[Please distribute widely - apologies for cross-posts. -mz] Call for Applications Graduate Student Workshop: Values in Computer and Information System Design Center for Science, Technology and Society Santa Clara University August 8-16 2008 http://www.scu.edu/sts/VID/welcome.cfm Workshop Directors: Geoffrey C. Bowker, Santa Clara University http://www.scu.edu/~gbowker Helen Nissenbaum, New York University http://www.nyu.edu/projects/nissenbaum/ Workshop Details: We invite applications for a one week NSF sponsored workshop on emerging approaches to the study of values in computer and information systems. Funding is available to help support students’ travel, accommodation, and subsistence. Workshop goals include: · Deepening understanding of technology in relation to social, moral, political and cultural values. · Creating new opportunities for collaborations among researchers and scholars (current and future). · Revealing relevant cross-cutting literatures, approaches, and methodologies. · Promoting the development of collegial networks among established scholars and students. Students will cover a diverse canon of works on technology and values, and design and design methodologies promoting a broad understanding of what “good” systems are. Guest faculty, including major theorists and design practitioners, will lead discussions and share their own work. On Saturday August 16, students will present their work at a public conference to a panel made up of industry and academic experts, who will comment on their presentations. There will also be two keynote presentations. Who should apply? Students working toward a Ph.D., or equivalent professional degree, in information science, media and communications, sociology, management, policy, law, STS, computer science and engineering, and philosophy. Applicants should have completed (or nearly completed) course requirements and be on the path toward an independent project (dissertation or other) related to the central themes of the Workshop. We are striving for diversity of backgrounds, methodologies, and geographic origin. Please send: CV, 2-page project description, and letter of recommendation (under separate cover) from a faculty member. CV should mention relevant coursework, work, design, or system-building experience. In a cover letter, applicants should mention potential funding sources and needs. Send queries or materials to: Geoffrey C. Bowker Center for Science, Technology and Society Santa Clara University 500 El Camino Real Santa Clara, CA 95053-0470 gbowker@scu.edu Applications close: 15 January, 2008 Awards will be announced: 29 February, 2008 http://www.scu.edu/sts/VID/welcome.cfm This workshop is made possible by NSF Science of Design Grant: CNS 0613893 ----- Michael Zimmer, PhD Microsoft Fellow, Information Society Project Yale Law School e: michael.zimmer@yale.edu w: http://michaelzimmer.org