:
Lukas Scheiber, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Institute for Management and Regional Economics, Switzerland, lukas.scheiber@hslu.ch
The Social Construction of Nanotechnology: Believe the Old and Use the New
Matthias Gross, Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research ? UFZ, Germany, matthias.gross@ufz.de
Experimental Governance: Coping with Ignorance in the Remediation of Contaminated Land
Raynald Jadoul, Centre de Recherches Public Henri Tudor, Luxemburg, raynald.jadoul@tudor.lu and Sachie Mizohata, Universit de Paris V, Ren Descartes, Sorbonne, sachie.mizohata@emacs.lu
Social-issues.org: public participation and scientific collaboration
Paul Haynes, CSIC - Univeridad Politcnica de Valencia, Spain, pjhaynes@ingenio.upv.es
The Social Enablers of Technological Innovation - Critically Evaluating the Concept of Social Networks and Reconceptualising Social and Network Practices in Innovation
Jos Manuel Rodrguez Victoriano, Social Anthropology and Sociology Department of Velencia University, Spain, Jose.M.Rodriguez@uv.es
Exclusin social e info-exclusin en el mbito rural

Session 4: The Role of Industrialized Countries in the Development of the Rest of the World
Chairs: Jaime Jimnez, Instituto de Investigaciones en Matemticas Aplicadas y en Sistemas, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico, jjimen@servidor.unam.mx
Authors and papers:
Larissa Adler, Instituto de Investigaciones en Matemticas Aplicadas y en Sistemas, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico, larissa@servidor.unam.mx
Podemos hablar de la ?norteamericanizacin? de la fsica en Mxico?
Tuula Teravainen, Helsinki Institute of Science and Technology Studies (HIST), Department of Sociology, University of Helsinki, Finland, tuula.teravainen@helsinki.fi
The Potential of Technology for Sustainable Development: Finnish Experience of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
Judith Zubieta, Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mexico, zubieta@servidor.unam.mx
A Contribution to Development: Human Resources for R&D

Session 5: Will the ?Mertonian Way? of Doing Research Prevail?
Chair: Juha Tuunainen, University of Helsinki, Finland, juha.tuunainen@helsinki.fi
Authors and papers:
Rui Santiago and Teresa Carvalho, The Centre for Research in Higher Education Policies (CIPES) and University of Aveiro, Portugal, teresa.carvalho@ua.pt
Moving to Entrepreneurial Research: Where are the Differences?
Laurens Hessels, Utrecht University, The Netherlands, l.hessels@geo.uu.nl
Academic Chemistry and the Struggle for Relevance
Maria Lucia Maciel, University of Rio de Janeiro and University of Braslia, Brazil, mlmaciel@centroin.com.br and Marcello Barra, University of Rio de Janeiro and University of Braslia, Brazil, cello@unb.br
Structuralism and Constructivism: An Empirical Evaluation of Merton and Latour
Richard Woolley, University of Western Sydney, Australia, R.Woolley@uws.edu.au
Are Research Scientists a Global Social Movement?
Paper accepted for distribution:
Larisa Riyashchenko, Russian Foundation of Humanity, Russia, lkiyashchenko@mail.ru
Ethos of Science as a Tool of Scientific Knowledge Designing

Session 6: Science and Technology for Whom?
Chair: Maarten Mentzel, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands, m.a.mentzel@tudelft.nl
Subhasis Sahoo, Sociology of Science, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India, subhasis@iitk.ac.in and Binay Kumar Pattnaik, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute Technology Kanpur, India
Science and Technology for Whom? The Politics of Science Movements in India
Binay Kumar Pattnaik, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute Technology Kanpur, India, binay@iitk.ac.in
Science, Technology and Social Inequality in India:A Sociological Perspective
Zaheer Baber, Department of Sociology, University of Toronto, zaheer.baber@gmail.com
Genomics, Globalization and Global Civil Society
Jaime Jimnez, Instituto de Investigaciones en Matemticas Aplicadas y en Sistemas, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico, jjimen@servidor.unam.mx, Juan Carlos Escalante, Instituto de Investigaciones en Matemticas Aplicadas y en Sistemas, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, jcel@servidor.unam.mx, Miguel A. Morales-Arroyo, School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, osornoyk@yahoo.com
Is there a Mode 3 of Knowledge Generation?

