Gerhard Fröhlich

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Gerhard Fröhlich (* 1953 in Wels , Upper Austria ) is an Austrian cultural theorist and science researcher .

Career and work

Gerhard Fröhlich studied political science, social philosophy and sociology at the University of Vienna (among others with Erhard Oeser and Erich Bodzenta ) and received his doctorate there in 1981 with a focus on science research . After studying in Hanover, a. a. at Oskar Negt , he worked from 1982 to 1987 as a research assistant and lecturer at the Institute for Sociology and Social Anthropology at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg with Henrik Kreutz , before he worked as a university assistant at the Johannes Kepler University Linz (JKU), Institute for Philosophy and Theory of Science (first with Rudolf Wohlgenannt, then with Volker Gadenne) changed. He completed his habilitation at the JKU in 2004 for the subject “Cultural Theory and Science Studies” and worked there as an associate professor until his retirement at the end of 2018 (2017-2018 also as head of the Institute for Philosophy).

He has also been chairman of the so-called “Cultural Institute at the JKU” ​​since 1990 (until today, 2020) and since 1996 (until today, 2018) spokesman for the “Section Cultural Theory and Cultural Research” of the Austrian Society for Sociology .

From 2004 (until 2018) he was also deputy. Head of the "Institute for Cultural Industry and Cultural Research" at the Johannes Kepler University Linz (JKU), where he is still active today.

Gerhard Fröhlich has been chairman of the "Austrian Society for Documentation and Information (ÖGDI)" since 2017.

Main focus of work and activities

His main focus is currently

Gerhard Fröhlich founded (together with Ingo Mörth , since 1998), edits and maintains three comprehensive Open Access online projects ( databases ) to this day (with Ingo Mörth and others ), namely the networked world catalogs (all languages) of the manuscripts and Publications by Pierre Bourdieu , Norbert Elias and Clifford Geertz .

Gerhard Fröhlich has also been in charge of organizing annual symposia on controversial issues of (new) media, politics, science and culture, with substantial funding from the Austrian Society for Political Education (ÖGPB), most recently:

  • 2016 "OPEN ACCESS, OPEN DATA, OPEN SCIENCE - From movement to business model?"
  • 2017 "BIG DATA - Perspectives on Critical Social and Cultural Studies",
  • 2018 "BOTS or NOT BOTS? Politics, Democracy & Elections in the Age of Their Digital Producibility "

Publications (selection)

