Lectures in course HUM-428: Phasing-out, innovation through withdrawal

Research Methods: Setting Up Experiments and Interview Guides

Explores setting up experiments, interview guides, and self-experimentation in research methods.

Ecological Impacts and Societal Model

Explores ecological impacts, societal models, technology, and regulations in transportation and energy.

Setting up Experiments: Compactness, Isometries, Quasi-Isometry

Explains setting up experiments with compactness, isometries, and quasi-isometry.

Technical Progress and Societal Impacts

Explores technical progress, societal impacts, and the challenges of electrification in various sectors.

Socio-Technical Networks: Cooperation and Research Projects

Explores socio-technical networks in scientific cooperation and research projects, emphasizing network dynamics and global collaborations.

Technical-Economic Networks in ANT 2

Explores company development, technical markets, industrial R&D, and quality indicators.

Scientific Cooperation Networks: Typology and Evolution

Delves into the typology and evolution of scientific cooperation networks, discussing decentralized research networks and global collaboration challenges.

Socio-Technical Networks: Keywords and Actors

Delves into socio-technical networks, active keywords, actors' roles, and network construction.

Technological Research Project: Digital Fingertip

Explores the analysis of sociotechnical networks using the example of a technological research project.

Social Studies of Science and Technology

Explores the intricate connections between science, technology, and society, guiding students in investigating complex topics within engineering.

Controversies Analysis: Introduction

Explores controversies in science, ethics, social networks, biases, and practices within groups.

Controversy Analysis: Controversy Studies

Explores the analysis of scientific controversies, including rivalries between social groups, interpretive flexibility, and closure mechanisms.

Ambivalence of Artefacts

Explores determinism in technology and society, roles of designers and healthcare professionals, and the importance of diverse perspectives.

Situated Action and Cognition: Photocopier Use Analysis

Analyzes the use of a photocopier to understand situated action and cognition in social interactions and daily practices.

Models of Human Interaction: Embodied Theories

Examines default images of human interaction and their impact on scientific inquiry, theories of agency, cognition, participation, and the political implications of embedded elements.

Methodological Principles

Emphasizes methodological principles, the interplay between technical and social aspects, and the significance of different observational perspectives.

Understanding Situations: Dewey's Pragmatism and Social Environments

Explores Dewey's pragmatism, the concept of 'situation', and the specificity of contexts in managing actions and interactions.

Controversies: Introduction

Introduces controversies in the sociology of science and society, focusing on the study of social groups and networks.

Controversies Study: Interpretive Flexibility and Closure Mechanisms

Explores interpretive flexibility and closure mechanisms in scientific controversies driven by professional interests and social groups.

Socio-Technical Analysis

Explores socio-technical network analysis, controversies, thematic coding, and the impact of AI in the workplace.