Doctorate completed

On October 28, 2020 Luca Nitschke successfully completed the oral examination for his doctorate, in which he dealt with „Vehicles of resistance?  ̶  Non-commercial carsharing and the socio-ecological mobility transition.“ …
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Doctorate completed

On September 29, 2020 Eriketti Servou successfully completed the oral examination for her doctorate, in which she dealt with „Automated driving in the policymaking: The productivity of the void.“ Eriketti …
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Sabine Maasen bound for Hamburg: New Challenge at UHH

With considerable pride, yet also great sadness, we would like to announce Prof. Sabine Maasen’s ‘lighthouse-appointment’ to a professorship of Science Studies and Innovation Research at Hamburg University (UHH) – …
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Jan-Hendrik Passoth joins European-University Viadrina as Professor

Congratulations to Jan-Hendrik Passoth for his appointment at European-University Viadrina in Frankfurt/Oder! As of November, he will join the newly set up European New School for Digital Studies as Professor …
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Doctorate completed

On September 15, 2020 David Seibt successfully completed the oral examination for his doctorate, in which he dealt with „Industrial User Construction: The Introduction of 3D Printing to the Prosthetics …
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Embedded ethics for AI development: Interview with Prof. Buyx

In July of this year, Prof. Dr. Ruth Müller and colleagues at TUM and in the USA published „An embedded ethics approach for AI development“ in the journal Nature Machine Intelligence. …
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An embedded ethics approach for AI development

Ruth Müller and colleagues examine AI development practices, noting the „gap [in] translating ethical considerations into ethical practices,“ and make the case for „integrating the consideration of social, ethical and …
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Schiedel-Exchange Magazin „Corona in / and TechnoSociety“

Die Covid-19-Pandemie und der Ausbruch des Corona-Virus führen auf erschütternde Weise die Verwundbarkeit technisierter Gesellschaften vor Augen. Der Friedrich Schiedel-Lehrstuhl für Wissenschaftssoziologie hat das neueste Schiedelmagazin “Corona in / and …
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Health justice and community resilience after COVID-19

Michael Penkler and Ruth Müller of the MCTS advocate with colleagues for a new normal built on community resilience in the recovery from COVID-19. They highlight how „social structures like …
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2020 Doctoral Colloquium

Zooming in: The MCTS Doctoral Colloquium #mytopic.in.society will take place on July 30th and 31st 2020. Due to the Corona virus pandemic, this colloquium will be taking place virtually via Zoom! We …
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