Post-doc and PhD position at the Munich Center for Technology in Society (MCTS), TU Munich: “Hidden Regions, Lost Futures: Exploring Innovation in the Periphery”
Dear colleagues,
The Innovation, Society and Public Policy (ISPP) group at the Munich Center for Technology in Society (MCTS) is inviting applications for one postdoctoral researcher (TV-L E13, 100%, 3 years) and one doctoral researcher (TV-L E13, 65%, 3 years) position as part of the research project “Hidden Regions, Lost Futures: Exploring Innovation in the Periphery.” The project investigates how regions outside the well-known metropolitan areas and innovation hubs are dealing with mounting pressures to (re-)position themselves as innovation leaders, and how in the eyes of policy-makers their future is increasingly tied to their perceived innovation capacity and competitiveness. This applies to small and medium-sized towns of relative prosperity that might feature “hidden champion” industries and strong social cohesion and institutions. It also applies to regions shaped by industrial decline, political polarization, and growing disillusionment about the promises of innovation to deliver growth and better living for all citizens. Both face increasingly pressing questions how this “innovation imperative” for regions (Pfotenhauer et al., 2018) and related forces of globalization can being brought into alignment with local identities, culture, history, and politics.
The project aims to study such “hidden” and “lost” innovation regions through a variety of case studies and theoretical work grounded in Science and Technology Studies (STS) – especially its co-productionist branch (Jasanoff 2004) – with close connections to Innovation Studies as well as Economic and Political Geography. The project has comparative ambitions, both within Germany and internationally. The exact case selection and distribution between the postdoctoral and doctoral researcher will be decided based on the candidate profiles (with slight a preference for the post-doc to focus on “hidden regions” and the doctoral researcher on “lost regions” aspects). The project builds on prior research by the PIs conducted in the projects “Regional Innovation Cultures” (DFG project, 2017-2021) and “Traveling Imaginaries of Innovation” (NSF project, 2014-18).
More information can be found here or in the attached pdf.
The deadline for applications is Dec 1, 2020. Ideally, work on the project should commence as soon as possible. All application materials should be sent to Ms. Dong Li (d.li@tum.de), mentioning “ISPP Innovation Cultures Post-Doc” or “ISPP Innovation Cultures PhD” in the subject line, respectively.
Please feel free to share widely,
Best regards,
Sebastian
Prof. Dr. Sebastian M. Pfotenhauer Co-Director, Munich Center for Technology in Society (MCTS) Carl von Linde Associate Professor of Innovation Research Technische Universität München
Augustenstr. 46, Room #456 80333 München, Germany
office: +49 89.289.29222
Innovation, Society, and Public Policy Group Coordinator, EU H2020 Consortium SCALINGS Academic Program Director, M.A. “Responsibility in Science, Engineering, and Technology" (RESET)
Profiles: ResearchGate & Google Schoolar
Recently published:
· Engels, F., Wentland, A., Pfotenhauer S.M. “Testing future societies? Developing a framework for test beds and living labs as instruments of innovation governance,” Research Policy (2019).
· Pfotenhauer, S.M. “Building global innovation hubs: The 'MIT Model' in three start-up universities.” In: Wisnioski, M. et al. (eds.) Does America need more innovators? MIT Press, pp. 191-220 (2019)
· Garden, H., Winickoff, D., Frahm N. and Pfotenhauer S.M. “Responsible Innovation in Neurotechnology Enterprises” OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Papers (2018).
· Pfotenhauer, S.M., Juhl, J., Aarden, E. “Challenging the ‘Deficit Model' of Innovation: Framing Policy Issues under the Innovation Imperative,” Research Policy (2018).
· Winickoff, D. and Pfotenhauer S.M. “Technology Governance and the Innovation Process,” OECD Science, Technology and Innovation Outlook (2018).
