Science research

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The scientific research (including Science Science , metascience or Scientology ), the Anglo-American Science studies called, is an interdisciplinary research field that the production, representation and reception of science with scientific methods (such as the scientometrics to find out to describe) examined and, how science works, how it is structured and how it develops.

definition

Science research deals with the philosophical (especially epistemological ), historical and social contexts of natural science. Similar to cultural studies , the field is defined by the object of investigation. Thus knowledge and methods found in the history of science , philosophy of science , sociology of science , Wissenschaftsethnographie , science ethics , science aesthetics and scientometrics input into science research. Science research sets itself apart from older approaches that were either uncritical and / or normative towards the sciences. Central to this was and is the questioning of central dichotomies (discovery and justification context, science and technology, nature and culture), on the basis of which the separation between the natural sciences and other cultural and social areas was justified.

The objects of investigation include:

In the context of evaluations , science research also has an influence on science policy decisions.

History of Science Research

A first program proposal for a scientific research to be justified comes from the 1930s by the Polish scientists Maria Ossowska and Stanisław Ossowski . Well-known German-speaking representatives of science research are the sociologists Karin Knorr Cetina and Helga Nowotny , the sociologist Peter Weingart , and the philosopher Gerhard Fröhlich (Linz).

Science research as a subject

Studies in science research are still relatively young in Germany and continental Europe in contrast to the Anglo-American region. In 1997 Heinrich Parthey received a private lecturer in "Science Studies and Bibliometrics" at the Philosophical Faculty of the Humboldt University in Berlin. There are currently at least four universities in Germany that offer courses in science research. All of the courses listed are offered exclusively at master’s level and are often designed as part-time continuing education courses:

In other European countries, the following universities offer courses that fall into the interdisciplinary field of science research:

  • Aarhus University : Master of Science in Science Studies
  • Maastricht University : Master of Science in Cultures of Arts, Sciences and Technology
  • Alpen Adria University of Klagenfurt: Master Science, Technology and Society Studies

Research institutions for science research

Institutions in Germany

Institutions in Europe

Institutions in Africa

Professional associations

Global

  • Society for the Social Study of Science (4S) [largest professional association]
  • European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST)

Germany

  • sts in German-speaking countries (dests)
  • Society for Science and Technology Research (GWTF)
  • Society for Science Research eV, Berlin (GeWiF, www.wissenschaftsforschung.de )
  • Science and Technology Research Section of the DGS

Europe

  • The Italian Society of Science and Technology Studies (STS italia)
  • La Red de Estudios Sociales de la Ciencia y Tecnología (esCTS)
  • Swiss Association for the Studies of Science, Technology and Society (STS-CH)
  • Danish Association for Science and Technology Studies (DASTS)
  • Belgian Science, Technology, Society (BSTS)
  • Interdisciplinary Network for Studies Investigating Science and Technology (INSIST)

Trade journals

Some of the journals relevant to the field of science studies are listed below:

See also

literature

Introductions

  • John M. Ziman : An Introduction to Science Studies: The Philosophical and Social Aspects of Science and Technology . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1984, ISBN 978-0-521-25988-0 (English).
  • Ulrike Felt , Helga Nowotny , Klaus Taschwer : Science Research: An Introduction . Campus-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main / New York 1995, ISBN 3-593-35366-0 .
  • David J. Hess : Science Studies: An Advanced Introduction . New York University Press, New York 1997, ISBN 0-8147-3563-0 (English).
  • Mario Biagioli (Ed.): The Science Studies Reader . Routledge, New York 1999, ISBN 0-415-91867-7 (English).
  • Edward J. Hackett, Olga Amsterdamska, Michael E. Lynch, Judy Wajcman (Eds.): The Handbook of Science and Technology Studies . 3. Edition. MIT Press, Cambridge 2008, ISBN 978-0-262-08364-5 (English).
  • Arno Bammé : Science and Technology Studies: An Overview . Metropolis, Marburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-89518-754-4 .
  • Stefan Beck , Jörg Niewöhner , Estrid Sørensen (Eds.): Science and Technology Studies: A Social Anthropological Introduction (=  Verbodiments / MatteRealities . No. 17 ). Transcript Verlag, Bielefeld 2012, ISBN 978-3-8376-2106-8 .
  • Ulrike Felt, Rayvon Fouché, Clark A. Miller, Laurel Smith-Doerr (Eds.): The Handbook of Science and Technology Studies . 4th edition. MIT Press, Cambridge 2016, ISBN 978-0-262-03568-2 (English).
  • Susanne Bauer, Torsten Heinemann, Thomas Lemke : Science and Technology Studies: Classical Positions and Current Perspectives (=  Suhrkamp-Taschenbuch Wissenschaft . No. 2193 ). Suhrkamp, ​​Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-518-29793-3 .
  • Michael Jungert, Andreas Frewer, Erasmus Mayr (Hrsg.): Wissenschaftsreflexion. Interdisciplinary perspectives between philosophy and practice . Mentis, Paderborn 2020, ISBN 978-3-95743-178-3 .

Classic of science studies

Sociology of Science

  • Derek de Solla Price : Little Science, Big Science. From the study to large-scale research. Suhrkamp, ​​1982, ISBN 3-518-07648-5 .
  • Karin Knorr-Cetina: Epistemic cultures. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA 1999.
  • HM Collins: Changing Order. Sage, Beverly Hills 1985, Ch. 4: Detecting Gravitational Radiation: The Experimenters' Regress.
  • Thomas Gieryn: Boundaries of Science. In: Sheila Jasanoff et al: Handbook of Science and Technology Studies. Sage, London 1994, ISBN 0-8039-4021-1 .
  • Michael Gibbons, Camille Limoges, Helga Nowotny, Simon Schwartzman, Peter Scott, Martin Trow: The new production of knowledge: The dynamics of science and research in contemporary societies. Sage, London 1994, ISBN 0-8039-7793-X .

History of science

  • Steven Shapin, Simon Schaffer: Leviathan and the Air Pump. Princeton University Press, Princeton 1985, ISBN 0-691-08393-2 .

Web links

Single receipts

  1. ^ W. Schingnitz: The fact science and its history. For the foundation of a systematic and historical science or scientology. In: Archives for cultural history. Volume XXI, Issue 3, Leipzig / Berlin 1931.
    Quoted from: Paul Hoyningen-Huene, Gertrude Hirsch: Why the Philosophy of Science? Positions and questions on the current philosophy of science. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1988, p. 230f. ( online on GoogleBooks )
  2. ^ Matthias Kölbel: Knowledge management in science. Society for Science Research eV c / o Inst. F. Library and Information Science at the Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin 2002, available electronically in 2011.
  3. ↑ List of Fröhlich's publications , accessed on May 6, 2014.
  4. ↑ Science & Technology Studies. March 28, 2019, accessed June 11, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Research goals - Leibniz Research Center for Science and Society. Retrieved July 3, 2020 .