People

Professors

Prof. Dr. Sebastian Pfotenhauer STS Department Head
Associate Professor for Innovation Research
Program Coordinator, M.A. RESET
Innovation Research Tel.: +49(89) 289 29222 Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden TUM School of Management More Details
Prof. Dr. Ruth Müller STS Deputy Department Head
Associate Professor of Science & Technology Policy
Program Coordinator, M.A. STS
Vice Dean for Talent Management & Diversity
Science and Technology Policy Tel.: +49(89) 289 29214 Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology, TUM School of Life Sciences, TUM School of Management More Details
Prof. Dr. Christian Djeffal Tenure Track Assistant Professor for Law, Science and Technology Law, Science and Technology Tel.: +49(89) 289 29 235 Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden TUM School of Governance More Details
Prof. Dr. Karin Zachmann Former Chair of History of Technology (retired) History of Technology Tel.: +49(89) 2179 406 Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden TUM School of Education More Details
Prof. Dr. Jörg Niewöhner Professor of Anthropology of Science and Technology Anthropology of Science and Technology Tel.: +49 89 289 29217 Sprechstunden: https://joergsofficehours.as.me/ TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology More Details

Administration

Tabitha Goricki-Eickel History of Technology Tel.: +49(89) 2179 402
Ulla Freitag Sekretärin Innovation Research Tel.: +49 89 289 29230 Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden
M.A. Svenja Harter Project management Innovation Research Tel.: +49(89) 289 29210 More Details
Dipl.-Kffr. (Univ.) Manuela Keidel Project Manager Innovation Research Tel.: +49(89) 289 29242 Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden TUM School of Management More Details
Maria Nesic Teamassistenz / Eventmanagement Innovation Research Tel.: +49 89 289 29200 Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden
Julia Schmid Teamassistenz Law, Science and Technology Tel.: +49 (89) 289 - 29210 Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden

