Am 2. November 2020 wurden zahlreiche Initiativen, die sich um Nachhaltigkeit an Österreichs (Hoch-)Schulen bemühen, ausgezeichnet. Das an der Universität Klagenfurt koordinierte Projekt ÖKOLOG erhielt dabei einen Sustainability Award im Bereich Strukturelle Verankerung.
We are pleased to announce that Martina Merz will assume the position of Vice-Rector for Research at the University of Klagenfurt for four years as of October 29, 2020. She remains head of our department. For more information on the new Recorate (in German) click here.
Daria Jadreškić is a philosopher of science with a focus on social epistemology, values in science, and philosophy of science in practice. Since October 2020 she is a member of the Research Unit “The Epistemology of the Large Hadron Collider”, project B3, “Producing novelty and securing credibility: LHC experiments from the perspective of Social Studies […]
Abstract Synthetic biology is an emerging technoscience, which, so far, lacks a broader public debate. To foster early societal dialogue, a range of public engagement events have been initiated over the past decade. This article discusses the configurations of the emerging debate on synthetic biology in the context of the EU FP7 project SYNENERGENE. Drawing […]
Barben, Daniel; Matzner, Nils (2020): Anticipatory Governance of Climate Engineering. In Hans von Storch (Ed.): Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Climate Science: Oxford University Press. Abstract (DE) „Antizipatorische Governance“ zielt darauf ab Forschung und Entwicklung in einem frühen Stadium, lange bevor soziale Impacts sichtbar werden. Der Artikel stellt Antizipatorischer Governance von Climate Engineering (CE) in […]
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