Inauguration of the Käte Hamburger Kolleg: Cultures of Research

Historical Town Hall Aachen Markt, Aachen, Germany

The opening ceremony of the Käte Hamburger Kolleg: Cultures of Research (c:o/re) will take place on Monday, 4th July 2022 at 5 pm at the Aachen Town Hall. In the festive venue of the historical Coronation Hall, we will be celebrating the launch of the International Center for Advanced Studies in Philosophy, Sociology, and History of …

Demystifying Probabilistic Programming (Joost-Pieter Katoen)

Stadtpalais/Online Theaterstraße 75, Aachen, Germany

Joost-Pieter Katoen is Professor of software modeling and verifaction at the RWTH University Aachen. His talk will provide insights into his work focussing on probabilistic programs and their applications.  The talk is part of the c:o/re Lecture Series Cultures of Research - Philosophy of AI_Optimist and Pessimist Views.  

Trials of implicitness: technology testing beyond the laboratory or the coming crisis of experimental accountability (Noortje Marres)

Stadtpalais/Online Theaterstraße 75, Aachen, Germany

c:o/re Lecture Series: Cultures of Research On Wednesday, November 2nd, STS researcher and Professor at Warwick University, UK, Noortje Marres, will talk about Trials of implicitness: technology testing beyond the laboratory or the coming crisis of experimental accountability. The talk is part of the c:o/re Lecture Series: Cultures of Research. It will be held online. …

c:o/re @ RWTH Wissenschaftsnacht

RWTH Aachen, C.A.R.L. Claßenstraße 11, Aachen, Germany

On November 11th, 2022, you can find us at the RWTH Wissenschaftsnacht in Aachen. Together with many other cool projects (check out the program here) you can find us at the C.A.R.L. (Claßenstraße 11), where we will unbox science together with you! Come by if you are interested in discussing how science gets made in …

Engaging publics in open anticipatory governance of technology (Andoni Ibarra) – CANCELLED!

Stadtpalais/Online Theaterstraße 75, Aachen, Germany

c:o/re Lecture Series: Cultures of Research The lecture on Wednesday, November 16th, by Andoni Ibarra, Professor of Philosophy of Science at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), has been cancelled. The talk was scheduled as part of the c:o/re Lecture Series: Cultures of Research. To participlate, please register with events@khk.rwth-aachen.de

The prospects of Institutionalising the Values ‘Openness’ and ‘Responsiveness’ in the Scientific Community (René von Schomberg)

Stadtpalais/Online Theaterstraße 75, Aachen, Germany

c:o/re Lecture Series: Cultures of Research On Wednesday, November 30th, Guest Professor at the Technical University of Darmstadt, René von Schomberg, will talk about The prospects of Institutionalising the Values ‘Openness’ and ‘Responsiveness’ in the Scientific Community. The talk is part of the c:o/re Lecture Series: Cultures of Research. To participlate, please register with events@khk.rwth-aachen.de

Towards an Ergonomics of Data Science Practices (Fernando Pasquini Santos)

Stadtpalais/Online Theaterstraße 75, Aachen, Germany

c:o/re Lecture Series: Cultures of Research On Wednesday, December 14th, Fernando Pasquini Santos, Assistant Professor at the Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil will take us Towards an Ergonomics of Data Science Practices. The talk is part of the c:o/re Lecture Series: Cultures of Research. To participlate, please register with events@khk.rwth-aachen.de

‘Modernization’ in Ideological Discourses of Post-Soviet State: The Case of Russia and Ukraine (Svitlana Shcherbak)

Stadtpalais/Online Theaterstraße 75, Aachen, Germany

c:o/re Lecture Series: Cultures of Research On Wednesday, December 21st, Svitlana Shcherbak, Philosopher and researcher of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, will talk about ‘Modernization’ in Ideological Discourses of Post-Soviet State: The Case of Russia and Ukraine. The talk is part of the c:o/re Lecture Series: Cultures of Research. To participlate, please register …

Moving Technical and Scientific Knowledge, People and Objects after 1945: IIT Madras and the RWTH Aachen (Roland Wittje)

Stadtpalais/Online Theaterstraße 75, Aachen, Germany

c:o/re Lecture Series: Cultures of Research On Wednesday, January 25th, Associate Professor for the History of Science and Technology at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, Roland Wittje, will talk about Moving Technical and Scientific Knowledge, People and Objects after 1945: IIT Madras and the RWTH Aachen. The talk is part of the c:o/re …

Voodoo science and the missing controversy: Neuroscience as an integration project (Torsten H. Voigt)

Stadtpalais/Online Theaterstraße 75, Aachen, Germany

c:o/re Lecture Series: Cultures of Research On Wednesday, February 8th, Torsten H. Voigt, Professor for Sociology at RWTH Aachen University will talk about "Voodoo science and the missing controversy: Neuroscience as an integration project". The talk is part of the c:o/re Lecture Series: Cultures of Research. To participlate, please register with events@khk.rwth-aachen.de  

Turning Points in Reflections on Science and Technology: Toward Historicizing STS

Stadtpalais Theaterstraße 75, Aachen, Germany

This workshop investigates turning points in reflections on science and technology over the course of the 20th and 21st century. It aims at opening up the field by historicizing Science and Technology Studies from various historical turns. Furthermore, it aims at discussing the various notions of “historicizing STS". Please find here the program. Please register …

STS Hub. Towards encounters amongst STS scholars in Germany

RWTH Aachen, C.A.R.L. Claßenstraße 11, Aachen, Germany

Science & Technology Studies (STS) has become a recognised, delineated academic field in the international research landscape. In Germany, however, STS is rather dispersed among existing academic disciplines, research institutes, and loosely connected academic networks and associations. To strengthen the interconnectedness of STS in Germany, c:o/re co-organizes STS-hub.de, a conference series that brings together German …