Conference on the politics of knowing, Prague, Czech Republic

A conference entitled 'The politics of knowing: research, institutions and gender in the making' will take place on 27 and 28 November in Prague, Czech Republic. It is organised to mark the completion of the EU-funded research project KNOWING ('Knowledge, institutions and gender: an east-west comparative study') at the end of 2008.

Science today, perhaps more than ever, is the site of multiple negotiations. Market values increasingly drive scientific research and higher education yet the traditional emphasis upon rational knowledge remains. The range of actors with a claim to 'have a say' in science is expanding. These processes also have a gender dimension - from the recruitment and retention of students and employees to work-life balance and the gendering of knowledge production processes and practices.

The conference will showcase research on these issues from science and technology studies and feminist and post-colonial studies, including sessions on:
- science in the 'knowledge society';
- the career maze;
- socio-epistemic boundary work;
- making (gendered) realities in epistemic practices;
- feminism re-frames science (studies);
- policy work on women in science.For further information, please visit:
http://www.knowing.soc.cas.cz/?page=conference(opens in new window)