Sepehr, Pouya & Aarden, Erik (2023). Between straight lines and winding alleys: Streets as boundary objects in the transnational modernization of urban planning in Iran. In: De Munck, Bert & […]
ABSTRACT Quantitative evidence and metrics play a central role in contemporary global health. Mortality statistics, for example, are considered essential for improving health in the global South. Yet, many observers […]
Between control and independence: computational modelling within EC’s trade sustainability impact assessments Titus Udrea & Anja Bauer Sustainability Impact Assessments (SIA) are a central instrument for evidence-based policy-making in EU […]
“Family businesses are the backbone of the economy,” as Valdet Hadri, who is pursuing his doctorate at the University of Klagenfurt under the supervision of Dieter Bögenhold (Department of Sociology), explains. Valdet Hadri is interested in the unique specificities associated with migrant (family) businesses.
Kinship measurements structure economic and political inequalities around the world. Although widespread, they are rarely recognized as such. Behind seemingly unambiguous measurement results, for example from genetic paternity tests, there […]
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Do we control technology, or does technology control us? Which processes push our technological progress forward? And, with this question in mind, who or what is crucial for determining the shape of the world of tomorrow? The science and technology scientist Daniel Barben joins ad astra in the Sonnepark St. Veit/Glan for a glance into the future.
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Understanding the significance of genetic factors for our lives requires an analysis that goes beyond biological aspects. It is especially necessary to take into account how human beings relate to […]
Viele zentrale Zukunftsfragen unserer Gegenwart, ob Energieversorgung oder Digitalisierung, beziehen sich auf Wissenschaft, Technik und Innovation. Im Wintersemester 2016/17 startet dazu ein neues Masterstudium „Science, Technology & Society Studies“.
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