Modern technoscience: mechanism of operation and organizational differences

Authors

  • Petr A. Vityaz National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 66 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220072, Belarus
  • Vyacheslav K. Shcherbin Center for Systems Analysis and Strzategic Research, the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 1 Akademičnaja Street, Minsk 220072, Belarus

Keywords:

technoscience, information and communication technologies, nanotechnology, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, social technology

Abstract

The mechanism of contemporary technoscience operation that was being shaped in the course of interaction across such diverse academic disciplines within its framework as information and communication technologies, nanotechnology, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, social technologies, etc. is considered. The core organizational differences of modern technoscience versus traditional discipline-based science are analyzed. It justifies the conclusion that contemporary technoscience is a new developmental stage of global science.

Author Biographies

  • Petr A. Vityaz, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 66 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220072, Belarus

    academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, doctor of technological sciences; head of staff of National Academy of Sciences of Belarus

  • Vyacheslav K. Shcherbin, Center for Systems Analysis and Strzategic Research, the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 1 Akademičnaja Street, Minsk 220072, Belarus

    PhD (philology); head of the sector of macroeconomic risks research

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2019-07-21

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Vityaz, P.A. and Shcherbin, V.K. 2019. Modern technoscience: mechanism of operation and organizational differences. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Sociology. 2 (Jul. 2019), 66–78.