Researchers

Dr. Franziska Meinherz Postdoc Innovation Research Tel.: +49 (89) 289 29224 More Details
M.A. Jasmin Katharina Shokoui Doktorandin / Doctoral Candidate Innovation Research Tel.: Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology
Dr. Patrick Bieler Postdoc Anthropology of Science and Technology Tel.: Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden SOT More Details
M.A. Akanksha Bisoyi Researcher and Doctoral Candidate Law, Science and Technology Tel.: Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden More Details
M.A. Maximilian Braun Doctoral Candidate Science and Technology Policy Tel.: +49 (89) 289 29202 Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology More Details
M.A. Svenja Breuer Doctoral Candidate Science and Technology Policy Tel.: +49 (89) 289 29202 Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology More Details
Dr. Lucas Brunet Postdoc Science and Technology Policy Tel.: +49 (89) 289 29207 Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology More Details
M.A. Manuel Bruns Doctoral Candidate Sociology of Science Tel.: Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden More Details
M.A. Amy Clare Doctoral Candidate Science and Technology Policy Tel.: +49 (89) 289 - 29236 Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology More Details
Dr. Carlos Cuevas Garcia Postdoc Innovation Research Tel.: +49(89) 289 29218  Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden MCTS More Details
Desantila Hysa Ph.D. Postdoc Researcher Law, Science and Technology Tel.: Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden More Details
Dr. Stefan Esselborn Postdoc History of Technology Tel.: +49(89) 2179 540 Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden More Details
Dr. Martín Fonck Postdoctoral Researcher Sociology of Science Tel.: Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden More Details
Dr. Angela Graf Postdoc Sociology of Science Tel.: +49(89) 289 24354 TUM School of Governance More Details
Cansu Güner Postdoc Science and Technology Policy Tel.: +49 (89) 289 29221 Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology More Details
Johanna Hopp Doctoral Candidate Innovation Research Tel.: +49 (89) 289 29229 Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden More Details
Professor Maja Horst Visiting Professor Science and Technology Policy Tel.: Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology More Details
Dr. Judith Igelsböck Postdoc Innovation Research Tel.: +49(89) 289 29231   Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden SOT More Details
Prof. Alan Irwin Prof. Alan Irwin Visiting Professor Science and Technology Policy Tel.: Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology More Details
Dr. Bernhard Isopp Akademischer Rat Innovation Research Tel.: +49(89) 289 29226 Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden More Details
Dr. Mallory James Postdoc Science and Technology Policy Tel.: +49(89) 289 29223 Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology More Details
Dr. Joakim Juhl Postdoc Innovation Research Tel.: Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden More Details
M.A. Manuel Jung Doktorandin Innovation Research Tel.: +49 (89) 289 29229 Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden More Details
Dr. Fiona Kinniburgh Postdoctoral Researcher Sociology of Science Tel.: +49(89) 289 28269 Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden More Details
M.A. Sophia Knopf Doctoral Candidate Innovation Research Tel.: +49 (89) 289 29225 Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden More Details
Dr. Susanne Koch Postdoc Sociology of Science Tel.: +49 (0)89 289 29209 Sprechstunden: by arrangement More Details
Prof. Ku-Yen Lin Visiting researcher Law, Science and Technology Tel.: Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden More Details
M.A. Dominic Lammar Doctoral Candidate Science and Technology Policy Tel.: Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology More Details
Dr. Nils Matzner Post Doc Sociology of Science Tel.: +49(89) 289 24217 Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden More Details
Dr. Felix Mauch Postdoc History of Technology Tel.: +49(89) 2179 406 Sprechstunden: Tuesdays 12-13 or by appointment More Details
LL.M. Philipp Mehl Researcher and Doctoral Candidate Law, Science and Technology Tel.: Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden Department of Science, Technology and Society (STS) More Details
Dr. Michael Mögele Postdoc Innovation Research Tel.: Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden More Details
M.A. Simon Möller Doktorand Sociology of Science Tel.: +49(89) 289 24216 Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden More Details
M.A. Michael Nitschmann Doctoral Candidate Sociology of Science Tel.: +49 (89) 289 – 24354 Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden More Details
M.A. Nadine Osbild Doctoral Candidate Innovation Research Tel.: +49 (89) 289 29234 Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden More Details
Univ. Jur. David Rebohl Researcher and Doctoral Candidate Law, Science and Technology Tel.: Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden More Details
M.A. Cindy Rentrop Research Associate Innovation Research Tel.: Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden More Details
M.Sc. Katja Rießenberger Doctoral Candidate Science and Technology Policy Tel.: Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology More Details
M.A. Sophia Rossmann Doctoral Candidate Science and Technology Policy Tel.: +49(89) 289 29220   Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology More Details
M.Sc. Anja Kathrin Rueß Doctoral Candidate Science and Technology Policy Tel.: +49(89) 289 29221   Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden TUM School of Management More Details
Dr. Georgia Samaras Akademische Rätin Science and Technology Policy Tel.: +49(89) 289 29220   Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology More Details
M.Sc. Marlise Schneider Doctoral Candidate Innovation Research Tel.: +49(89) 289 29237 Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden More Details
Dr. Sarah Schönbauer Sociology of Science Tel.: Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden More Details
M.A. Michael Schönwolff Doktorand Science and Technology Policy Tel.: Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology More Details
Dr. Anton Schröpfer Sociology of Science Tel.: Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden TUM School of GovernanceDoktorandin More Details
Dr. Olga Sparschuh Postdoc History of Technology Tel.: +49 (89) 2179 405 Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden More Details
Dr. Olena Strelnyk Science and Technology Policy Tel.: Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology More Details
Dr. Aysel Sultan Lecturer Science and Technology Policy Tel.: +49 (89) 289 29205 Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology More Details
M.Sc. Camilla Tetley Doctoral Candidate Sociology of Science Tel.: +49 (89) 289 29209 Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden More Details
Dr. Zinaida Vasilyeva Postdoc Innovation Research Tel.: +49(89) 289 29224 Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden TUM School of Management More Details
Univ. Jur. Verena Müller Researcher and Doctoral Candidate Law, Science and Technology Tel.: Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden More Details
Dr. Alexander Wentland Head of Research Group Innovation Research Tel.: +49(89) 289 29234 Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden TUM School of the Social Sciences and Technology More Details
PD Dr. Jörg-Wilhelm Wernecke Senior Lecturer Philosophy of Science Tel.: +49(89) 289 25366   Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden TUM School of Governance More Details
M.A. Theresa Willem Doctoral Candidate Science and Technology Policy Tel.: +49 89 4140 6961 Sprechstunden: Sprechstunden TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology More Details

Advisory Board

Prof. Kean Birch Former MCTS Visiting Professor Innovation Research 05/2017
Prof. Rachel Douglas-Jones Scientific Advisory Board
Prof. Jörg Eberspächer Scientific Advisory Board
Prof. Iris Eisenberger "TUM Ambassador", Former MCTS Visiting Professor Innovation Research 11/2017−1/2018
Prof. Dr. Ulrike Felt Scientific Advisory Board
Prof. Dr. Thomas F. Hofmann Permanent Guest of the Scientific Advisory Board (ex officio)
Prof. Dr. Stefan Kuhlmann Scientific Advisory Board
Prof. Clark Miller Scientific Advisory Board
Prof. Dr. Michael Molls Scientific Advisory Board
Prof. Dr. Alfred Nordmann Scientific Advisory Board
Prof. Sarah de Rijcke "TUM Ambassador", Former TUM-IAS Anna Boyksen Fellow Science and Technology Policy 06/2016−10/2017
Prof. Dr. Judith Simon Scientific Advisory Board