Session 7: Joint Session of RC07 (Futures), RC14 (Communication) and RC23: The Internet: From Utopia to Nightmare?
Chairs: RC23 (Science & Technology): Binay Kumar Pattnaik, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute Technology Kanpur, India, binay@iitk.ac.in, RC07 (Futures): Ann Denis. Dept Sociology, Univ Ottawa, Canada, ann.denis@uottawa.ca, and RC14 (Communication): Hermilio Santos, Department of Social Science, PUCRS, Brazil, hermilio@pucrs.br
Authors and papers:
Ann Denis, Dept of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Ottawa, Canada, adenis@uottawa.ca
The Effects of Age and Time: Internet Use by Young People in Barbados
Lech Zacher, Leon Kozminski Academy of Entrepreneurship & Management, Poland, lzacher@wspiz.edu.pl
Multiple ? Trajectory Evolution of Information Societies
Kenneth Kyle, California State University, USA, ken.kyle@csueastbay.edu
The Use and Misuse of the Internet in Responding to Hurricane Katrina: A Cautionary Tale
Egl? Butkevi?ien?, Kaunas University of Technology, Department of Sociology, Lithuania, egle.butkeviciene@ktu.lt and Egl? Vaidelyt?, Kaunas University of Technology, Institute of Politics and Public Administration, Lithuania, egle.vaidelyte@gmail.com
Information Society in Postcommunist Context: Patterns and Social Implications of ICT Diffusion in Rural Communities of Lithuania

Session 8: Mid-Term Business Meeting

Session 9: Joint Session of RC07 (Futures), RC14 (Communication) and RC23: Intellectual Copyright, Digital Inequality, and Global Hegemony
Chairs: RC23 (Science & Technology): Jochen Glser, ESRC Centre for the Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics (Cesagen), Lancaster University, United Kingdom, Jochen.Glaser@Fu-Berlin.de, and RC07 (Futures) and RC14 (Communication): Hermilio Santos, Department of Social Science, PUCRS, Brazil, hermilio@pucrs.br
Authors and papers:
Grard Valenduc, Universities of Namur (FUNDP) and Louvain-la-Neuve (UCL), gvalenduc@ftu-namur.org
Understanding and Preventing the Second Order Digital Divide
Chris Armbruster, Research Network 1989, Max Planck Digital Library, Germany, chris.armbruster@eui.eu
Cyberscience and the Knowledge-Based Economy. Open Access and Trade Publishing: From Contradiction to Compatibility with Nonexclusive Copyright Licensing
Vincent Shie, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan, vhs1021@yahoo.com.tw and Craig Meer, Australian Greenhouse Office, Ministry of the Environment, Australia
Towards an Unsustainable World Economy?
Bruno Sanguanini, Department of Educational Sciences, University of Verona, Italy
ICT: A Chance for Leapfrogging Development?
Paper accepted for distribution
Andrew Kirton, School of Sociology & Social Policy, University of Liverpool, UK, a.w.kirton@liverpool.ac.uk
Somewhere Over ?In Rainbows?: Music Online and the Disruption of the Field

Session 10: Joint session of RC14 (Communication), RC07 (Futures) and RC23 (Science & Technology), Las Nuevas Tecnologas de Informacin y Comunicacin en el Mundo Latino: Perspectivas Sociolgicas desde Europa y Amrica Latina / The New Information and Communication Technologies in the Latin World: Sociological Perspectives from Europe and Latin America (Spanish Language Session) ? Part I
Chairs: RC23 (Science & Technology): Cristbal Torres, Departamento de Sociologa, Universidad Autnoma de Madrid, Spain, cristobal.torres@uam.es, RC07 (Futures) and RC14 (Communication): Hermilio Santos, Department of Social Science, PUCRS, Brazil, hermilio@pucrs.br
Authors and papers:
Ma. del Carmen Domnguez Ros, Benemrita Universidad Autnoma de Puebla, Mxico, delcar59@yahoo.com.mx
Difusin de las TICS en PYMES exportadoras en Mxico
Laura Sartori, Universit di Bologna, Dipartimento di Discipline della Comunicazione, l.sartori@unibo.it
A Global Digital Divide: What Modernization Theory Can Tell Us About It and Where Are We Now?
Teresa Gonzlez de la Fe. IUCPS, Universidad de La Laguna, Spain, tgdelafe@ull.es, Jos Lus Garca. ICS, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal, Ana Ma Gonzlez Ramos. IN3, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain and Helena Jernimo, Tcnica de Lisboa, Portugal
Science, Technology and Innovation in Spain. A Comparative Analysis
Airton Luiz Jungblut, Pontifical University of Brazil, jungblut.ez@terra.com.br
The Use of the Internet for Religious Groups in Brazil

Session 10: Joint session of RC14 (Communication), RC07 (Futures) and RC23 (Science & Technology), Las Nuevas Tecnologas de Informacin y Comunicacin en el Mundo Latino: Perspectivas Sociolgicas desde Europa y Amrica Latina / The New Information and Communication Technologies in the Latin World: Sociological Perspectives from Europe and Latin America (Spanish Language Session) ? Part II
Chair: RC23 (Science & Technology): Cristbal Torres, Departamento de Sociologa, Universidad Autnoma de Madrid, Spain, cristobal.torres@uam.es, RC07 (Futures): Markus Schulz, Graduate School of Art & Science, New York University, USA, isarc07@gmail.com, and RC14 (Communication): Hermilio Santos, Department of Social Science, PUCRS, Brazil, hermilio@pucrs.br
Authors and papers:
Claudia Laudano, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina, claudia@netverk.com.ar
Argentina: Reflexiones acerca de las Polticas Pblicas para reducir la brecha digital
Cristbal Torres Albero, Departamento de Sociologa, Facultad de Ciencias Econmicas,Universidad Autnoma de Madrid, Spain, cristobal.torres@uam.es, Carlos Manuel Fernndez Rodrguez, Departamento de Sociologa, Facultad de Ciencias Econmicas, Universidad Autnoma de Madrid, Spain and Manuel Fernndez Esquinas, Instituto de Estudios Sociales Avanzados de Andaluca, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientficas
El estado de la sociedad de la informacin en Espaa, y el papel de las representaciones sociales de las TIC en su desarrollo
Antonio Arellano-Hernndez, Facultad de Ciencias Polticas y Administracin Pblica, Universidad Autnoma del Estado de Mxico, aah@uaemex.mx
The Construction of Informatically Mediated Communities: Exploring the Truth (LaNeta)
Magda Garca Quintanilla, Universidad Autnoma de Nuevo Len, Mxico, quintanillamagdag@hotmail.com
La tecnologa como agente de cambio para la enseanza y el aprendizaje

