The Barcelona Science and Technology Studies Group (STS-b) is devoted to the study of innovation processes and the role of technoscience in contemporary forms of social action.

It is a consolidated research group (2021 SGR 00748) of Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

Objectives

The group’s objectives for the next three years are articulated around four action lines:

1. Consolidate the research in the field of Science and Technology Studies (STS onwards) in Catalonia: Achieving competitive research projects and attracting talent and joining researchers from other regions.

2. Strengthen research group’s scientific activity: Organizing periodic seminars and publishing research results in prestigious journals.

3. Stablish networks of international collaboration: Enhancing mobility of researchers, attracting excellent researchers for research stays and participating and eventually creating thematic networks of international scope.

4. Knowledge Transfer: Promoting the publication of divulgation articles and participating in knowledge transfer activities


Research Areas

  • Care Technologies
  • Biomedicine and Biosafety in the Knowledge Society
  • Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
  • Science, Technology and Politics
  • Public Participation in Technoscience
  • Ethics and Responsible Innovation in Technoscience

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