Within one week we have two exciting seminars to invite you to! First out is Eglė Rindzevičiūtė who will give a talk on Scientific Prediction in the 20th Century on Friday March 13. On Monday March 20, Eglė will visit us in the role as discussion leader and opponent, when Achim Klüppelberg has his final … Continue reading “Mark your Calendars for Scientific Prediction in the 20th Century and From Water to Nuclear to Catastrophe”
Erik Isberg, doctoral student at the division, will discuss the progress of his dissertation at his final seminar on 13 March 13.15-15:00 (Stockholm time). The title of his seminar is “Planetary Timekeeping: Paleoclimatology and the Temporalities of Environmental Knowledge. 1950-1990”. Dania Acherman, Senior Scientist from the University of Bern, will act as discussant during the … Continue reading “Upcoming! Final Seminar on Planetary Timekeeping”
Andreas Roos, researcher at the Division and the EHL, active in the Harnessing the Heat Below our Feet-Project, has published a new book on 02 February 2023. Abstract Building on insights from ecological economics and philosophy of technology, this book offers a novel, interdisciplinary approach to understand the contradictory nature of Solar photovoltaic (PV) … Continue reading “New Book! Solar Technology and Global Environmental Justice by Andreas Roos”
The Division’s PhD-Candidate Erik Isberg wrote an essay for Sveriges Radio P1 (Radio Sweden), about the question why throughout history, it was so difficult to realise potential technologies that fostered utopian promises – at least in theory. Below you find an English translation of his text that was originally published here on Sverigesradio’s website today … Continue reading “Erik Isberg: Why was it so difficult for utopian technologies to become realised?”
By Timos Karpouzoglou, originally published on the WaterBlog@KTH on 31 January 2023. Historically, cities have built their drinking water service provision based on the principle of universal coverage that relies heavily on formal piped water supply offered by a few municipal actors. However, in cities of the Global South these formal service provision systems are … Continue reading “Recognising the complexity of conflict(s) and cooperation is key for the sustainability of urban drinking water provision in the Global South”
Welcome to join a mid-seminar in doctoral education on zoom! FEBRUARY 10, 2023, at 13.15-15.00 CET Between Internationalism and Nationalism HIV/AIDS response in Mozambique, 1986-2020 Araújo Domingos, PhD Student Division of History of Science, Technology and Environment KTH Royal Institute of Technology Supervisors: Nina Wormbs, Urban Lundberg and Sandra Manuel Opponent: Henrik Ernstson Araújo came … Continue reading “Mid-seminar in Doctoral Education: Between Internationalism and Nationalism HIV/AIDS response in Mozambique, 1986-2020 with Araújo Domingos”
We are very glad to announce that Lize-Marié Hansen van der Watt is the next Head of the Division History of Science, Technology and Environment as Sabine Höhler stepped down at the end of the year. After six and a half years, Sabine Höhler stepped down as the head of the Division and leaves the … Continue reading “New Head of Division!”
As part of the division’s Higher Seminar schedule for the upcoming spring term, Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy, Linguistics and Theory of Science at Göteborg University Johan Söderberg will present his new book “Resistance to the Current. The Dialectics of Hacking” (MIT Press, Nov. 2022). Together with his co-author Maxigas, Senior Lecturer in … Continue reading “Upcoming: Söderberg’s “Resistance to the Current”, 30 January”
Text: Alicia Gutting, doctoral student at the Division The fun thing about writing a PhD thesis on the nuclear Rhine in Sweden is that it is actually necessary for me to visit the nuclear sites on the Rhine as well as local archives. My three supervisors and I therefore decided that it would be an … Continue reading “Breathing Swiss air – A research stay at the University of Bern”
This year is soon coming to an end and we are looking back on many memorable happenings, publications and events at the Division. Many you can find in the four newsletters that have been sent throughout the year: Division Newsletters But as always, in parallel with wrapping up the old year – the new year … Continue reading “Wrapping up and planning ahead”