Session 11: Joint Session of RC07 (Futures), RC23 (Science & Technology), and RC32 (Women): Gender, Science, Technology, Innovation, and the Future
Chairs: RC23 (Science & Technology) and RC07 (Futures): Radhamany Sooryamoorthy, Sociology Programme, University of Natal, South Africa, sooryamoorthyr@ukzn.ac.za, and RC32 (Women): Solange Simoes, Inst. for Social Research University of Michigan, USA, ssimoes@umich.edu
Authors and papers:
Uta Russmann, University of Vienna, Austria, uta.russmann@univie.ac.at, Ursula Seethaler, University of Vienna, Austria and Max Harnoncourt, University of Vienna, Austria
Gender-specific Behavior in Web Based Communication Networks: Gender Barriers to Access and Gender Barriers to Usage
Christiane Gross, University of Kiel, Germany, cgross@soziologie.uni-kiel.de and Monika Jungbauer-Gans, University of Kiel, Germany, jungbauer-gans@soziologie.uni-kiel.de
Women in Science?Aliens No More?
Luisa Leonini, U Milan, Italy, luisa.leonini@unimi.it
New Media and Pornography: How the Internet has Modified the Sex Business
Nuria Valles, n.valles@cirem.org
Construction of Gendered Technological Identities in the School Space
Ana M. Gonzlez Ramos, Interdisciplinary Institute, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
The Role of Women in ICT-related Projects within the Plan Nacional in Spain: A Potential for Science and Technology

Session 12: Joint Session of RC04 (Education), RC07 (Futures) and RC23 (Science & Technology): The Role of University Research in the Future
Chairs: RC04 (Education): Tams Kozma, kozmat@ella.hu, RC23 (Science & Technology): Radhamany Sooryamoorthy, Sociology Programm, Univ. Natal, South Africa, sooryamoorthyr@ukzn.ac.za and RC23 (Science & Technology): Jaime Jimnez, Instituto de Investigaciones en Matemticas Aplicadas y en Sistemas, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico, jjimen@servidor.unam.mx
Authors and papers:
Fernanda Sobral, Ncleo de Estudos sobre o Ensino Superior ? NESUB, Departamento de Sociologia, Universidade de Brasilia, Brazil, and Marcello Barra, Cincia, Tecnologia e Educao na Contemporaneidade ? Depto. de Sociologia ? UnB, Escola Nacional de Administrao Pblica ?ENAP ? Depto. de Comunicao e Pesquisa, Brazil, cello@unb.br
Academy in the Face of Electronic Leviathan: Reflections on University and Research in the Future
Sjoerd Bakker, Utrecht University, Department of Innovation and Environmental Sciences, Utrecht, Netherlands, s.bakker@geo.uu.nl
Arenas of Expectations for Future Hydrogen Technologies
Irene Ramos-Vielba, Institute for Advanced Social Studies, Spanish Council for Scientific Research, Spain, iramos@iesa.csic.es, Mara Jimnez-Buedo, Institute for Advanced Social Studies, Spanish Council for Scientific Research, Spain and Manuel Fernndez-Esquinas, Institute for Advanced Social Studies, Spanish Council for Scientific Research, Spain:
Beyond Spinoffs and Patents: Other Forms of Knowledge Transfer in the Future of University Industry Collaborative Linkages
Elena Ivanova, Sociological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia, eivanova@spbrc.nw.ru
Universities In Russia?s National Innovation System
Chris Armbruster, Research Network 1989, Max Planck Digital Library, Berlin, Germany, chris.armbruster@eui.eu
Research Universities: Autonomy and Self-Reliance after the Entrepreneurial University

Session 13: Technological Surveillance and Power in Everyday Life. Part I
Chair: Torin Monahan, School of Justice & Social Inquiry, Arizona State University, USA, torin.monahan@asu.edu
Authors and papers:
David Lyon, Queens University, Canada, lyond@post.queensu.ca
The Card Cartel: National ID Cards as a New Oligopoly on Identification
Nils Zurawski, Universitt Hamburg, Germany, nilszurawski@alice-dsl.de
Surveillance and Consumption: Adoption of New Consumer (Control) Technologies and Patterns of Consumption as Social Praxis
Colin J. Bennett, University of Victoria, Canada, cjb@uvic.ca
Everyday Surveillance and the Politics of Privacy Advocacy
Nelson Arteaga Botello & Javier Arzuaga Magnoni, Universidad Autnoma del Estado de Mxico, Mexico, arbnelson@yahoo.com
Surveillance and Democracy in Latin America: The Mexican Platform Case