· Pfotenhauer, S.M. and Jasanoff, S. “Panacea or diagnosis? Imaginaries of innovation and the “MIT model” in three political cultures,” Social Studies of Science (2017).
[demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pdf which had a name of ISPP Job Ad - Hidden Regions, Lost Futures 2020.pdf]
EASST's Eurograd mailing list Eurograd (at) lists.easst.net Unsubscribe or edit subscription options: http://lists.easst.net/listinfo.cgi/eurograd-easst.net
Meet us via https://twitter.com/STSeasst
Report abuses of this list to Eurograd-owner@lists.easst.net
EASST-Eurograd
30 recent messages
- 24/04/2024 PhD Position at STS Vienna
- 24/04/2024 CfA: International Conference "Popular Health and Social Media" (University of Siegen, 12-13 September 2024)
- 24/04/2024 [CfP] Digital Transformations and Climate Change
- 24/04/2024 Hau of Finance Online Seminar Series - 'Crisis, Speculation and the Making of a Climate Haven" - Sarah Besky, Cornell University - Tuesday April 30 @15h CEST
- 24/04/2024 Funded PhD in AI and libraries, University College Dublin
- 20/04/2024 CFP: Workshop on Generative AI as a method in social sciences
- 20/04/2024 Webinar Reminder: Alternative Pathways for Patient Access to Advanced Therapies
- 20/04/2024 CfP: 6th International Workshop on Formal Methods for Autonomous Systems (FMAS 2024)
- 20/04/2024 Participatory prototyping biomaterials: 2 year research position (post-doc level)
- 20/04/2024 Call for papers - Minerva Special Issue "Little Science, Big Science, Global Science: The Growth of Science and its Consequences"
- 20/04/2024 Call for Papers: TIME/LESS - Sensing, Planning, Designing in Complex Cities and Regions (AESOP TG Planning & Complexity)
- 20/04/2024 Call for Papers: TIME/LESS - Sensing, Planning, Designing in Complex Cities and Regions (AESOP TG Planning & Complexity)
- 17/04/2024 2nd CFP: 4th Workshop on Agents and Robots for reliable Engineered Autonomy (AREA 2024)
- 17/04/2024 April 26 - Seminar session with Niels Ten Oever - Sanctions, Standards, and Sovereignty
- 15/04/2024 PhD Studentship: Forming Futures
- 15/04/2024 PhD Studentship: Forming Futures
- 15/04/2024 Reminder: TATuP: CfA 34/1 (2025): "Practices and concepts of 'care' in sustainability transformations"
- 15/04/2024 Two PhD vacancies in Social Studies of Scholarly Communication and Peer Review
- 15/04/2024 3-year fully funded PhD position on digital infrastructure breakdown
- 15/04/2024 [Deadline: 23 Apr] International Summer Digital Workshop: Gender and Innovation in Post-Pandemic Ableism: Social, Environmental, and Digital Justice
- 13/04/2024 April 18, 13:15 - Webinar Anna Nikolaeva, "Politics of non-knowing"
- 13/04/2024 CfA: SI environ|mental urbanities
- 13/04/2024 Vernon Press - "Science, Technology and Society for a Post-Truth Age: Comparative Dialogues on Reflexivity"
- 13/04/2024 Conference "Imaginations of Autonomy" Registration Reminder
- 13/04/2024 Athena VU Amsterdam is hiring: Three career track (to tenured) assistant professorships | Transformative Learning | Management of Innovations | System transformation in health and well-being (last one in Dutch)
- 06/04/2024 AUP Liveable Futures Series: call for proposals
- 06/04/2024 Scientific Officer for Sustainable Food Systems and Risk Communication
- 06/04/2024 Bonn History and Philosophy of Physics research seminar in the summer term of 2024
- 06/04/2024 PhD Position - University of Amsterdam on "Contested Epistemologies of Sustainability"
- 06/04/2024 7th STS Italia Summer School | ArTS in Society - Application deadline April 28, 2024