Browsing Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities (SVT) by Title
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Make Way for the Robots! Human‑ and Machine‑Centricity in Constituting a European Public–Private Partnership
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-09-13)This article is an analytic register of recent European efforts in the making of ‘autonomous’ robots to address what is imagined as Europe’s societal challenges. The paper describes how an emerging techno-epistemic network ... -
Making common sense of vaccines: an example of discussing the recombinant attenuated salmonella vaccine with the public
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-07-10)Researchers have iterated that the future of synthetic biology and biotechnology lies in novel consumer applications of crossing biology with engineering. However, if the new biology’s future is to be sustainable, early ... -
Making Sense of Rare Earth Elements. An interdisciplinary approach to mineral resources’ ethics and governance
(Doctoral thesis, 2013-05-24)This interdisciplinary PhD dissertation aims to identify and address the ethical challenges posed by rare earth elements, as a non-renewable, ill-distributed, and valuable resource. The overall theoretical framework in ... -
Making sense of sensing homes: exploring ‘regimes of engagement’ in a smart urban energy context
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Visionary imaginaries of desirable ‘smart’ urban energy futures entice city governments into innovation and collaboration aimed at large-scale urbanism. As part of attending to actualizations and materializations of ‘smart’ ... -
Making world hunger legible : The politics of measuring global food insecurity
(Doctoral thesis, 2023-06-02)Indikatorar for mattryggleik og ernæring er blant dei mest sentrale måleinstrumenta for internasjonal utvikling. Forskingslitteraturen kring historiske, konseptuelle og politiske dimensjonar ved måling av svolt er likevel ... -
Mapping ethical and social aspects of cancer biomarkers
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-12)Cancer biomarkers represent a revolutionary advance toward personalised cancer treatment, promising therapies that are tailored to subgroups of patients sharing similar generic traits. Notwithstanding the optimism driving ... -
Measuring the end of hunger: Knowledge politics in the selection of SDG food security indicators
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Ending world hunger remains one of the central global challenges, but the question of how to measure and define the problem is politically charged. This article chronicles and analyses the indicator selection process for ... -
Medisinsk revolusjon, kunstig intelligens og milliardindustri Dominerende sosiotekniske forestillinger i medieringen av kreftfeltet
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Begrepet sosiotekniske forestillinger forstås som kollektive visjoner om en samfunnsmessig, vitenskapelig og teknologisk god fremtid. I denne artikkelen bruker vi begrepet for å analysere visjoner innenfor vitenskap og ... -
Models and numbers: Representing the world or imposing order?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)We argue for a foundational epistemic claim and a hypothesis about the production and uses of mathematical epidemiological models, exploring the consequences for our political and socio-economic lives. First, in order to ... -
Models with higher effective dimensions tend to produce more uncertain estimates
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Mathematical models are getting increasingly detailed to better predict phenomena or gain more accurate insights into the dynamics of a system of interest, even when there are no validation or training data available. Here, ... -
Multi-scale integrated evaluation of the sustainability of large-scale use of alternative feeds in salmon aquaculture
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)The steady increase in production volume of salmon aquaculture has sharpened concerns about its sustainability. In particular the production of salmon feed is a reason for concern given its reliance on scarce natural ... -
‘My new routine’: Assessing the impact of citizen science on climate adaptation in Bangladesh
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Citizen science is put forward as a method for extending science to include communities in learning about, and adapting to, climate variability and change in the places they live. But it is difficult to find evidence of ... -
Narrative review of citizen science in environmental epidemiology: Setting the stage for co-created research projects in environmental epidemiology
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Several citizen science (CS) initiatives have been adopted in environmental science to monitor air and noise pollution, and water quality related to civic concerns. Nevertheless, CS projects in environmental epidemiology ... -
Navigating Transdisciplinary Challenges and Opportunities between Offshore Wind Power and Fisheries: A Qualitative Case Study of the Hywind Tampen Project
(Master thesis, 2024-05-15)The world's energy landscape is undergoing a profound transformation, driven by the urgent need to mitigate climate change and reduce our reliance on fossil fuels. In this context, renewable energy sources have become ... -
Nexus disrupted: Lived realities and the water-energy-food nexus from an infrastructure perspective
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)In recent years, the water-energy-food nexus gained traction in science and policy debates to address the relationships between water, energy and food sectors. Inspired by Political Ecology thinking, we advocate for a nexus ... -
The Nexus Times
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The normativity in psychiatric nosology. An analysis of how the DSM-5’s psychopathology conceptualisation can be integrated
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) uses the conceptualization of psychopathology to make psychiatric diagnoses operational. The use of explicit operational criteria appears to ... -
The notion of ‘responsible development’ in new approaches to governance of nanosciences and nanotechnologies
(Doctoral thesis, 2010-10-08)This PhD dissertation looks at the development of nanosciences and nanotechnologies (nanoST), a field that has gained tremendous political and economic momentum in the first decade of the 21st century. It is also a field ... -
On Cultures and Artscience. Interdisciplinarity and Discourses of “Twos” and “Threes” after Snow’s Two Cultures
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)At least since C.P. Snow’s seminal Rede lecture The Two Cultures, the idea of a significant difference in kind between the natural sciences and the arts and humanities has been prevalent in Western culture. A gap has been ... -
Peirce’s classification of the sciences
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)This article considers Charles Peirce’s classification of the sciences from shortly after the turn of the 20th Century. The classification has two main sources of inspiration: Comte’s science classification and Kant’s ...