Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published Since: 1981
Current Volume: 37
No. of Issues per Year: 4
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KS, Nishanth. 2018. "Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society." In STS Publications, created by Aalok Khandekar, Duygu Kaşdoğan, Alberto Morales Ramirez, Noela Invernizzi, and Martín Pérez Comisso. In STS Across Borders Digital Exhibit, curated by Aalok Khandekar and Kim Fortun. Society for Social Studies of Science. August. http://stsinfrastructures.org/content/bulletin-science-technology-and-so...
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Perhaps the biggest challenge as Editor in Chief for BSTS was learning STS in general. While I am quite interested and familiar with a lot of the issues in STS, I am not an expert in the area (at least not yet), and I am new to this community of scholars. So outreach has been as struggle. Indeed, engaging additional scholars to submit manuscripts has been a challenge, as has enlisting scholars to serve as reviewers for manuscripts. Because of these challenges, publications in BSTS are somewhat slowly being completed, and we are a bit behind in the publication schedule – but we are moving forward. Although all of these are challenges, they also serve as a major motivator for my work as Editor in Chief,..
BSTS are engaged in significant work developing a new focus on STS within Social Science, broadly defined, and increasing our outreach for high quality manuscripts. We are looking for analyses based on both quantitative and qualitative – or even mixed methods – that come from a variety of theoretical approaches, focusing on the Sociological/Social Science understandings of the impact of Science and Technology on Society. We are looking to increase the submission of articles from developing nations, and for more articles addressing the uses of new technologies and how they impact communities. Finally, we look to continue the work from past issues in BSTS examining the impact of Climate Change on communities and societies.
The discussion of the scientific consensus on Global Warming/Climate Change has proven to be a major area of debate within policy circles, although less so in the scientific community at large. We believe this will continue to be a major area of research as BSTS moves forward.
Susan Carol Losh, “Why It Matters: U.S. Adult Perceptions of Environmental Scientist Agreement on Global Warming” Susan Carol Losh (First Published SAGE OnLine First May 24, 2017; pp. 147–149)
Andrew G. Skuce, John Cook, and Mark Richardson, et al, “Does It Matter if the Consensus on Anthropogenic Global Warming Is 97% or 99.99%?” (First Published SAGE OnLine First May 2, 2017 pp. 150–156)
Two recent articles continue the examination of perceptions of technology and the impact on how young people perceive risk and information.
Helge I. Strømsø, and Ivar Bråten “Students’ Trust in Research-Based Results About Potential Health Risks Presented in Popular Media” “First Published OnLine First, November 6, 2017; pp. 3–14)
Wilson J. González-Espada, Rosina Pérez Aguirre, and Marcos Sarasola, “Perceptions of STS Topics Among Uruguayan College Students: Implications for Secondary School Curricular Reform” (First Published OnLine First, November 8, 2017; pp. 15–22)