Annual conference of the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST)

The annual conference of the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST) takes place on July 6-9, 2022, in Madrid: “The Politics of Technoscientific Futures” is the topic of this years conference. Phillip Roth, Alin Olteanu and Ana María Guzmán are chairing a panel on “Making Media Futures. From Meaning to Imaginations …

Hackathon: Communicating Science

Stadtpalais Theaterstraße 75, Aachen, Germany

Science communication has been in the spotlight for quite some time, not only against the background of the COVID-19 pandemic. Its importance for creating an informed public that trusts science and scientific expertise has become apparent for science and politics alike. But where should institutions and researchers begin? How can they decide which target audience …

Workshop: Prinzipien der neuronalen Informationsverarbeitung. Geometrie – Dynamik – Wissen

Stadtpalais Theaterstraße 75, Aachen, Germany

Prof. em. Dr. Werner von Seelen in Kooperation mit c:o/re Käte Hamburger Kolleg „Cultures of Research“ und dem INM-6 Institut für neurowissenschaft und -medizin, Forschungszentrum Jülich veranstalten den Workshop 'Prinzipien der neuronalen Informationsverarbeitung. Geometrie – Dynamik – Wissen'. PROGRAMM Donnerstag 27.10.2022 14:00-14:15 Begrüßung, Vorstellungsrunde durch Markus Diesmann (Direktor des Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-6), …

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 …

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 …