Category: news
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Springer’s Space and Society book series
The series was founded by Springer together with Founding Editor Douglas A. Vakoch. Editor-in-Chief: Klara Anna Capova Series Editors: Anthony Milligan, David Dunér, Erik Persson, Erny Gillen, and Stella Alexandrova Tkatchova The Space and Society series explores a broad range of topics in astronomy and the space sciences from the perspectives of the social sciences, humanities,…
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Plans for European Astrobiology Institute announced
Source: Europlanet Society Press Releases Astrobiology, the study of the origin, evolution and future of life on Earth and beyond, is a multidisciplinary field that has expanded rapidly over the last two decades. Now, a consortium of organisations has announced plans to establish a European Astrobiology Institute (EAI) to coordinate astrobiology research in Europe. The…
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Interview: I am Fascinated by Our Universe and Humanity’s Place in It
English version of the interview for the Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies, Lund University, Sweden Published on Jun, 26, 2017 Klara Anna Capova is a guest researcher with the theme A Plurality of Lives, which is about to finish up its work at the Pufendorf IAS in Lund. She is currently working in social study of…
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Jag är fascinerad av universum och mänsklighetens plats i det.
Publicerad den 26 juni 2017 Klara Anna Capova är en gästforskare som har arbetat med temat A Plurality of Lives som snart avslutar sitt arbete på Pufendorfinstitutet. Hon är en en sociokulturell antropolog som är verksam vid Durhams universitet i Storbrittanien. Vad är din bakgrund? Jag är en sociokulturell antropolog med specialistkompetens inom vetenskap, teknik…
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24th Image Symposium, Madrid, 20 – 22 June
Looking forward to delivering a keynote lecture and taking part in the Image Symposium 2017 in CA2M Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo in June. 24th Image Symposium – Glitch Futures. Data Speculation, Technocosmology and Dispossession in Times of Accelerated Capitalism, 20 − 22 JUNE 2017 The temperature of viscous Miami swamps rose as high-risk…
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Astrobiology White Paper poster presented at NASA AbSciCon 2017
… and the second AbSciCon 2017 poster ‘Astrobiology and Society. A White Paper on Societal Implications of Astrobiology Research in Europe Today’ by Klara Anna Capova, David Dunér, and Erik Persson is also available online: www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/abscicon2017/eposter/3159.pdf Abstract ASTROBIOLOGY AND SOCIETY IN EUROPE TODAY. THE WHITE PAPER ON SOCIETAL IMPLICATIONS OF ASTROBIOLOGY RESEARCH IN EUROPEAN CONTEXT…
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Klara joined the Working Group on Astrobioethics
I feel very privileged to have been given the opportunity to become one of the SOC members of the International WG on Astrobioethics. One of the main tasks of the Working Group will be to analyse the potential societal and ethical implications related to astrobiology, taking into account the complexity of the connections between its…
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Klara joined the Action!
Life-ORIGINS (TD1308) is a Trans Domain European COST Action investigating the origins and evolution of life. Life-ORIGINS is dedicated to the scientific investigation of the origins and evolution of life on Earth and habitability of other planets. The objective of Working Group 5 (WG5) History and Philosophy of Sciences is to assess, from a philosophical…
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