The STEPS Centre held events in Hyderabad, Bangalore and Delhi from 5-13 January 2009 to discuss the Knowledge Society.

“Seminar” special issue

The Indian journal Seminar devoted a special issue to the issues discussed at the Knowledge Society Debates.

Links to individual articles in the issue:

• THE PROBLEM
  Posed by Shiv Visvanathan, social science nomad

• GOVERNING INNOVATION
  Sheila Jasanoff, Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

• DARING TO IMAGINE
  Brian Wynne, Professor of Science Studies and Associate Director, ESRC Centre for Economics and Social Aspects of Genomics, CESAGen, Lancaster University, UK

• RISK, UNCERTAINTY AND POWER
  Andy Stirling, Professor and Director of Science at SPRU – Science and Technology Policy Research, and Co-Director of the ESRC STEPS Centre, University of Sussex, UK

• FROM COMMITMENT TO COMMITTEES
  Mariachiara Tallacchini, Professor of Bioethics, State University of Milan, Italy

• THE SEARCH FOR COGNITIVE JUSTICE
  Shiv Visvanathan, social science nomad

• QUESTIONING TEMPERAMENTS IN AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE
  Rajeswari S. Raina, Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research, Delhi

• THE FATE OF AGRICULTURE
  V. Balaji, researcher in knowledge sharing processes in agricultural sciences, Hyderabad

• KNOWLEDGE AND DEMOCRACY: FABLES FROM SRI
  Shambu Prasad, Assistant Professor, Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar

• THIN ENCOUNTERS WITH KNOWLEDGE
  Chandan Gowda, Associate Professor, Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion, National Law School of India, Bangalore

• DEBATING KNOWLEDGE: NEW SPACES OF CONVERSATION
  Esha Shah, Research Fellow, The Institute of Development Studies; member, STEPS Centre, University of Sussex, UK