Trilogía Ciencia Tecnología Sociedad

Trilogía Ciencia Tecnología Sociedad is an Ibero-American open-access journal devoted to the critical study of the relationships among science, technology, and society. It is an interdisciplinary space for the analysis and discussion of the social, cultural, political, economic, and environmental impacts of science, technology, and innovation, and of the forms of participation, deliberation, control, and social appropriation of technoscientific knowledge.

The journal is situated within the Ibero-American tradition of science, technology, and society (STS) studies, an intellectual tradition that, since the late 20th century, has developed its own conceptual frameworks for analyzing the relationships among technoscientific knowledge, power, development, and social life in contexts marked by global asymmetries. Trilogía Ciencia Tecnología Sociedad fosters dialogue between the Latin American and Iberian traditions of thought on science and technology and the international currents of the field, such as science and technology studies (STS), the ethics of science and technology, science and technology public policy, and critical innovation studies.

The journal adopts an interdisciplinary perspective characteristic of the social sciences and humanities, drawing on theoretical and methodological approaches from philosophy, the social studies of science and technology, anthropology, history, education, ethics, and political theory. Trilogía Ciencia Tecnología Sociedad promotes research that critically examines the production, circulation, and use of scientific and technological knowledge and analyzes its role in shaping social practices, institutions, and public policy. The journal publishes contributions within its thematic scope:

Thematic areas

• Social studies of science and technology: the social construction of technoscientific knowledge, technoscientific controversies, sociotechnical networks and systems, knowledge infrastructures, laboratory studies and scientific practices, and the relationships among science, technology, and power.
• Philosophy and history of science and technology: the nature and ontology of technologies, technical artifacts, material culture, philosophical frameworks for understanding the technical (phenomenological, analytic, pragmatist, enactivist), epistemological and historical aspects of science and technology, and the transfer and circulation of knowledge.
• Educational practices, with an emphasis on a critical and reflective perspective on science and technology education: scientific and technological literacy, the development of scientific culture, and the pedagogy of science and technology education.
• Governance and citizen participation in technoscientific decision-making: democratic deliberation on technological risks, public participation in setting research agendas, regulatory frameworks for emerging technologies, the ethics of artificial intelligence, algorithmic governance, technological responsibility, and transhumanism.
• Public policy in science and technology: the design, implementation, and evaluation of science, technology, and innovation policy, national and regional innovation systems, university–industry–government relations, and the dynamics of knowledge production in Ibero-American and Global South contexts.
• Innovation for social, environmental, and economic transformation: social innovation, responsible innovation, transformative innovation, knowledge economies, social and community design, and the relationships among innovation, development, and social inclusion.
• Communication and public engagement in science and technology: public perception of science, models of science communication, mediation and outreach practices, open science, and the relationships among the media, public opinion, and technoscientific knowledge.
• Management and social appropriation of scientific and technological knowledge: models of knowledge production, circulation, and use, the social appropriation of science and technology, institutional configurations of scientific research, and science and technology indicators and metrics.
• Digital arts and new technological media: artistic creation mediated by digital technologies, computational aesthetics, technological visual culture, digital humanities, and interdisciplinary practices across art, design, science, and technology.

The journal follows a continuous publication model: articles are published online as they are accepted and complete the editorial process; issues are organized into three annual periods (January–April, May–August, and September–December). The journal accepts articles for publication in Spanish and English. It charges no submission, processing, editing, or publication fees (diamond open access) and is funded through the resources allocated by the Institución Universitaria ITM, a public higher-education institution.