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4S Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 30 August – 2 September 2017 OPEN TRACK PROPOSAL Technoscience Rent ORGANIZER Kean Birch, York University, Canada DISCUSSANT Steve Fuller, University of Warwick, UK ABSTRACT As an increasing number of ‘things’… Read More »4S Open Track Proposal: “Technoscience Rent”

CfPPeakneoliberalism.pdf   Issue editors: Kean Birch and Simon Springer Neoliberalism is a ubiquitous concept nowadays, used across numerous disciplines and in the analysis of diverse and varied phenomena (Springer et al., 2016). It is conceptualized… Read More »CfP Peak neoliberalism? Revisiting and rethinking the concept of neoliberalism

My article “Rethinking Value in the Bio-economy: Finance, Assetization, and the Management of Value” is still #1 Most Read article in Science, Technology, & Human Values!

My new article “Rethinking value in the bio-economy: Finance, assetization and the management of value” that’s just come out in Science, Technology & Human Values (STHV) is the #1 Most Read Article in STHV for… Read More »#1 Most Read Article in Science, Technology & Human Values!

Here’s an interview I’ve just done with Aleka Gurel for the 4S Backchannels blog. “Rethinking Value in the Bio-economy with Kean Birch: New Research in ST&HV Aleka Gurel 21 August, 2016 In this series of… Read More »Interview on 4S Backchannels blog: “Rethinking value in bio-economy”

I have a new article out today in Science, Technology & Human Values called “Rethinking value in the bio-economy: Finance, assetization, and the management of value”. It’s open access, so free to read for anyone… Read More »New open access article: “Rethinking value in the bio-economy”

Preamble The Ontario Provincial Government has been actively seeking to change the higher education system in Ontario since at least 2010. The Government wants to achieve certain “objectives” that have been set by the Government,… Read More »A parochial strategy for Ontario’s higher education system: Response to HEQCO report

I have just submitted a book proposal to Palgrave Macmillan. The title of the proposed book is “Neoliberal Bio-economies? The Co-construction of Markets and Natures” and its general description is as follows: “A growing number… Read More »New book proposal on “Neoliberal Bio-economies”: Open for comments