About the reading group
Postdoc Researcher Lisa Sigl and Associate Professor Max Fochler are both based at the Department for Science & Technology Studies at the University of Vienna.
Lisa and Max will present two exciting readings on the theme of “Epistemic re-orientations towards relevance in soil research”. See details below, and readings will be circulated via the SOILS e-mail listserve.
Readings
- Sigl, L., Falkenberg, R., & Fochler, M. (2023). Changing articulations of relevance in soil science: Diversity and (potential) synergy of epistemic commitments in a scientific discipline. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 97, 79-90.
- Falkenberg, R., Sigl, L., & Fochler, M. (2023). From ‘making lists’ to conducting ‘well-rounded’studies: Epistemic re-orientations in soil microbial ecology. Social Studies of Science, 03063127231179700.
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About the presenters
Lisa Sigl is scientific project leader at the Research Platform “Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) in Academic Practice”. Further, she facilitated interdisciplinary research processes and supported reflection of societal and environmental relevance of research practices.
Max Fochler is associate professor and deputy head of the Department of Science and Technology Studies. His main research area is science and knowledge cultures. His recent research work focuses on forms of knowledge production at the interface of science and other societal domains (such as the economy), as well as on the impact of new forms of governing science on academic knowledge production.