PhD Training Week - MODULE 5
30mar2:00 pm4:00 pmPhD Training Week - MODULE 52:00 pm - 4:00 pm via Venezia 13

Event Details
The module is organized in two parts. The first will introduce the main theoretical foundations on which public engagement is based; the second will provide
Event Details
The module is organized in two parts. The first will introduce the main theoretical foundations on which public engagement is based; the second will provide some suggestions in order to design and to realize public engagement activities.
Time
(Thursday) 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location
Aula EF6 Ex-Fiat Building - University of Padua
via Venezia 13
Speakers for this event
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Federico Neresini
Federico Neresini
Professor of Digital Sociology
University of Padua
Federico Neresini (PhD) is Professor of Digital
Sociology at the University of Padua, where he also teaches Sociology of Innovation.
He is the coordinator of the PhD Programme in “Social Sciences” and the PaSTIS research Unit (Padova Science, Technology and Innovation Studies – www.pastis-research.eu),
within which he is leading in particular the TIPS project (Technoscientific
Issue in the Public Sphere – www.tipsproject.eu/tips). Graduated in Sociology, Neresini obtained a PhD in
Sociology and Social Research at the University of Trento. He is a co-founder of
STS-Italia (Italian Society of Social Studies on Science and Technology) and a
member of the scientific committee of the journal “Rassegna Italiana di Sociologia”
and “Tecnoscienza”. His main research interests are in the field of science and
technology studies, in particular on construction processes of scientific
knowledge and on science in the media, mainly focusing on biomedical research,
nanotechnology and other emerging technoscientific domains. During the last
years his research activities are also addressing the relationship between
big-data and scientific research activities, as well as the implications for
the social sciences of the availability of large amounts of digital data
through the web. He has published essays and articles in many international
journals (among which Nature, Science, Public Understanding of Science, European
Journal of Social Psychology, Science Communication, PLOS ONE).Professor of Digital Sociology
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