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Many thanks for your interest
BackThe KNOWING project research consortium issues a cordial invitation to the conference "The politics of knowing: research, institutions and gender in the making", which will be held in Prague, Czech Republic, on 27 and 28 November 2008. The conference is held under the EU Framework Programme 6 project KNOWING (Knowledge, Institutions and Gender: an East-West Comparative Study).
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 has also grown to include a range of voices beyond academe, from industry and the public. These new actors may play different roles in different contexts and geopolitical spaces. All these processes also have a gender dimension – from recruitment and retention of students and employees, to work-life balance and the gendering of knowledge production processes and practices.
If you are interested in submitting a paper to the conference (and if chosen, to present) please see the link under further information below.
Further information:
Conference and Call for Papers