Research as Culture and Practice
This topic has a longstanding history at the STS department. For instance, we study how researchers live in contemporary academia and how this relates to their practices of knowing, how efforts to produce relevant (often interdisciplinary) knowledge clash with established disciplinary logics, how institutions conceptualize scientific misconduct, and how researchers communicate with different audiences. This domain also embraces reflections on the institutional frameworks in which culture and practice can (not) develop. Disciplines studied range from material sciences to the social sciences or life sciences. In this domain, our track record in developing new methods is particularly strong.
People
| Sarah Davies | Ruth Falkenberg | Ulrike Felt | Lisa Ferent |
| Max Fochler | Andrea Schikowitz | Lisa Sigl | Vera Ulmer |
| Rasmus Wardemann |
Projects
- Biobanking and BioMolecular Resources Research Infrastructure Austria #2 (BBMRI.at#2) — Societal Engagement: Responsible Research and Innovation in Biobanking;
- FutureArctic: A glimpse into the Arctic future: equipping a unique natural experiment for next-generation ecosystem research;
- K.REX: Knowledge Recognition for Evidence eXtraction;
- Making Europe through and for its research infrastructures (METAFORIS);
- Research Platform: Governance of Digital Practices: Governance of Digital Practices;
- Research Platform: Responsible Research and Innovation in Academic Practices;
- Smart4Health: Citizen-centred EU-EHR exchange for personalised health;
- Valuing, Being, Knowing. Understanding the entanglements of valuation practices and subjectification processes in life science research.