Univ.-Prof. Dr. Martina Merz

Professor of Science Studies | Professur für Wissenschaftsforschung
Head of Department | Institutsvorständin
Department of Science Communication and Higher Education Research
Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt | Wien Graz

Visiting Scholar
Academy of Finland Centre of Excellence in the Philosophy of the Social Sciences (TINT), University of Helsinki

Visiting Professor for Gender Studies
Faculty of Mathematics, Bielefeld University
Winter semester 2016/2017

Research Interests | Forschungsschwerpunkte

• Knowledge cultures in contemporary societies
• Scientific practices, especially modeling, simulation, imaging, computing
• Interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary cooperation and its institutional forms
• Science and higher education organization and governance
• Digital information and communication technologies
• Qualitative research methodology

Current Research Projects | Aktuelle Forschungsprojekte

• Producing Novelty and Securing Credibility: LHC Experiments in STS-PerspectiveTeam: Sophie Ritson PhD, Helene Sorgner, Peter Mättig (Univ. Wuppertal, PI), Martina Merz (PI)
  Oct 2016 – Sept 2019
  Funding: FWF
  Context: International Cooperation Project (DFG & FWF)
  „The Epistemology of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)“
  Link: www.lhc-epistemologie.uni-wuppertal.de/

• Interdisciplining the University: Prospects for Sustainable Knowledge Production
  Sept 2016 – August 2020 Funding: Academy of Finland Team:  Mikko Salmela (PI), Inkeri Koskinen, Anita Välikangas – all Univ. Helsinki, Katri Huutoniemi (Academy of Finland), Miles MacLeod (Univ. Twente), Martina Merz
  Link: http://blogs.helsinki.fi/interdisciplinarity/on-the-project/

Recent Events

Opening the Black Box of Quality: Reflecting on Scholarly Practice in the Social Sciences and Humanities (WWTF-Summer School)
5-9 Sept. 2016
Funding: WWTF – Wiener Wissenschafts-, Forschungs- und Technologiefonds
Link: http://www.wwtf.at/projects/other_funding_activities/details/index.php?PKEY=5574_DE_O

Recent Book Publication

Martina Merz, Philippe Sormani (eds.): The Local Configuration of New Research Fields: On Regional and National Diversity, Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook, vol. 29, 2016.
Link: http://www.springer.com/de/book/9783319226828

Additional Information

http://www.academia-net.org/profil/prof-dr-martina-merz/1163630?_ga=1.72317971.1496987997.1418125611

http://uni-klu.academia.edu/MartinaMerz