Modeling Technoscience and Nanotechnology Assessment

Ewa Bińczyk, PhD in philosophy, habilitation in philosophy of science; works at the Nicolas Copernicus University; Scholarship for Young Researchers from the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP), the Fulbright Scholarship, «Polityka» Scholarship; main research fields: philosophy of Science, philosophy of technology, sociology of scientific knowledge.Tomasz Stępień, PhD; Head of Political Science and Social Communication Research Unit at the Wrocław University of Technology, Department of Humanities; Scholarships of European Commission and Friedrich-Naumann-Foundation; main research fields: philosophy of culture and technology, technology assessment, research and science policy, international relations.

• Contents: Monitoring technoscience in the sociology of risk and science and technology studies – Beck’s cosmopolitanism and the risk society – Latour’s politics of nature – Precautionary Principle, Nanotechnology Assessment and Convergence inside the Technoscience – Ethical Aspects of Nanotechnology.