Moving to Brussels for internship

[Tarvos]

I'm moving to Brussels for 2 months for an internship at an institute related to the Flemish parliament.

Fuck yeah.

 

[Lili]

Congrats, man :)

 

[Tarvos]

Thanks. The good bit is this: it's a big institute for research on society and technology. I'll be doing research on something that's new and original and uncharted territory.

Basically, I have a good challenge ahead of me, but I also have a fucking amazing thing to put on my cv if it works out.

 

[Shiny Grimer]

That's fucking awesome. Congratulations.

 

[Tarvos]

Stop shitting up my thread, kay? Kay. :) Make a separate thread :D

 

[Shiny Grimer]

I think he thought this was the Fwee thread.

In any case, what kind of work are you doing specifically? I recall you saying once that you were working in environmental science or something?

 

[Tarvos]

Nah, I took some classes on it but nothing particularly. I'm working for the Institute for Society and Technology which is an advisory body for the Flemish parliament. I'm going to do research on the overlaps between their analysis methodology (Technology Assessment), which is about social impact of technological innovation, and science communication.

Basically they both need to use dialogue and use participation of the "lay public", but I'm going to develop a theoretical framework that shows the overlap between these two. Of course I only have two months in Brussels so I can't do a complete research, just do the important early stuff.

I think they want me to use nanotechnology as a case for this - good thinking as I'm a chemical engineer originally and thus have some background in that

 

[Valerunner]

...now I wonder why I took the fucking arts instead of the sciences.