** Contents available at http://ijy.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.187/prod.2** The International Journal of Science in Society provides an interdisciplinary forum for the discussion of the past, present and future of the sciences and their relationships to society. Conference presentations and Journal articles range from broad theoretical, philosophical and policy explorations, to detailed case studies of particular intellectual and practical activities at the intersection of science and society. The International Journal of Science in Society is peer-reviewed, supported by rigorous, criterion-referenced article ranking and qualitative commentary processes, ensuring that only intellectual work of significance is published.