  • (1981) Cumulative Knowledge Gain? Inconsistency of empirical findings and barriers to scientific communication in sibling position research , Vienna 1981: Dissertation, Faculty of Basic and Integrative Science at the University of Vienna.
  • (1985) Forms of disenchantment and criticism of science and technology in contemporary culture (with Artur Schneeberger and Wolfgang Stagel), Vienna / Hanover 1985: Institute for Sociology (research report, research project 1829 of the anniversary fund of the Austrian National Bank ).
  • (1988) Contribution of information and documentation to the improvement of science communication and research synthesis . In: Kreutz, Henrik (ed.): Pragmatische Soziologie, Opladen 1988: Leske + Budrich, pp. 435–444 ( ISBN 3-8100-0606-8 ).
  • (1991) “Islands of reliable knowledge in the ocean of human ignorance.” On the theory of science in Norbert Elias , in: Kuzmics, Helmut ; Mörth, Ingo (ed.): The infinite process of civilization, Frankfurt / Main - New York 1991: Campus Verlag, pp. 95–111 (also online) , requested on September 21, 2016 ( ISBN 3-593-34481-5 ).
  • (1994) The Symbolic Capital of Lifestyles . On the cultural sociology of modernity according to Pierre Bourdieu (ed. With Ingo Mörth ), Frankfurt / Main - New York 1994: Campus Verlag ( ISBN 3-593-34964-7 ).
  • (1995) Democratization through Databases and Computer Networks? In: University of Library and Information Science (HBI, Hg.): Information specialists between technology and social responsibility. International congress of the HBI from 4th to 5th December 1995, pp. 55–60, Stuttgart 1995: HBI (also online) , requested on September 21, 2016 ( ISBN 3-00-000386-X ).
  • (1996) Net Euphorias. On the criticism of digital and social network (work) metaphors . In: Schramm, Alfred (ed.): Philosophy in Austria 1996, Vienna 1996: Hölder-Pichler-Tempsky, pp. 292–306 (also online) , accessed on September 21, 2016 ( ISBN 3-209-02208-9 ) .
  • (1998a) Symbolic Anthropology of Modernity. Cultural analyzes according to Clifford Geertz (ed. With Ingo Mörth ), Frankfurt / Main - New York 1998: Campus Verlag ( ISBN 3-593-35890-5 ).
  • (1998b) Optimal withholding of information as a strategist of scientific communication . In: Zimmermann, Harald H .; Schramm, Volker (ed.): Knowledge Management and Communication Systems. Konstanz 1998: UVK, 1998, pp. 35–549 (also online) , accessed on September 21, 2016 ( ISBN 3-87940-653-7 ).
  • (1999) Measuring the Easily Measurable. Output indicators, impact measures: artefacts of scientometry? . In: Becker, Jörg ; Göhring, Wolf (ed.): Communication instead of the market. On an alternative theory of the information society = GMD Report (Society for Mathematics and Data Processing, ISSN 1435-2702), no.61, pp. 27–38 (modified also online) , requested on September 21, 2016.
  • (2000) Wissenschaftsforschung: The theoretical-empirical research of the media and institutions of knowledge. In: AG Kulturwissenschaften Graz (ed.): Cultural Studies in Austria. Graz 2000: Institute for Philosophy at the University of Graz, pp. 28–31 (also online) , requested on September 21, 2016.
  • (2001) Fraud and Deception in the Social and Cultural Studies . In: Hug, Theo (ed.): How does science come to knowledge? Vol. 4: Introduction to the theory of science and science research, Hohengehren / Baltmannsweiler 2001: Schneider Verlag, pp. 261-273 ( ISBN 3-89676-416-0 ).
  • (2002) Anonymous Criticism. Peer review on the test bench of empirical-theoretical science research . In: Pipp, Eveline (ed.): E-Central Europe hub: information, producers, intermediaries, users. The common future (conference reports from the 9th Austrian Online Information Meeting and 10th Austrian Documentary Day, April 24-27, 2001, University of Graz). Vienna 2002: Phoibos, pp. 129–146 (also online) , accessed on September 21, 2016 ( ISBN 3-901232-39-7 ).
  • (2003a) How pure is science? Counterfeiting and fraud in the harsh everyday life of science . In: Etzlstorfer, Hannes et al. (Ed.): Really_fake. Does the world want to be betrayed? > Counterfeits in the museum,> camouflaging and deceiving in nature,> falsified information,> how true is science,> counterfeit products. Vienna 2003: Kremayr & Scheriau, pp. 72-93 ( ISBN 3-218-00717-8 ).