Session 13: Technological Surveillance and Power in Everyday Life. Part II
Chair: David Lyon, Queens University, Canada, lyond@post.queensu.ca
Authors and papers:
Torin Monahan, Arizona State University, USA, torin.monahan@asu.edu
Technological Politics of Critical Infrastructure Protection
Roar Hstaker & Ole Brekke, Lillehammer University College, Norway, roar.hostaker@hil.no
Registration and Control ? A Synoptic View of Surveillance Technologies
Thomas Lemke, Institut fr Sozialforschung, Germany, lemke@em.uni-frankfurt.de
Endangered and Dangerous Individuals: Genetic Testing as a ?Sub-cellular Panoptism?

Session 14. Challenges and Changes in Universities and Public Research Organisations for the 21st Century: Evaluation, Research and Careers ? Part I
Chair: Laura Cruz-Castro, Unidad de Polticas Comparadas, CSIC, Spain, laura.cruz@iesam.csic.es
Authors and papers:
Nadia Asheulova, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia, asheulova_n@mail333.com and Kira Erochina, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia, korka22@mail.ru
The Reforms of Science in Russia and China: A Comparative Analysis
Jochen Glser, CESAGen, Lancaster University, United Kingdom, Jochen.Glaser@Fu-Berlin.de, Stefan Lange, Deutsche Hochschule fr Verwaltungswissenschaften Speyer, Germany, lange@dhv-speyer.de, Grit Laudel, Rathenau Institute Den Haag, Netherlands, g.laudel@rathenau.nl and Uwe Schimank, Fernuniversitt in Hagen, Germany, Uwe.Schimank@Fernuni-Hagen.de
The Internal Use of External Evaluations
Emanuela Reale, CERIS National Research Council, Italy, e.reale@ceris.cnr.it, Marco Seeber CERIS National Research Council, Italy, m.seeber@ceris.cnr.it
Changes in Funding, Evaluation and Management: Impact on Research Activity - The Case of Three Disciplines in Two Italian Universities
Carmen Osuna-Lopez, CSIC-IPP (Spain) and PREST-University of Manchester, United Kingdom, carmen.osuna@iesam.csis.es
The Effects of Research Evaluation System on Knowledge Production in Universities: A Comparison Between the UK and the Spanish Cases

Session 14. Challenges and Changes in Universities and Public Research Organisations for the 21st Century: Evaluation, Research and Careers ? Part II
Chair: Luis Sanz-Menendez, CSIC-IPP, Spain, lsanz@iesam.csic.es
Authors and papers:
Maria Nedeva, University of Manchester, United Kingdom, maria.nedeva@mbs.ac.uk
Universities and the Scientific Knowledge Commons: What Does the Future Hold?
Monica Gaughan, University of Georgia,gaughan@uga.edu and Barry Bozeman, University of Georgia, USA, bbozeman@uga.edu
Moving for Science: The Work Habits of Foreign-Born Scientists and Engineers in the United States
Adela Garca-Aracil, CSIC-UPV, Spain , agarcia@ingenio.upv.es and Davinia Palomares-Montero, Spain, dpalomares@ingenio.upv.es
Changes in Universities? Efficiency Over Time: Differentials According to the Missions
Stefan Fornos Klein, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brasil, sfkstefk@yahoo.com
Brazilian and European Higher Education in an Age of Reform
Paper accepted for distribution
Gunther Dietz, Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico, guntherdietz@gmail.com and Laura Mateos Corts, Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico, lauramat@gmail.com
Decentralization, Knowledge Exchange and the Multiculturalization of Mainstream Universities in Latin America: A Case Study from the Universidad Veracruzana Intercultural in Mexico

