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2021 IUHPST Essay Prize in History and Philosophy of Science

Deadline: Friday 15 January 2021

The International Union of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (IUHPST) invites submissions for the 2021 IUHPST Essay Prize in History and Philosophy of Science. This biennial prize competition seeks to encourage fresh methodological thinking on the history and philosophy of science and related areas.

Entries in the form of an essay of 5,000-10,000 words in English are invited, addressing this year's prize question: "What can history and philosophy of science, technology and medicine contribute to our current global challenges?" What constitutes a current global challenge is left to the judgment of the authors, but examples include the coronavirus pandemic, climate change, socioeconomic inequality, racism, the refugee crisis, and science denialism.Entries are invited from anyone, without restriction of age, nationality or academic status. All entries should consist of original work that has not previously been published.  Co-authored work will be considered; if the winning entry is a co-authored work the cash prize will be shared out among the authors.

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