Workshop: Fostering Collaboration between Sociolegal Studies and Science and Technology Studies

这项提案将资助一个为期两天的研讨会，汇集来自社会法律研究（SLS）和科学技术研究（STS）的学者。研讨会将向学者们介绍两个研究领域的关键概念、方法、对象和研究地点。与会者将通过研究观点的交流，确定知识生产的新地点。除了为知名学者提供一套新的、丰富的工具外，研讨会还为促进各个领域学者之间的合作研究项目奠定了基础，并将各个领域的核心概念整合到研究生的教学和培训中。讲习班将制定一项研究议程，为犯罪和暴力、保健、能源和环境的研究带来新的视角，这将有助于改善研究生教育和决策者的决策。SLS和STS都是成熟的跨学科领域，研究知识、政策和实践的产生。每个领域都对社会机构有不同但有价值的关注，这些社会机构通常被呈现为产生结果（法律、发现），而其内部运作却不为人所知。法律和社会学者将法律和法院作为社会过程和实践来研究。STS学者关注科学、医学和技术，研究新技术和新科学领域的出现。尽管一些法律和社会学者关注科学技术，但许多人对法律相关技术的关注并不像对法律本身的制定、实施或解释那样具有批判性。同样，尽管一些STS学者经常关注政策的制定，但该领域并不倾向于遵循政策和法律的行动。研讨会旨在将这两个领域相互对话，并提供学习每个领域的机会。S的理论贡献，方法方法和组织问题。研讨会将在费城的德雷塞尔大学举办。该计划将包括对每个学科核心概念的概述，以及两个学术领域之间的一系列讨论，以确定协同作用和分析的共同节点。它将有助于查明犯罪与暴力、保健、能源与环境研究方面的差距和制定新的课程。

This proposal will fund a two day workshop to bring together scholars from sociolegal studies (SLS) and science and technology studies (STS). The workshop will introduce scholars to key concepts, methods, objects, and sites of study across the two fields of study. Conference participants will identify new sites for intellectual production through cross-fertilization of research perspectives. In addition to offering established scholars a new, rich set of tools, the workshop lays the groundwork for facilitating collaborative research projects between scholars in each field, and for integrating core concepts from each field into the teaching and training of graduate students. The workshop will develop a research agenda to bring new perspectives to the study of crime and violence, health, and energy and environment that will contribute to improving graduate education and policy makers decision making.SLS and STS are both mature, interdisciplinary fields that examine the production of knowledge, policies, and practices. Each field has a different yet valuable focus on societal institutions that are often presented as generating outcomes (laws, discoveries) while their inner workings remain invisible. Law and society scholars study law and courts as social processes and practices. STS scholars focus on science, medicine and technology, examining new technologies and the emergence of new scientific fields. Although some law and society scholars focus on science and technology, many do not bring the same critical attention to legally-relevant technologies as they do to the making, implementation, or interpretation of law itself. Similarly, although some STS scholars often focus on policy-in-the-making, the field does not tend to follow policies and laws in action. The workshop aims to bring these two fields in dialogue with each other, offering opportunities to learn about each field?s theoretical contributions, methodological approaches, and organizing questions. The workshop will be hosted at Drexel University in Philadelphia. The schedule will include an overview of core concepts in each discipline, and a series of discussions between the two areas of scholarship to identify synergies and common nodes of analysis. It will contribute to identifying gaps and new curriculum in the study of crime and violence, health, and energy and environment.