Session 15: Joint Panel of RC02 (Economy and Society), RC24 (Environment) and RC23 (Science & Technology) on The ?Knowledge-Based Bio-Economy?: Critical Perspectives
Chair: Les Levidow, Development Policy and Practice, Faculty of Maths, Computing and Technology, The Open University, l.levidow@open.ac.uk
Authors and papers:
Kean Birch, University of Glasgow, kean.birch@socsci.gla.ac.uk and Les Levidow, Open University, UK, L.Levidow@open.ac.uk
?Bioeconomy? as a Self-fulfilling Prophecy
Marja Hyrinen-Alestalo, University of Helsinki, Finland, marja.alestalo@helsinki.fi
Political Conflicts over the Knowledge-Based Bio-Economy
Stefano Ponte, Danish Institute for International Studies, Denmark, spo@diis.dk
?Bad? Fish: Regulation, Eco-labels and Popular Culture in the (re)construction of European Bio-economies
Larry Reynolds, Univ of Lancaster, UK, reynolds@lancaster.ac.uk and Bron Szerszynski, bron@lancaster.ac.uk
Corporate Imaginaries, Publics and the Knowledge Based Bioeconomy
David Tyfield, Univ of Lancaster, UK, d.tyfield@lancaster.ac.uk
Will the Knowledge-Based Bio-Economy Ever Arrive? The Problem of Productive Labour

Saturday, September 6, 2008: 18:00-20:00 Common Sessions

Session 16: Joint Session of RC07 (Futures), RC13 (Leisure) and RC23: Leisure in the Age of Technological Transformation
Chairs: RC23 (Science & Technology): Jaime Jimnez, Instituto de Investigaciones en Matemticas Aplicadas y en Sistemas, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mxico, jjimen@servidor.unam.mx, RC13 (Leisure): Teus J. Kamphorst, Wageningen University, The Netherlands, teus.kamphorst@wur.nl, RC07 (Futures): Scott North, Osaka University, Japan, north@hus.osaka-u.ac.jp
Authors and papers:
Sumana V. Pandey, Govt. College, Dausa (Rajasthan) India, sumanavinay@rediffmail.com
Leisure in the Age of Technological Transformation in Rural India
Nuno de Almeida Alves, CIES-ISCTE, Portugal, nalmeidaalves@iscte.pt
Computers and the Internet: Balancing Work and Leisure in Everyday Life
Pekkola, Kristianstad University College, Sweden, sari.pekkola@hkr.se
Diasporic Youth and the Internet-Bolivian Youth and Identity Work in the Cyberspace
Ake Nilsen, University of Halmstad, Sweden, Ake.nilsen@hh.se
The Second Skin - Technology and Masculinity in the Context of Scuba Diving
Philippe Terral, Universit Toulouse III, France, terral@cict.fr
A Sociological Analysis of a Scientific and Technological Controversy in the Field of Sport Sciences: The Interest of Electric Stimulation to Increase Muscle
Christine Schiwietz, Georgetown University, kjs58@georgetown.edu
Youth Culture and Consumer Technology: An Investigation into the Larger Picture and Trend Among Technological Consumption Amongst Youth Culture and College Students

Session 17: Joint Session of RC07 (Futures), RC13 (Leisure) and RC23 (Science & Technology) Leisure in the Age of Technological Transformation / Leisure Society: A Dream or Reality?
Chairs: RC23 (Science & Technology): Jochen Glser, ESRC Centre for the Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics (Cesagen), Lancaster University, United Kingdom, Jochen.Glaser@Fu-Berlin.de, and RC13 (Leisure): Dirk Steinbach; Center for Future Studies, University of Applied Sciences of Salzburg, Austria, dirk.steinbach@fh-salzburg.ac.at
Authors and papers:
Alan Law, Trent University, Canada, alaw@trentu.ca
Undesirables, Unemployables and Other ?Social Malingerers?: Containing the ?Post-war? Leisure Society
Scott North, Osaka University, Japan, north@hus.osaka-u.ac.jp
Frayed White Collars: The Future of Leisure in Japan and the United States
Elmar Schll and Dirk Steinbach, University of Applied Sciences of Salzburg, Austria, elmar.schuell@fh-salzburg.ac.at
Foreseeing Leisure Futures - Dealing with Ambivalence and Contradiction