ESRC Research Seminar: Locating Technoscience
The Geographies of Science, Technology and Politics

The ‘geography of science’ is of growing interest and significance. Concerns about the geographies of science and technology feature prominently in the activities of government, industry and civil society, at many scales. There are questions around the development and implications of a global knowledge economy, the spatial contexts to technological innovation and regulation, and the changing boundaries between public and private scientific enterprise. These issues are simultaneously reflected in efforts to create new spaces for publics to engage with the production of scientific knowledge and application in diverse contexts. Such questions are the focus of recent academic research in different disciplines, with increased interest by Human Geographers in social studies of science and technology, whilst the Science and Technology Studies (STS) community has begun to address spatiality as a crucial aspect of the study of technoscience. However, despite this ‘trading zone’ for ideas and approaches, there has been surprisingly little sustained interaction between scholars in the two disciplines. This two-year ESRC seminar series aims to bring together new and established researchers working from Geography and STS perspectives, alongside practitioners interested in the geographies of science, to develop shared insights and create new perspectives on the role of space in the practices of technoscience.

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Tuesday 11 April 2006, UCL	Making Space for Science
Thursday 6 July 2006, Oxford	Laboratory Lifeworlds?
Thursday 9 Nov 2006, Cambridge	Locating Emerging Technologies
Thursday 29 March 2007, Sussex	Spaces of Secrecy and Transparency
Thursday 13 September 2007, UCL	Geographies of Power and Responsibility