Summer 2023 Doctoral Colloquium with Maarten Hajer and Jeroen Oomen

On June 2nd, the TUM STS Department hosted one of the most important events of the academic year: The doctoral colloquium. Every semester, the department’s postgraduate students get the opportunity …
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Geriatronics Summit 2023: Ruth Müller Giving a Presentation on “Responsible Robotics: Embedding Ethics and Social Science in Robotics Research”

On July 3, Prof. Dr. Ruth Müller followed an invitation to this year’s Geriatronics Summit that took place at the Conference Center in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. She gave a speech on …
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What STS can contribute to Science Communication? First steps towards dialogue

On 14-16 of June 2023, Zinaida Vasilyeva attended the international conference “Nowhere(to)land: what Science Studies contribute to Science Communication?” organized by the Rhine Ruhr Center for Science Communication Research (RRC) …
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Next steps for global collaboration to minimize racial and ethnic bias in neuroscience

In their recent comment “Next steps for global collaboration to minimize racial and ethnic bias in neuroscience”, Ruth Müller, Anja Ruess, Franziska Schönweitz, Alena Buyx, Cristina Gil Ávila and Markus …
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STS and Bioethics: Forging New Synergies for Exploring the Potentials and Pitfalls of Public Engagement with New Biotechnologies

In their recent peer commentary “STS and Bioethics: Forging New Synergies for Exploring the Potentials and Pitfalls of Public Engagement with New Biotechnologies”, Ruth Müller, Amy Clare and Anja Ruess …
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Obazda meets green sauce: Strong representation of TraMS and MCube at the “Sustainable Mobility in Future Cities” conference in Frankfurt

On June 15-16, the conference „Sustainable Mobility in Future Cities: Transformation of Society, Space & Governance“ took place in Frankfurt am Main. At the 18th annual conference of the working …
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Concluding Workshop of the DFG Research Group “Practicing Evidence – Evidencing Practice” held in Munich, 25-28 April 2023

On the last week of April, members of the DFG research group 2448 met with distinguished national and international guests for four days of dialogue regarding “Evidence Regime(s) in Contemporary …
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Mallory James speaks at invited workshop “Norbert Wiener in the 21st Century: The Future of Work in the Age of Automation” at IEEE-Ethics 2023 in Purdue, Indiana

Mallory James from the Professorship of Science & Technology Policy presented at an invitation-only workshop at the global electrical engineering society meeting, IEEE-Ethics 2023, from 18-20 May. Together with 12 …
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Exploring and revaluing European research infrastructures – a conference report

On the 25th and 26th of May 2023, members from the ISSP group Zinaida Vasilyeva, Oguz Özkan, Carlos Cuevas-Garcia and Sebastian Pfotenhauer attended the Conference on „Revaluing European Research Infrastructures“, …
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„Haunting Biology: Science and Indigeneity in Australia“

Alfred Deakin Professor Emma Kowal is Professor of Anthropology and Deputy Director of the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation at Deakin University. She is a cultural and medical …
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