Category: Announcements
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Call for Nominations for Two New Awards Established in the Spirit of Anti-racism
At the August 2020 Business/Council meeting, the Science, Knowledge and Technology (SKAT) section of American Sociological Association decided to form an ad-hoc committee to explore how our scholarly community might support anti-racist action. The committee has been meeting regularly and consulted both with current SKAT Council members and past SKAT chairs to develop a proposal…
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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR SKAT COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE
Want to get involved in SKAT governance? Now’s your chance! In Spring 2019, SKAT will hold elections for 2 Council Members (3-year term), 1 Student Representative (2-year term), and 1 Chair Elect (1-year term). Please send nominations and contact information, including self nominations, to Laurel Smith-Doerr (Chair, Nominations Committee) by January 6, 2019.
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Call for Nominations
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR SKAT COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE Want to get involved in SKAT governance? Now’s your chance! In Spring 2018, SKAT will hold elections for 2 Council Members (3-year term) and 1 Student Representative (2-year term). Please send nominations and contact information, including self nominations, to Scott Frickel (Chair, Nominations Committee) by…
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Perspectives in SKAT blog posts
The perspectives shared in individual posts on this blog do not necessarily reflect the views of the SKAT section, nor of the American Sociological Association. All posts are the sole responsibility of their author(s).
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SKAT Council Publishes Statement on Trump Administration and Congress
On February 14, 2017, the SKAT Council voted unanimously to adopt the following policy statement. Statement of American Sociological Association Section on Science, Knowledge, and Technology (SKAT) Regarding Recent and Future Actions of the Trump Administration and Congress The free exchange of ideas is a core value of democratic societies and the foundation of research…
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Announcing SocArXiv — Guest Post by Philip Cohen
Dear sociologists, SocArXiv, the open archive of social science, has just launched in beta version. Led by a steering committee ofsociologists and librarians, SocArXiv is a free, open access repository for prepublication versions of papers. Created as a not-for-profit alternative to sites like Academia.edu, ResearchGate, and SSRN, SocArXiv is built in collaboration with the Center for…
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Nominations for SKAT Officers, Council
The Nominations Committee is seeking nominations to fill five positions: Council (2 positions): 3-year terms Student rep to Council: 2-year term Chair elect: 2-year term “after which they will assume the chair” Secretary/Treasurer: 3-year term Please email nominations to Laura Stark (email: laura.stark@vanderbilt.edu) by December 1. Self-nominations welcome! Please see the SKAT homepage for members…
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#SKAT Membership Drive continues
Today is SKAT section day at #ASA16; our Twitter (@ASA_SKAT) feed is alive with pithy summaries of SKAT scholars, and we remind everyone of our membership drive here: http://bit.ly/2b7aKtf
Welcome to the official website of the Science, Knowledge, and Technology (SKAT) Section 