Chair
Prof. Dhirenda Vajpeyi, University of Northern Iowa (USA)
dkv@cfu.net
Department of Political science
University of Northern Iowa
117, Sabin Hall
Cedar Falls, IO 50614-0404
USA
Vice-Chairs
Prof. Miguel Rocha de Sousa, Departmento Economica, University of Evora (Portugal)
mrsousa@uevora.pt
Prof. Ouyang Kang, Department of Political Philosophy, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (China)
kouyang@mail.hust.edu.cn
Dr (Ms) Sheila Rai, Department of political Science, Jaipur University of Rajasthan (India)
sheilarai@rediffmail.com
Secretary
Dr. Preeti Sharma, India
prish82@gmail.com
Advisory Board
Prof. (Ms) Erica Gorbak, Faculty of Law, University of Buenos Aires (Argentina)
ericagorbak@yahoo.com'
Prof. (MS) Sanghamitra Patnaik, Department of social sciences and Humanities, Kalinga institute of Industrial Technology (India)
sanghamitra@kis.ac.in
Prof. Brian Warby, Department of Political Science ,University of Northern Iowa (USA)
bwarby@uni.edu
Student Representative :
Ms. Devashri Awasthi, Department of Political Science, McGill University (Canada)
devashiawasthi99@gmail.com
Background
Recognised as study group in 1981; granted research committee status in 1990.
Objectives
Examines the complex relationship between technology and development in the context of the political and institutional process, using a comparative framework. Its specific objectives are to identify broad political, administrative and policy strategies related to technology transfer and environmentally sound sustainable development; to analyse policy options for dealing with global, transboundary, and domestic issues relating to technological changes and environmental challenges; to examine the ethical, cultural, legal, political, institutional, administrative, scientific and technological frameworks which underlie and shape the human dimension of global change.
To foster a global network of political scientists and others to engage in research in the dynamics of human interactions with science and technology; and to provide a comparative perspective to such issues as sustainable development, managing the environment, technology transfer, global environmental facility, role of international aid agencies.
