At the IADIS International Conference “ICT, Society and Human Beings 2009” at Algarve, Portugal (17 – 23 June 2009), Wolfgang Hofkirchner chaired a panel on “Approaches towards ICTs and Society – Theories and Methodologies”. Inputs came from:

– Gunilla Bradley, School of ICT, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm: “A Convergence Theory on ICT, Society, and Human Beings”

– Lorenz Hilty, Technology and Society Lab, EMPA, St. Gallen: “ICT and the Issue of a Third Industrial Revolution”
 
– Alice Robbin, Rob Kling Center, Indiana University Bloomington: “A Preliminary Inquiry into the Methodologies Employed in Research on ICTs and Society”
 
– Eduard Aibar, IN3, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona: “New Theories and Old Mistakes: A Critical Analysis of Information Society Conceptualizations from an STS Point of View”
 
– Wolfgang Hofkirchner, ICT&S Center, University of Salzburg: “A Taxonomy of Theories about ICTs and Society”
 
The papers will be published soon in triple-c.

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