Stefan Kuhlmann is a German political scientist specialising in technological innovation, society and politics. He is professor emeritus of 'Science and Technology Studies' (STS) at the University of Twente.
Stefan Kuhlmann is a German political scientist specialising in technological innovation, society and politics. He is professor emeritus of 'Science and Technology Studies' (STS) at the University of Twente.
Raised in Marl, Germany, Kuhlmann studied history and political science at the Philipps University of Marburg from 1972 to 1978. From 1979 to 1988 he worked on 'informatization' of the public administration at the University of Kassel. He received his doctorate in 1986 and his habilitation in political science from the university in 1998.
From 1988 to 2006, Kuhlmann worked at the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (ISI) in Karlsruhe, where he has held leading positions since 1995. In 2001 he took up a professorship in Innovation Policy at the Copernicus Institute of Utrecht University. [1] In 2006, Kuhlmann succeeded Arie Rip [2] in the Chair of Foundations of Science, Technology, and Society at the University of Twente in Enschede, the Netherlands. [3]
On 25 November 2011, Kuhlmann awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Twente [4] to Helga Nowotny, then President of the European Research Council (ERC). [5]
From 2018 to 2021, he was the Academic Director of the Dutch PhD Research Training School Science, Technology, and Modern Culture (WTMC). [6] He retired in 2022.
Stefan Kuhlmann is married to the sociologist Eva Maria Eckel. [7]
In the 1980s, as a member of the research group on informatization of public administration (Forschungsgruppe Verwaltungsautomation) [8] at the University of Kassel, he studied processes of the computerization of public administration. [9]
At the University of Utrecht (2001–2006) and since 2006 at the University of Twente, he researched and taught in the interdisciplinary field of Science and Technology Studies (STS), focusing on modalities of governance of science and technology in society.
Kuhlmann has co-edited several scientific journals, including Research Policy (Elsevier), [10] the International Journal of Foresight and Innovation Policy (IJFIP), and Science and Public Policy (SPP). [11]
Stefan Kuhlmann is co-founder (2010) and was President (2010–2015) of the Eu-SPRI Forum for Studies of Policies for Research and Innovation, a network of about twenty European research centres on this topic. [12]
The University of Twente is a public technical university located in Enschede, Netherlands. The university has been placed in the top 170 universities in the world by multiple central ranking tables. In addition, the UT was ranked the best technical university in The Netherlands by Keuzegids Universiteiten, the most significant national university ranking. The UT collaborates with Delft University of Technology, Eindhoven University of Technology and the Wageningen University and Research Centre under the umbrella of 4TU and is also a partner in the European Consortium of Innovative Universities (ECIU).
Science and technology studies (STS) or science, technology, and society is an interdisciplinary field that examines the creation, development, and consequences of science and technology in their historical, cultural, and social contexts.
Bernward Joerges is a professor of sociology (emeritus) at Technical University of Berlin and director of the Metropolitan Research Group at Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin. He holds a degree in Psychology, Dr. phil. and Dr. phil. habil. in Sociology. After early studies of development, environment, consumption and everyday life technology, his major areas of interest are social studies of science and technology, and urban and architectural studies.
The European Research Council (ERC) is a public body for funding of scientific and technological research conducted within the European Union (EU). Established by the European Commission in 2007, the ERC is composed of an independent Scientific Council, its governing body consisting of distinguished researchers, and an Executive Agency, in charge of the implementation. It forms part of the framework programme of the union dedicated to research and innovation, Horizon 2020, preceded by the Seventh Research Framework Programme (FP7). The ERC budget is over €13 billion from 2014 – 2020 and comes from the Horizon 2020 programme, a part of the European Union's budget. Under Horizon 2020 it is estimated that around 7,000 ERC grantees will be funded and 42,000 team members supported, including 11,000 doctoral students and almost 16,000 post-doctoral researchers.
Jan A.G.M. van Dijk is professor emeritus of communication science at the University of Twente in the Netherlands, where he still works. His chair was called The Sociology of the Information Society. He lectured on the social aspects of the information society. Van Dijk was also Chair of the Centre for e-Government Studies and an advisor of and many governments and departments, including the European Commission and several Dutch ministries, city departments, and political parties.
Helga Nowotny is Professor emeritus of Social Studies of Science, ETH Zurich. She has held numerous leadership roles on Academic boards and public policy councils, and she has authored many publications in the social studies of science and technology.
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Arie Rip is a Dutch professor emeritus of Philosophy of Science and Technology.
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The technological innovation system is a concept developed within the scientific field of innovation studies which serves to explain the nature and rate of technological change. A Technological Innovation System can be defined as ‘a dynamic network of agents interacting in a specific economic/industrial area under a particular institutional infrastructure and involved in the generation, diffusion, and utilization of technology’.
The Falling Walls Science Summit is an annual science event in Berlin, Germany, which takes place between 7 and 9 November and coincides with the anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall. Guided by the question "Which are the next walls to fall in science and society?" the Science Summit aims to showcase scientific breakthroughs, foster a dialogue between science and general public and connect global leaders from science, business, and media to develop solutions for the greatest challenges of our time. Originally being a one-day conference, the summit has expanded and now includes three days: Falling Walls Pitches on 7 November, Falling Walls Circle on 8 November and Falling Walls Breakthrough Day on 9 November.
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Ulrike Felt is an Austrian social scientist, active in the field of Science and Technology Studies. Currently, she holds the chair for Social Studies of Science and is Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Vienna. She also acted as the president of the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST). From 2002 to 2007, she has been editor-in-chief of the journal "Science, Technology, & Human Values".
Roelf Johannes (Roel) Wieringa is a Dutch computer scientist who was a professor of Information Systems at the University of Twente, specialized in the "integration of formal and informal specification and design techniques".
Hans-Jürgen Burchardt is a German economist and social scientist. Since 2005 he is Full Professor of International and Intersocietal Relations at the University of Kassel. His main areas of teaching and research include North-South-Relations, commodity-, environmental and social regimes in an international perspective, SDGs, social inequality and wealth research, theory and politics of development and Latin America.
Franciscus Adrianus (Frans) van Vught is a Dutch social scientist and Professor of Higher Education Policy at the University of Twente, known for his work on the theory of higher education innovation, higher education policy and relationship between government and higher education.
Johannes Willem "Johan" Schot is a Dutch historian working in the field of science and technology policy. A historian of technology and an expert in sustainability transitions, Johan Schot is Professor of Global Comparative History at the Centre for Global Challenges, Utrecht University. He is the Academic Director of the Transformative Innovation Policy Consortium (TIPC) and former Director of the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) at the University of Sussex. He was elected to the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) in 2009. He is the Principal Investigator of the Deep Transitions Lab.
Ulrich Dolata is a German sociologist.
Stefan Wurster is a German political scientist, Professor for Policy Analysis at the Munich School of Politics and Public Policy at the Technical University of Munich and the member of the TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology. He is known for his research on policy analysis in policy fields related to sustainability, democracy-autocracy comparisons, development of party systems and governance structures in energy, innovation, research and environmental policy.
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