Are Science and Technology Gendered?

Insights from Philosophy and Sociology

This workshop has the aim to offer to a large audience of Politecnico di Milano’s scholars an indepth and accessible understanding of the differences between the professional trajectories of men and women in science and technology, by detailing some of the main cultural, symbolic and economic barriers that women have faced in these fields. Moreover, by relaying to research and reflections matured on the ridge among sociology of work, philosophy of science and culture studies, the workshop will analyse controversies and conflicts inherent in the production of expert knowledge and technologies, as well as their social consequences as regards to gender dimension.

Workshop Programme

15:30 // Introduction to the workshop by META Study Unit, Social Sciences and Humanities for Science and Technology

15:45 // Presentation of the PoliMi Equal Opportunities Programme (POP), by Mara Tanelli (Politecnico di Milano)

16:00 // Technosocial Nodes: A Performative Approach to Gender and Technoscience, by Federica Timeto (Sociologist, Accademia delle belle arti di Palermo)

16:30 // Discrimination and Collaboration in Science, by Cailin O’Connor (Philosopher, University of California, Irvine)

17:00 // Gender Asymmetries in Academia: A Focus on STEM Disciplines, by Annalisa Murgia (Sociologist, Università degli Studi di Milano)

The workshop is coordinated by META Study Unit and supported by SILFS (Società Italiana di Logica e Filosofia delle Scienze), and STS Italia (Italian Society of Science and Technology Studies).

The event will be held in english.