  • (2003b) Visuals in Scientific Communication - e.g. Fraud and Forgery , in: European Journal for Semiotic Studies (ISSN 1015-0102), Vol. 15 (2-4), pp. 627-655.
  • (2005) Verein.wissenschaft: Origin and Functions of Scientific Societies . In: medical library information (ISSN 1616-9026), 5th vol. (3), pp. 22–33 (also online) , accessed on September 21, 2016.
  • (2006a) "Informed Peer Review" - Compensating for errors and distortions? In: HRK (Hochschulrektorenkonferenz, Ed.): From quality assurance in teaching to quality development as a principle of university management. Volume 1. Bonn 2006: HRK, pp. 193-204 (also online) , requested on September 21, 2016 ( ISBN 3-938738-08-1 ).
  • (2006b) Plagiarism and Unethical Authorship . In: Information - Wissenschaft & Praxis (ISSN 1434-4653), Vol. 57 (2), pp. 81-89 (also online) , requested on September 21, 2016.
  • (2007) “For those who have, to whom will be given” (sorts of capital & “Matthew effects” in the scientific field) . In: Nöstlinger, Elisabeth; Schmitzer, Ulrike (ed.): Bourdieus Erben, Vienna 2007: Mandelbaum, pp. 55–67 ( ISBN 978-3-85476-194-5 ).
  • (2008a) “Faith in Images” in the Sciences. Visual contexts of scientific misconduct . In: Hofer, Michael; Leisch-Kiesl, Monika (ed.): Evidence and Deception. Importance, impact and criticism of images. Bielefeld 2008: Transcript, pp. 25-43 ( ISBN 978-3-8376-1003-1 ).
  • (2008b) Science communication and its dysfunctions. Science journals, peer review, impact factors . In: Hettwer, Holger et al. (Ed.): WissensWelten. Science journalism in theory and practice. Gütersloh: Verlag der Bertelsmann Stiftung, pp. 64–80 ( ISBN 978-3-89204-914-2 ).
  • (2009a) Bourdieu Handbook. Life - work - effect (Ed. With Boike Rehbein ). Stuttgart 2009: Metzler-Verlag ( ISBN 978-3476052216 ; meanwhile 4th edition 2014 = ISBN 978-3476025609 ).
  • (2009b) The philosophy of science calls for OPEN ACCESS . In: Information - Wissenschaft & Praxis (ISSN 1434-4653), Vol. 60 (5), pp. 253-258 (also online) , requested on September 21, 2016.
  • (2010) Access to Knowledge and Information Literacy for Everyone? In: Information - Wissenschaft & Praxis (ISSN 1434-4653), vol. 61 (8), pp. 465-468.
  • (2011a) “The journal industry has profit rates like the arms and drug trade” (interview with Manuela Hiesmayr) . In: Dobusch, Leonhard et al. (Ed.): Freedom on site. Handbook of communal network policy, Munich 2011: Open Source Press, pp. 185–190 (also online) , requested on September 21, 2016 ( ISBN 978-3-941841-40-6 ).
  • (2011b) “Self-control mechanisms belong to the myths of science to evade serious external control” (Interview with Mück, Leonie) . In: Information - Wissenschaft & Praxis (ISSN 1434-4653), vol. 62 (6–7), pp. 327–328 (abstract online , requested on September 21, 2016.
  • (2012) (BIO, TECHNO) MORPH . In: Altmüller, Beni et al. (Ed.): Biomorphic Simulations, Linz 2012: Series of publications by the OÖ Kunstverein, pp. 8–9 ( ISBN 978-3-200-02680-3 ).
  • (2017) (with A. Vogl) Does data really speak for itself? , In: bitonline.de (ISSN 2193-4193), No. 3/2017, pp. 254-260.
  • (2018) Courage to incomprehension , in: Digitale Welt (topic special, special issue of business news, ISSN 2569-1996), 3/2018, pp. 66–68.

Online: /FroehlichMutZumUnverstaendnisDigitaleWelt.pdf

  • (2019) As Michael Serres read without despair , in: Versorgerin, No. 3/2017 (ISSN 1993-6818), p. 13.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Reference to Rudolf Wohlgenannt as rector , queried on September 21, 2016.
  2. ↑ Homepage Volker Gadenne ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on September 21, 2016.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.jku.at
  3. ↑ Homepage of the cultural institute at the JKU , accessed on September 21, 2016.
  4. ↑ Homepage of the section cultural theory etc. of the ÖGS , requested on July 5, 2020.
  5. ↑ Homepage of the Institute for Cultural Economics at the JKU , accessed on July 3, 2018.
  6. ↑ s. ÖGDI homepage, accessed July 2, 2018.
  7. ↑ Homepage of the ÖGPB , queried July 3, 2018.
  8. ↑ s. Information on the 2018 symposium , requested on July 3, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Happy, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian cultural theorist and science researcher
DATE OF BIRTH 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Wels , Upper Austria