Neuerscheinung! Wie entstehen individuelle Doktorarbeiten in kollaborativen Forschungsprojekten?

In ihrer Studie „Constructing Doable Dissertations in Collaborative Research: Alignment Work and Distinction in High-Energy Physics Settings” untersucht Helene Sorgner die „Machbarkeit“ individueller Doktorarbeiten in einer Forschungskollaboration mit mehreren tausend Mitgliedern.

Link zur Publikation: https://sciencetechnologystudies.journal.fi/article/view/109709

Neuerscheinung! “Samples Are Precious”: Value Formations in the Potentiality and Practices of Biobanking in Singapore (Erik Aarden)

Biobanking in Singapore is characterized by contested relations between funding ambitions and research practices, and different notions of what the (potential) value of storing samples and data for medical research is. Different biobanking efforts anticipate the production of public goods from stored materials in specifically situated ways. These efforts to produce public goods in the form of scientific and economic value can be fruitfully understood in terms of extraction, a complex sociotechnical process of retrieving (potential) value from raw materials, which both informs and is informed by specific social values. In exploring the extraction of potential value in relation to practice values, I propose the notion of value formations to account for the coproduction of and intersections between different forms of value(s) in scientific practices situated in particular social contexts. I trace value formations across the life span of biobanking collections, which range from recruitment, collection, and processing of samples to their storage, retrieval, and use. Observations along this life span show the social and temporal complexity of value-making in biobanking in Singapore, pointing to the contextual specificity of how biobanking is understood as a public good.

weitere Info: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/01622439211069129

 

Neuerscheinung! Jenseits von Wahrheitsmaschinen: Computermodelle in der Politik (Webinar) am 20.12.2021, 19:00 – 20:30 Uhr

Ob Klimawandel, Pandemie oder Energiewende – Computermodelle geben wichtiges Entscheidungswissen für Politik und Gesellschaft. Anhand aktueller Beispiele zeigt der Vortrag die unterschiedlichen Rollen und Funktionen von Modellen in der politischen und öffentlichen Debatte auf und fragt, welche Chancen und Herausforderungen mit dem zunehmenden Einsatz von Modellen in der Politik(beratung) verbunden sind.

  • Veranstalter:  Planetarium
  • 20.12.2021, 19:00 – 20:30 Uhr
  • Kursleitung: Dr. Anja Bauer MA

Anja Bauer ist Politikwissenschaftlerin und derzeit Assistenzprofessorin am Institut für Technik- und Wissenschaftsforschung der Universität Klagenfurt. Sie forscht und lehrt insbesondere zum Verhältnis von Wissenschaft, Politik und Öffentlichkeit.

mehr Information unter: https://www.vhs.at/de/k/292582811

 

Verantwortungsvolle Forschung und Innovation: (Neue) Anforderungen und Herausforderungen für gesellschaftliche Beteiligung.

Anja Bauer, Alexander Bogner & Daniela Fuchs (2021): Rethinking societal engagement under the heading of Responsible Research and Innovation: (novel) requirements and challenges, Journal of Responsible Innovation, https://doi.org/10.1080/23299460.2021.1909812

Abstract:

Societal engagement is a key dimension of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI), aiming at making science, technology and innovation more transparent, interactive and responsive. Within this article, we identify and discuss the specific requirements and challenges for societal engagement under the heading of RRI along five dimensions. First, engagement aims at shaping research and innovation in a socially robust manner. Second, RRI demands a balanced representation of and a balanced view by various actor groups. Third, RRI emphasises engagement moving upstream as well as continuous engagement. Fourth, RRI focusses on forms of invited participation and calls for two-way interactions. Fifth, with the emphasis on ethics as a driving force, RRI favours specific framings of research and innovation. In conclusion, two intertwined challenges arise for societal engagement under RRI: making the political character of science and technology explicit and therefore paying particular attention to framing in ‘invited participation’.