4th conference of the International Association of Cognitive Semiotics (IACS)

RWTH Aachen University Templergraben 55, Aachen, Germany

The 4th conference of the International Association of Cognitive Semiotics (IACS), which will take place on June 15-18, 2022, is hosted by RWTH Aachen University. Particularly, the Chair of Semiotics and Cognitive Linguistics (Professor Irene Mittelberg, Professor Martin Thiering) is hosting this conference with the assistance of c:o/re (Professor Gabriele Grameslberger, Dr. Alin Olteanu) and, …

Annual conference of the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST)

The annual conference of the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST) takes place on July 6-9, 2022, in Madrid: “The Politics of Technoscientific Futures” is the topic of this years conference. Phillip Roth, Alin Olteanu and Ana María Guzmán are chairing a panel on “Making Media Futures. From Meaning to Imaginations …

Fourth European Pragmatism Conference

University College London Gower Street, London

The Fourth European Pragmatism Conference is taking place at University College London on August 3-5, 2022. Together with Andrea Paravicini and Christian Frigerio (State University of Milan), Alin Olteanu and c:o/re fellow Erica Onnis are organizing a panel that means to challenge the theoretical dichotomisation of individual and collective by adopting several perspectives on complexity …

“Wissenschaften des Konkreten” Conference (German)

Stadtpalais/Online Theaterstraße 75, Aachen, Germany

Abstraktion und Konkretion lassen sich als komplementäre epistemische Operationen betrachten, die für die Literatur, die Wissenschaften und die Künste gleichermaßen konstitutiv sind. Sie sind wirksam in Prozessen des Fingierens und Entwerfens, in der Anverwandlung, Anordnung und Beschreibung empirischer Gegenstände, in der Begriffsbildung und Exemplifikation. Methoden und Kategorien der praxeologisch orientierten Wissenschaftsforschung aufgreifend, befasst sich die …

STS Hub. Towards encounters amongst STS scholars in Germany

RWTH Aachen, C.A.R.L. Claßenstraße 11, Aachen, Germany

Science & Technology Studies (STS) has become a recognised, delineated academic field in the international research landscape. In Germany, however, STS is rather dispersed among existing academic disciplines, research institutes, and loosely connected academic networks and associations. To strengthen the interconnectedness of STS in Germany, c:o/re co-organizes STS-hub.de, a conference series that brings together German …

Symposium: Critical Perspectives on the Metascience Reform Movement

Online

Metascience is often defined as the scientific investigation of science itself with the aim to improve science. This ‘improving’ part of metascience has been called a reform movement. While the intention to improve science is generally laudable, metascience and the associated movement(s) are not without their critics. The metascience reform movement has for instance, been …