Pa.S.T.I.S. is a social sciences research unit focused on the study of science and technology, innovation processes, and communication with particular attention to new media. Since 2008, Pa.S.T.I.S. is part of the Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Pedagogy and Applied Psychology (FISPPA) of the University of Padua.
Pa.S.T.I.S. involves about 15 researchers who carry out research, consultancy and training activities in relation to the social, cultural and economic implications of scientific research, technologies and the media in contemporary society. The research unit also participate into several European projects, including current HORIZON 2020 projects NEWSERA and SYNCH and other past international partnerships concluded within the SYNENERGENE and RRI-PRACTICE projects.
These activities are divided into five thematic areas.
Health, Medicine and Technology
Particular attention is paid to the affirmation of new professionals in the sector, such as bio-statisticians and bio-informaticians:
Big data and biomedical research
Personalized medicine
Technoscientific Issues in the Public Sphere
The research activity is developed along three axes:
Science and technology in the media
Technoscientific controversies
Environment, Sustainability and Territory
Environment, Sustainability and Territory
Research Areas
Open science and open innovation
The research within this area concerns various dimensions:
Evolution of consumption in the digital society
Information infrastructures, design and standardization
Local innovation policies
Media and digital technologies
The area is articulated in four sub-areas.
Media and technological innovation
Media, gender, sexualities, and intimacies
Digital media and education
Seminar activity
PaSTIS promotes the exchange of knowledge and discussion through seminars, conferences and debates between scholars and events open to the wider public. in addition to scheduling appointments that update the group’s research activities, the PaSTIS calendar welcomes international guests.