Daniel Barben

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Daniel Barben (born June 10, 1961 in Zurich ) is a Swiss professor for technology and science research at the Institute for technology and science research at the Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt .

Life

Barben studied sociology , psychology , political science and philosophy at the Free University of Berlin from 1982 to 1989 . In 1995 he did his doctorate at the Economics and Social Science Faculty of the University of Potsdam and completed his habilitation in 2004 at the Political and Social Science Faculty of the Free University of Berlin. From April 2010 to December 2013 he held the first German professorship for futurology at the Institute for Political Science at RWTH Aachen University. In 2012 Barben was appointed to the Bioeconomy Council (BÖR).

Barben has been a professor at the Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt since January 2014. His research areas are interdependencies between processes of scientific-technical and social changes in relation to global problems in the areas of health, nutrition, energy, mobility, demographic change and climate change.

Publications

  • Converging Technologies, Transhumanism, and Future Society . In: Hava Tirosh-Samuelson, Kenneth Mossman (eds.): Building a Better Human? Refocusing the Debate on Transhumanism. Frankfurt / M., Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Vienna 2012: Peter Lang, 379–396.
  • What is “new” about new technologies? On the past, present and future future of biotechnology . In: Christian Kehre, Peter Schüßler, Marc-Denis Weitze (eds.): New technologies in society. Actors, expectations, controversies and economic cycles. Published by the Deutsches Museum and acatech. Bielefeld 2011: transcript Verlag, 265–277.
  • Acceptance Politics. In: David H. Guston (Ed.): Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Society, Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks, Cal. 2010: Sage Reference, 4-5.
  • Anticipatory governance. In: David H. Guston (Ed.): Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Society, Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks, Cal. 2010: Sage Reference, 17-18.
  • Innovation. In: David H. Guston (Ed.): Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Society, Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks, Cal. 2010: Sage Reference, 335-337.
  • Reflexive governance. In: David H. Guston (Ed.): Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Society, Vol. 2. Thousand Oaks, Cal. 2010: Sage Reference, 654-655.
  • Social science. In: David H. Guston (Ed.): Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Society, Vol. 2. Thousand Oaks, Cal. 2010: Sage Reference, 724-726.
  • Glossary of Nanoscale Science and Engineering. In: David H. Guston (Ed.): Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Society, Vol. 2. Thousand Oaks, Cal. 2010: Sage Reference, 803-809.
  • Reflective knowledge. In: Stefan Hornbostel , Andreas Knie, Dagmar Simon (Eds.): Handbook of Science Policy. Wiesbaden 2009: VS Verlag, 71–84.
  • Reflexive Governance toward Sustainable Development: Combining Deliberation, Anticipation, and Transformation. Talk. 1st European Conference on Sustainability Transitions: Dynamics and Governance of Transitions to Sustainability, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  • Anticipatory governance of future technologies: capacity building in the field of tension between technology design and acceptance policy. Talk. German Political Science Association (DVPW), Section on Politics and Technology, Berlin University of Technology: Governance of Future Technologies, Berlin, Germany.
  • Security, Identification, and Citizenship: The Configuration of Biometrics in National and Transnational Contexts. Poster presentation. Gordon Research Conference on Governing Emerging Technologies, Big Sky, MT.
  • Biotechnology regime in comparison to society. On the sociology of new science and technology. Guest lecture. Institute for Science and Technology Studies, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany.
  • Anticipatory Governance of Nanotechnology: Foresight, Engagement, and Integration. In: Edward J. Hackett, Olga Amsterdamska, Michael E. Lynch, Judy Wajcman (Eds.): Handbook of Science and Technology Studies, Third Edition. Cambridge, Mass. 2008: MIT Press, 979-1000.
  • Analyzing acceptance politics: Towards an epistemological shift in the public understanding of science and technology. In: Public Understanding of Science. 19, 2010, p. 274, doi : 10.1177 / 0963662509335459 .
  • Political Economy of Biotechnology: Innovation and Social Change in International Comparison. Campus Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-593-38373-6 ( Theory and Society. Vol. 60).
  • Theory technique and politics with Niklas Luhmann. Westdeutscher Verlag, Opladen 1996, ISBN 3-531-12926-0 . (Dissertation)

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personal data
SURNAME Barbel, Daniel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German futurologist
DATE OF BIRTH June 10, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich