Examines the position of women in science within national and international labor markets Surveys female participation in the fields of chemical sciences, computer science, mathematics and statistics Features contributions and case vignettes from a diverse spectrum of scholars, analysts and practitioners from around the world Many countries have implemented policies to increase the number and quality of scientific researchers as a means to foster innovation and spur economic development and progress. To that end, grounded…

Alison G. Anderson (2014). Media, Environment and the Network Society. Palgrave Macmillan.   ISBN 9780230217614 Media, Environment and the Network Society provides a timely and far-reaching analysis of the shifting role of the media in covering some of the most important global environmental challenges we face today. Anderson examines the influential theory of 'network society' and discusses its significance for understanding the nature of contemporary environmental activism and the media politics of the environment. She…

Renewable Energy normally refers to usable energy sources that are an alternative to fuel sources, but without the negatively evaluated consequences of the replaced fuels. Although energy issues have a long tradition in sociology and other social sciences, it may now be high time to conceptualize these in sociological terms as the lynchpin in our understanding of the way societies are set to develop in the 21st century. This concise book focuses on sociological attempts…

K. Prpić, I. van der Weijden and N. Asheulova (Eds.) (2014). (Re)searching Scientific Careers. St Petersburg: IHST/RAS - Nestor-Historia – SSTNET/ESA. The rationale for preparing a scientific meeting and subsequent book on academic careers rests not only on the cognitive and policy relevance of this research theme but also on its neglect and underrepresentation in STS (science and technology studies). The twofold meaning (of its title) denotes the two aims of the book. The first…