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Report on the CIM & Essex Sociology workshop Re: constructs published
What are the key concepts at the intersection of Sociology and Science and Technology Studies (STS) today? The Backchannels blog of the Society for the Social Studies of Science has posted a report Link opens in a new windowabout the international workshop Re: constructs which took place in December 2023 at the University of Essex and explored conceptual exchanges between Science and Technology Studies and Sociology. The workshop, which was co-hosted by the Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies (University of Warwick) and the Sociology Department at the University of Essex in December 2023, featured speakers from both fields. Presentations each examined a key concept, from autonomy to experiment and power, telling a story of their interdisciplinary formation, uptake and transformation: Monika Krause (LSE) examined Symmetry, Susann Wagenknecht & Richard Groß (Technische Universität Dresden) the Situation, and Anne Pollock (KCL) Durability.