Category: conference reports

• EGU Galileo Conference

  Excited to be at the EGU conference to present the prefinal version of a joint white paper on societal implications of astrobiology research in Europe at the EGU Galileo conference, during Friday’s session 9: Planetary research: Ethical, philosophical and societal issues. The conference entitled ‘Geoscience for understanding habitability in the solar system and beyond’ is held…

  Klara Anna Capova

  September 28, 2017

  astrobiology, conference reports, science policy, white paper

  astrobiology, history of science, origins, social science, white paper

• Astrobiology Conference AbSciCon 2017 in Mesa, Arizona

  Excited to be at the Astrobiology Conference AbSciCon 2017 in Mesa, Arizona and ready to present my recent work during the poster session. Many thanks to the Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies, Lund University for making this trip possible. A PDF of the AbSciCon Program is available online. Conference Information AbSciCon 2017 is the next in…

  Klara Anna Capova

  April 22, 2017

  astrobiology, conference reports, postdoctoral, talks

  AbSciCon, astrobiology, nasa, poster

• 2nd Conference on History and Philosophy of Astrobiology

  Aim of the meeting is to deal with the transition of non-living to living matter, how chemical processes evolve into biological ones and the onset of biological evolution as well as the tree of life. Scientists and students from humanities and natural sciences will convene to discuss these questions that engaged mankind since centuries. The…

  Klara Anna Capova

  May 10, 2015

  conference reports, talks

  anthropology, astrobiology, cost action origins of life, history of science, nordic network of astrobiology, origins, philosophy of science

• International Committee for the History of Technology reports on “Sounds of Space”

  Newsletter of the International Committee for the History of Technology (ICOHTEC) reports on the Sounds of Space workshop organized by William R. Macauley and the Emmy Noether Research Group “The Future in the Stars: European Astroculture and Extraterrestrial Life in the Twentieth Century.” The workshop gathered more than two dozen scholars at Freie Universität Berlin…

  Klara Anna Capova

  September 27, 2014

  conference reports, downloads, talks

  astroculture, European, history of science, social studies of science and technology, STS, technology

• How to get a message across?

  The poster I am sharing today was presented at the Postgraduate Anthropology Conference in Durham in May. The poster was intended as a case study of how the visual evidence can be used and utilised in writing about science and global popular culture. The poster introduces the science in search for life beyond earth as a case…

  Klara Anna Capova

  August 24, 2014

  conference reports, poster

  anthropology, interstellar messages, popular culture, STS

• NASA Astrobiology Conference 2012: Abstract and Poster

  The poster abstract ‘The Detection of Extraterrestrial Life – Are We Ready?’ for AbSciCon – NASA Astrobiology Science Conference 2012: Exploring Life: Past and Present, Near and Far is available online. Abstract Body: The paper offers a novel perspective on the scientific search for life beyond Earth, based on the ‘outsiders’ point of view approach that anthropology…

  Klara Anna Capova

  June 27, 2014

  conference reports, poster

  AbSciCon, anthropology of science, astrobiology, nasa, poster