META – Social sciences and humanities for science and technology is an interdisciplinary study unit at Politecnico di Milano

META produces and disseminates knowledge about technoscience, and provides expertise on the philosophical, epistemological, ethical and societal issues that emerge from the processes of scientific research, technological development, design, and innovation.

Highlights

Events, Meta Lectures

Alessio Giacometti (University of Padua): “Just or fast energy transition: the public–private shift in nuclear fusion research as a clash of sociotechnical imaginaries”

Date: March 16, 2026 Time: 5:30 PM Venue: Sala Consiglio EnLab Building, Bovisa Campus, Milan Abstract: Once the preserve of ...

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International Workshop – “Techno-Geographies of AI”

Date: March 27, 2026 Time: All day Venue: Sala Biancamano, Museo Nazionale Scienza e Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci, Via Olona ...

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Workshop – “Encountering heritage. Oral history, curatorship and design”

Date: March 9, 2026 Time: 2:00 PM Venue: Room WS3, Building B3, Design Department (Bovisa Campus – Via Candiani 72) This workshop aims to bring ...

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Workshop – “Postgenomic Intersections: Epistemology and Ethics for the Exposome and Microbiome”

Date: March 2-3, 2026 Venue: Aula Rogers, ground floor of Polimi Building 11 (metro stop: Piola M2, see map and ...

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Conference – Presentation of Two Volumes in Honor of Lorenzo Magnani

Date: February 18, 2026 Time: 3:00 PM Venue: Sala Riunioni Edificio 29, Piazza Leonardo Da Vinci 26, Milan Abductive Minds: ...

Events, Meta Lectures

Franco Taroni (School of Criminal Justice, University of Lausanne): “The use of the Bayes factor for evaluative and investigative purposes in comparative forensic handwriting examination and text authorship”

Date: February 4, 2026 Time: 5:00 PM Venue: Laboratorio FDS (4th Floor,Building 14 “La Nave”, Via Bonardi 9, Campus Leonardo) Abstract: This abstract presents current ...