Values—whether financial profit or moral and social values such as justice and sustainability—often appear as abstract and intangible. Infrastructure allows us to explore the materiality of seemingly immaterial value. […]
The introduction of systematic planning was a key ingredient of U.S. policies to bring ‘development’ to large parts of the world in the middle of the twentieth century. Such policies […]
ABSTRACT Quantitative evidence and metrics play a central role in contemporary global health. Mortality statistics, for example, are considered essential for improving health in the global South. Yet, many observers […]
Between control and independence: computational modelling within EC’s trade sustainability impact assessments Titus Udrea & Anja Bauer Sustainability Impact Assessments (SIA) are a central instrument for evidence-based policy-making in EU […]
Kinship measurements structure economic and political inequalities around the world. Although widespread, they are rarely recognized as such. Behind seemingly unambiguous measurement results, for example from genetic paternity tests, there […]
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Do we control technology, or does technology control us? Which processes push our technological progress forward? And, with this question in mind, who or what is crucial for determining the shape of the world of tomorrow? The science and technology scientist Daniel Barben joins ad astra in the Sonnepark St. Veit/Glan for a glance into the future.
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Understanding the significance of genetic factors for our lives requires an analysis that goes beyond biological aspects. It is especially necessary to take into account how human beings relate to […]
Viele zentrale Zukunftsfragen unserer Gegenwart, ob Energieversorgung oder Digitalisierung, beziehen sich auf Wissenschaft, Technik und Innovation. Im Wintersemester 2016/17 startet dazu ein neues Masterstudium „Science, Technology & Society Studies“.