Guests

Mag. Dorothea Born Visiting Doctoral Candidate Sociology of Science 01/2018−12/2018
Sarah Rachael Davies former MCTS Visiting Professor 11/2018−12/2018
Prof. Iris Eisenberger "TUM Ambassador", Former MCTS Visiting Professor Innovation Research 11/2017−1/2018
Prof. Stephen Hilgartner Former MCTS Visiting Professor Innovation Research 09/2017−11/2017
Professor Maja Horst Visiting Professor Science and Technology Policy
Prof. Alan Irwin Prof. Alan Irwin Visiting Professor Science and Technology Policy
Prof. Dr. Martha Kenney Former MCTS Visiting Professor Science and Technology Policy 07/2018, 01.01.2021 - 31.12.2021
Prof. Brice Laurent Former MCTS Visiting Professor 05/2018−07/2018
Prof. Sarah de Rijcke "TUM Ambassador", Former TUM-IAS Anna Boyksen Fellow Science and Technology Policy 06/2016−10/2017
Prof. Juno Salazar Parreñas Former MCTS Visiting Professor Science and Technology Policy 06/2018−07/2018
Dr. Susanne Schmitt Former MCTS Visiting Professor Science and Technology Policy 01.10.2020 - 31.12.2020
Dr. Olena Strelnyk Science and Technology Policy

Alumni

Directors

Prof. Dr. Sabine Maasen Former Director MCTS & Schiedel Chair of Sociology of Science Sociology of Science
Prof. Dr. Klaus Mainzer Professor Emeritus, Founding Director of MCTS Philosophy of Science

Advisory Board

Prof. Dr. Ruth Hagengruber Scientific Advisory Board
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang A. Herrmann Permanent Guest of the Scientific Advisory Board (ex officio)
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kröger Scientific Advisory Board
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Mittelstraß Scientific Advisory Board
Prof. Dr. Ernst Rank Permanent Guest of the Scientific Advisory Board ex officio
Prof. Dr. Ortwin Renn Scientific Advisory Board
Prof. Dr. Peter Weingart Scientific Advisory Board

Researchers

Melpomeni Antonakaki Former Doctoral Candidate Sociology of Science
PhD Sarah Blacker Former Postdoc History of Technology
M.A. Johan Buchholz Former Doctoral Candidate Reorganizing Industries
M.A. Tobias Drewlani Former Doctoral Candidate Reorganizing Industries
M.A. Mariya Dzhimova former Doctoral Candidate Law, Science and Technology
Dr. Sarah Ehlers Former Postdoc History of Technology
Dr. Franziska Engels Former Doctoral Candidate Innovation Research
Prof. Dr. Ignacio Farías Hurtado Former Tenure Track Assistant Professor (TTAP) of Participatory Technology Design Partizipative Technikgestaltung
Dr. Kay Felder Former Research Associate Science and Technology Policy
Nicolas Fischer Former Doctoral Candidate
Dr. Nina Maria Frahm Former PhD Candidate Innovation Research
Dr. Andrea Geipel Former Doctoral Candidate Digital Media
PD Dr. Hajo Greif Former Senior Researcher Digital Media
M.A. Johannes Günther Former Doctoral Candidate History of Technology
PD Dr. Jana Heinz Adjunct Professor Sociology of Science
Christina Hitrova former Doctoral Candidate Law, Science and Technology
Dr. Georg Jochum Postdoc Sociology of Science
Dr. Nina Klimburg-Witjes Former Postdoctoral Researcher Innovation Research
Dr. Susanne Koch Postdoc Sociology of Science
Dr. Maximilian Mayer Former Senior Researcher Innovation Research
M.A. Claudia Mendes Former Doctoral Candidate Partizipative Technikgestaltung
Dr. Ulrich Meyer Former Head Post/Doc Lab Reorganizing Industries Reorganizing Industries
M.A. Peter Kahlert Former Doctoral Candidate Digital Media
Dr. Elspeth Oppermann Former Postdoc Innovation Research
Prof. Dr. Jan-Hendrik Passoth Former Head Post/Doc Lab Digital Media Digital Media
Dr. Pim Peters Former Doctoral Candidate Partizipative Technikgestaltung
M.A. Nikolaus Pöchhacker Doktorand Digital Media
Dr. Tomas Sanchez-Criado Former Postdoc Partizipative Technikgestaltung
Dr. phil. Christoph Schneider Former Postdoc
Dr. Sarah Schönbauer Former Postdoc Science and Technology Policy
M.A. David Seibt Former Doctoral Candidate Reorganizing Industries
Dr. Olena Strelnyk Science and Technology Policy
M.Sc. Camilla Tetley Doctoral Candidate Sociology of Science
Dr. Carolin Thiem Former Doctoral Candidate
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Wengenroth Ordinarius für Geschichte der Technik (retired) History of Technology
Dr. Andreas Wenninger Former Postdoc Sociology of Science
Univ. Jur. Lukas Wörlein former Research Associate Law, Science and Technology
M.A. Michael-Bernhard Zita former Doctoral Candidate Law, Science and Technology