Universität Wien

230147 SE Politics of Expertise - The Case of the Environment (2014S)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 23 - Soziologie
Continuous assessment of course work
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max. 25 participants
Language: English

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Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Monday 31.03. 14:30 - 16:30 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Tuesday 01.04. 14:30 - 16:30 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Wednesday 02.04. 14:30 - 16:30 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Thursday 03.04. 14:30 - 16:30 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Friday 04.04. 11:00 - 13:00 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Monday 23.06. 15:00 - 17:00 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Tuesday 24.06. 14:30 - 16:30 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Wednesday 25.06. 14:30 - 16:30 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Thursday 26.06. 14:30 - 16:30 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Friday 27.06. 11:00 - 13:00 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien

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Aims, contents and method of the course

This course seminar will introduce the methods and theories of Science and Technology Studies (STS) and related fields to explore the relationship of experts and politics in the domain of environment. For this purpose, the course combines theoretical ideas from STS with empirical examples ranging from nuclear power, air pollution, climate change, biodiversity to energy transformations. Environmental issues offer exemplary cases to study the negotiated and contested nature of expertise in society and changes and transformations in the relationship between science and society. The course attempts to reconstruct the development of key STS concepts in response to the environmental discourses in Europe and the US. Beginning with a short historical overview and standard models, the course discusses alternate frameworks that see 'science' and 'policy' not as cognitively and culturally distinct spheres but as engaged in a constant process of interaction and mutual stabilization. The course is also designed to reflect on our own role as experts in environmental and sustainability discourses.

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