2023 Conference program

The final program can be downloaded here.This includes venue information, local information and the following events. Dyason lecture: Dr Rachael Brown, Director of Centre for Philosophy of the Sciences Fifty …

Two HPSSS Jobs

History of Science Faculty position, Florida Institute of Technology Florida Tech invites applications for a tenure track faculty position in the history of science and/or medicine, to begin in August …

Conferences

The Society holds regular conferences as its major activity. Since 2015, conferences have been held on a biennial basis. The most recent conference was held in online in 2021. The …

Member news – regular email

The AAHPSSS committee would like to introduce a more regular communication channel with members. Rather than duplicate the existing fine newsletter and announcement lists, we are proposing focussing in the …

Session 7 Abstracts

Social Responsibility Darrin Durant ddurant@unimelb.edu.au The University of Melbourne Matthew Kearnes  m.kearnes@unsw.edu.au  University of New South Wales Some hold to the aspiration that one of the key roles for STS …

Session 15 Abstracts

Practical ethical considerations in Space Traffic Management and access to space Thomas Cullum Trevor Sandlin Patrick Neumann Thomas Green Thomas Cullum thomas.e.cullum@gmail.com BAE Trevor Sandlin sandlin.trevor@gmail.com Unlimited Tonnage Master, United …

Session 14 Abstracts

Politics of expertise 10:30–11:00 Adam Lucas – Connecting covert networks to lobbying, donations and the revolving door in energy policy 11:00–11:30 Cobi Calyx – Changing positions regarding synthetic biology 11:30–12:00 Darrin Durant – Are (Pandemic) Experts …

Session 12 Abstracts

Law Enforcement: Realism and Laws of Nature, Classical and Quantum 1:30–2:00 John Bigelow – Laws’ Dominions 2:00–2:30 Martin Leckey – Galileo and Idealizations in Laws of Nature 2:30–3:00 Adrian Flitney – Realist Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics …