Gerhard Banse

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Gerhard Banse at a meeting of the Leibniz Society (2014)

Gerhard Banse (born July 28, 1946 in Berlin ) is a German philosopher of science and professor . His main research interests are technology philosophy , general technology / general technology science and technology assessment .

education

Gerhard Banse was born as the son of the gardener Erwin Banse and his wife, the saleswoman Elsbeth Banse. In Berlin he attended elementary school and high school, which he graduated from high school in 1965 . From 1965 to 1969 he studied chemistry , biology and pedagogy at the Potsdam University of Education, graduating as a graduate teacher for Marxism-Leninism . He then worked as a teacher at the Polytechnic Oberschule (POS) in Gutengermendorf until 1971.

From 1971 to 1974 he was a planned aspirant at the Humboldt University in Berlin , Chair of Philosophical Problems in Natural Sciences ( Hermann Ley ). In 1974 he received his doctorate as Dr. phil. with the topic "On the philosophical analysis of the development of the scientific understanding of technology".

He has been married to the psychologist and qualified pedagogue Bärbel Banse since 1971 . The couple has a daughter who studied law and a son who studied regional and environmental planning.

Scientist for philosophy of technology

After receiving his doctorate in 1974, Banse worked for ten years as a research assistant at the Central Institute for Philosophy of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR (AdW) in Berlin, Philosophical Issues in Scientific Development , whose head was Herbert Hörz at the time. Since the academy was purely a research institution and Banse wanted to maintain his connection to practice, he taught at the same time at the Wismar Engineering University and the Potsdam University of Education . During this time he received his doctorate B to Dr. sc. phil. (equivalent to habilitation ) on the subject of technology - technical sciences - philosophy (problems, results and points of view on philosophical questions of technology and technical sciences from the perspective of dialectical and historical materialism) . From 1984 to 1986 he then worked as a working group leader at this central institute of the AdW.

From 1986 to 1990 he was Vice President of the GDR mass organization Society for the Dissemination of Scientific Knowledge (URANIA). During this time in 1988 he was appointed professor of philosophy at the Academy of Sciences of the GDR. In 1990 and 1991 he initially took on the role of federal manager of URANIA - Society for the Dissemination of Scientific Knowledge. V.

As a visiting professor at home and abroad

After German reunification , he worked as a research assistant in 1992 and 1993 as part of the researcher integration program . From 1994 he got a position as a research assistant at the Brandenburg Technical University Cottbus (BTU), Faculty 1, Institute for Philosophy and History of Technology. Here he had taken over the chair of general engineering.

From 1997 he was a visiting scientist at the European Academy for Research into the Consequences of Scientific and Technical Developments in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler .

In the 1990s he had several guest research stays at the Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf (with Alois Huning), the Pennsylvania State University (with Carl Mitcham ) and the then nuclear research center in Karlsruhe (with Herbert Paschen and Gotthard Bechmann). From the beginning of 1999 he worked as a research assistant at the Institute for Philosophy at the University of Potsdam within the framework of the University Special Program III, program item “Innovative Research New Countries” .

From October 1999 he worked as a research assistant at the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis at the Karlsruhe Research Center. His main research areas were:

  • Knowledge society and knowledge politics
  • Innovation processes and technology consequences.

In particular, he also dealt with cooperation with institutions in Central and Eastern Europe as well as with technical change and cultural diversity. From May 2004 to February 2007 he was delegated to the Fraunhofer Application Center for Logistics System Planning and Information Systems (FhG-ALI) in Cottbus. In 2002 he was the initiator and until 2011 head of the International Network on Cultural Diversity and New Media (CULTMEDIA).

In 2000 he was appointed visiting professor at the Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica ( Slovak Republic ), Chair of Ethics and Aesthetics. At the same time he was appointed honorary professor for general technical science at the BTU Cottbus. In addition, he became Vice President of the Leibniz Society in 2009.

In 2011 he reached legal retirement and was adopted from the KIT with an honorary colloquium. At the beginning of 2012 he became President of the Leibniz Society of Sciences in Berlin . He is also a lecturer at the University of Potsdam, the Silesian University in Katowice (Poland), the Technical University (Polytechnic) Rzeszów (Poland) and the Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica . From March 2015 to December 2018 he was visiting scholar at the EA European Academy of Technology and Innovation Assessment .

Research interests and scientific work areas

Research priorities

His professional focus was mainly on the philosophy of technology, especially in general technology / general technical science and in technology assessment:

  • Social philosophy of technology (technology and society, socially compatible technology design)
  • Theory of science of technical sciences and technical action (cognitive and normative aspects)
  • Technical and cultural (historical, formations, interdependencies)
  • Interdisciplinary technology genesis research (phases, mechanisms, conditions, regularities)
  • multi-perspective risk research (risk assessment, reliability, human-technology interaction)
  • Security in information technology (non-technical components, cultural controllability).

Research cooperation

National research cooperations, especially with various chairs at the BTU Cottbus and institutes of the KIT, with several universities / colleges (in Berlin, Braunschweig, Darmstadt, Merseburg, Potsdam, Wildau) and with the European Academy for research into the consequences of scientific and technical developments in Bad Neuenahr -Ahrweiler GmbH and the Federal Office for Information Security.

International research collaborations primarily with the following institutions:

  • Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic; Center for Science, Technology and Society Studies at the Institute of Philosophy, Prague, Czech Republic
  • Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida, USA
  • Institute of Cultural Studies and Institute of Philosophy, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
  • Department of Philosophy University of the Basque Country, San Sebastian, Spain
  • Technical University of Vienna; Institute for Philosophy at the University of Salzburg and Alpen-Adria University, Klagenfurt, Austria
  • Chair of Ethics and Applied Ethics, Matej Bel University, Banská Bystrica, Slovak Republic
  • Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Skopje, Macedonian Republic
  • Technical and Economic University of Budapest, Hungary
  • University "1. December 1918 “, Alba Iulia, Romania.

He is a member of the Society for Science Research (GfW) in Berlin; Co-editor of the “Karlsruhe Studies Technology and Culture (KIT Scientific Publishing, Karlsruhe) and the book series“ e-Culture / Network Cultural Diversity and New Media ”(trafo-Wissenschaftsverlag Dr. Wolfgang Weist, Berlin; until the end of 2018) and member of the editorial board of Magazines "Problemy Ekologii" (Poland), Zarzadzanie i Marketing "(Poland)," Teory vedy. Journal for Theory of Science, Technology and Communication ”(Czech Republic) and“ LIFIS ONLINE ”(Berlin).

Memberships and honors (selection)

  • 1986–1990 Vice President of the Society for the Dissemination of Scientific Knowledge
  • 1992–2006 member of the VDI committee "Technology and Philosophy"
  • 1995–1996 President of the Federal Association of New Urania - Society for Education, Science and Culture
  • Since 2000 member of the Leibniz Society for Science in Berlin
  • 2009–2011 Vice President of the Leibniz Society
  • 2012–2019 President of the Leibniz Society, since 2019 Former President and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation of the Leibniz Society of Sciences in Berlin (successor to Horst Klinkmann )
  • 2001–2007 member of the VDI division "Technology and Education"
  • 2012 Honorary Professor at the University of Silesia in Katowice (Poland).

Fonts

Gerhard Banse's scientific publications comprise more than 400 papers, many of them in book form.

  • with Siegfried Wollgast : Philosophy and Technology. German Science Publishing House, Berlin 1979.
  • with Jürgen Beuschel ; K. Fischer: The theory of reliability - a technical-scientific consideration. Measure, control, regulate, Berlin, H. 6 (1981) pp. 312-316.
  • with Helge Wendt (Ed.): Knowledge methods in technical sciences. Verlag Technik, Berlin 1986, ISBN 3-341-00043-7 .
  • with Werner Kriesel : Function, structure and forms of the model method. In: G. Banse, H. Wendt (Hrsg.): Knowledge methods in technical sciences. Verlag Technik, Berlin 1986, ISBN 3-341-00043-7 .
  • with Käthe Friedrich (ed.): Technology between knowledge and design. Philosophical views on technical sciences and technical action. Edition sigma publishing house, Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-89404-408-X .
  • as publisher: Risk research between disciplinarity and interdisciplinarity. From the illusion of security to dealing with uncertainty. Edition sigma publishing house, Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-89404-426-8 .
  • with Käthe Friedrich (ed.): Constructing between art and science. Idea - draft - creation. Edition sigma publishing house, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-89404-478-0 .
  • with Ernst-Otto Reher (Ed.): Allgemeine Technologie. Past present Future. trafo Wissenschaftsverlag Dr. Wolfgang Weist, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-89626-386-2 .
  • with Andrzej Kiepas (ed.): Rationality today. Ideas, changes, challenges. LIT-Verlag, Münster u. a. 2002, ISBN 3-8258-6186-4 .
  • with Herbert Paschen, Christopher Coenen and Bernd Wingert: Culture - Media - Markets. Media development and cultural change. Edition sigma publishing house, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-89404-821-2 .
  • as publisher: New culture (s) through new media (?). The example of the Internet. trafo Wissenschaftsverlag Dr. Wolfgang Weist, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-89626-225-4 .
  • with Armin Grunwald , Wolfgang König and Günter Ropohl (eds.): Recognize and shape. A theory of engineering science. Edition sigma publishing house, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-89404-538-8 .
  • with Armin Grunwald, Imre Hronszky and Gordon Nelson (eds.): Assessing Societal Implications of Converging Technological Development. Edition sigma publishing house, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-89404-941-6 .
  • with Armin Grunwald (ed.): Technology and culture. Conditions and influencing relationships. KIT Scientific Publishing, Karlsruhe 2010, ISBN 978-3-86644-467-6 .
  • with Oliver Parodi and Ignacio Ayestaran (eds.): Sustainable Development: Relationships to Culture, Knowledge and Ethics. KIT Scientific Publishing, Karlsruhe 2011, ISBN 978-3-86644-627-4 .
  • with Lutz-Günther Fleischer (Ed.): Science in context. Inter- and transdisciplinarity in theory and practice. trafo Wissenschaftsverlag Dr. Wolfgang Weist, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-89626-896-9 .
  • with Siegfried Wollgast (Ed.): Tolerance - yesterday, today, tomorrow. trafo Wissenschaftsverlag Dr. Wolfgang Weist, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-86464-030-8 .
  • Introduction to the subject of "Computer Science and Society". In: Frank Fuchs-Kittowski ; Werner Kriesel (Ed.): Computer science and society. Festschrift for the 80th birthday of Klaus Fuchs-Kittowski . Frankfurt a. M., Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Warszawa, Vienna: Peter Lang Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, PL Academic Research 2016, ISBN 978-3-631-66719-4 (print), E- ISBN 978-3-653 -06277-9 (e-book).
  • with Xabier Insausti (Ed.): From the Agorá to Cyberworld. Social and cultural, digital and non-digital dimensions of public space. CULTMEDIA conference publication 2016, San Sebastián. trafo Wissenschaftsverlag, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86464-163-3 .
  • with Ulrich Busch and Michael Thomas (eds.): Digitization and Transformation - Industry 4.0 and digitized society. Treatises of the Leibniz Society of Sciences in Berlin, Volume 49. trafo Wissenschaftsverlag, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-86464-153-4 .
  • with Lutz-Günther Fleischer (Ed.): Focus on energy transition 2.0 - the tried and tested, the problematic, the necessary, the controversial. Papers of the Leibniz Society of Sciences in Berlin, Volume 47. trafo Wissenschaftsverlag, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86464-125-1 .
  • with Dieter B. Herrmann , Herbert Hörz (eds.): 25 years of Leibniz Society of Sciences in Berlin. Speeches by the presidents at the Leibniz Days 1993-2017. Treatises of the Leibniz Society of Sciences in Berlin, Volume 50. trafo Verlagsgruppe Dr. Wolfgang Weist, Wissenschaftsverlag, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86464-161-9 .
  • with Wolfgang Küttler , Heinz-Jürgen Rothe (Eds.): 25 Years of Leibniz Society - Diversity of Scientific Life 1993 to 2018, articles and materials. Meeting reports of the Leibniz Society of Sciences in Berlin, Volume 137. trafo Wissenschaftsverlag, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86464-159-6 .
  • with Julia Thelen and Stephan Lingner (eds.): Industry 4.0 between idea and reality. A country comparison. Treatises of the Leibniz Society of Sciences in Berlin, Volume 54. trafo Wissenschaftsverlag, Berlin 2019, ISBN 978-3-86464-187-9 .
  • with Norbert Mertzsch (ed.): From the idea to technology - creativity in focus. 8th symposium of the "General Technology" working group of the Leibniz Society, the Association of Brandenburg Engineers and Scientists e. V. (VBIW) and the Leibniz Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies e. V. (LIFIS) on November 9, 2018 in Berlin. With contributions by Gerhard Banse, Christian Kohlert, Rita Lange, Aloys Leyendecker, Bernd Meier , Norbert Mertzsch, Werner Regen, Dieter Seeliger, Klaus Stanke, Bernd Thomas. Meeting reports of the Leibniz Society of Sciences in Berlin, Volume 138. trafo Wissenschaftsverlag, Berlin 2019, ISBN 978-3-86464-175-6 .
  • with Horst Kant (Ed.): Disciplinary & Interdisciplinary - Historical & Systematic. Colloquia in honor of Lutz-Günther Fleischer , Herbert Hörz , Hans-Jürgen Treder & Siegfried Wollgast . Meeting reports of the Leibniz Society of Sciences in Berlin, Volume 139/140, year 2019. trafo Wissenschaftsverlag Dr. Wolfgang Weist, Berlin 2019, ISBN 978-3-86464-176-3 .
  • Peter Oehme , Ulrich Scheller, Klaus Hauptmann, Gerhard Banse (eds.): Twice 30 years of science - in turbulent times. On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of German unity. On behalf of the Leibniz Society of Sciences in Berlin and Campus Berlin-Buch GmbH with the support of the Federal Association of the Pharmaceutical Industry. Foundation East-West Meeting Place Schloss Biesdorf, Berlin 2020.

literature

  • Hans-Joachim Petsche, Monika Bartíková, Andrzej Kiepas (eds.): Conceived, made and put into the world: Technological concepts between risk and utopia. Festschrift for Gerhard Banse. trafo Wissenschaftsverlag Dr. Wolfgang Weist, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-89626-612-8 .
  • Banse, Gerhard. In: Who is who in the Federal Republic of Germany. Supplement work. 16th edition. Verlag für Personenenzyklopädien, Zug 2006, ISBN 3-7290-0052-7 , p. 216.
  • Klaus Kornwachs: laudation. In: Hans-Joachim Petsche, Irene Krebs, Uwe Meinberg (eds.): Between utopia and risk. Technology concepts in the European integration process. trafo Wissenschaftsverlag Dr. Wolfgang Weist, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-89626-712-2 , pp. 87-98.
  • Hans-Joachim Petsche: Accompanying words on the occasion of the handover of the Festschrift. In: Hans-Joachim Petsche, Irene Krebs, Uwe Meinberg (eds.): Between utopia and risk. Technology concepts in the European integration process. trafo Wissenschaftsverlag Dr. Wolfgang Weist, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-89626-712-2 , pp. 99-103.
  • Gerhard Banse: Closing remarks. In: Hans-Joachim Petsche, Irene Krebs, Uwe Meinberg (eds.): Between utopia and risk. Technology concepts in the European integration process. trafo Wissenschaftsverlag Dr. Wolfgang Weist, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-89626-712-2 , pp. 105-112.
  • Banse, Gerhard. In: Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar. 4, 2007, Volume I: AH. Verlag Saur, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-598-23616-7 , p. 128.
  • Siegfried Wollgast: Gerhard - Technology - Sensory Sciences. In: Gerhard Banse, Robert Hauser, Petr Machleidt, Oliver Parodi (eds.): From the information society to the knowledge society. e-Society - e-Participation - e-Identity. trafo Wissenschaftsverlag Dr. Wolfgang Weist, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-86464-029-2 , pp. 431-443.
  • Christoph Hubig, Alois Huning, Günter Ropohl (eds.): Thinking about technology. The classics of technology philosophy and newer developments. 3rd revised and expanded edition. Edition sigma publishing house, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-8360-3594-1 .
  • Lutz-Günther Fleischer and Bernd Meier (eds.): Technology & Technology - techne cum episteme et commune bonum. Honorary colloquium on the occasion of the 70th birthday of Gerhard Banse. Meeting reports of the Leibniz Society of Sciences in Berlin, Volume 131. trafo Wissenschaftsverlag, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-86464-154-1 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bärbel Banse and Armin Jähne (eds.): Times & Traces. Ways. Encounters. Review - Gerhard Banse on his 70th birthday. Treatises of the Leibniz Society of Sciences in Berlin, Volume 43. trafo Wissenschaftsverlag, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-86464-124-4 .
  2. ↑ DNB 810987686
  3. ↑ CULTMEDIA
  4. ^ Organization of the Leibniz Society of Sciences in Berlin
personal data
SURNAME Banse, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philosopher of science and professor
DATE OF BIRTH July 28, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin