Science, Technology and Society

Technology Management and Economics

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Chalmers University of Technology

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Karl's research interrogates three themes:- The relation between the things we build and the things we think: How do technological designs interrelate with social imaginaries?- The challenges of co-design: What tensions emerge in the participatory processes that are emblematic for contemporary design and technological development?- The political in the economy: Which new forms of politics ought to be considered within the political economy tradition?Karl has published academic articles in design sociology and design theory (in journals such as CoDesign, Design and Culture, the Design Journal, She Ji, and the Swedish Design Research Journal), economic sociology and organisation theory (in journals such as Culture and Organization, Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Journal of Cultural Economy, Journal of Enterprising Communities, and Social Enterprise Journal), as well as the sociology of technology and social imaginaries (in journals such as Engineering Studies, Futures, NanoEthics, Science as Culture, Surveillance &amp; Society, and Technological Forecasting and Social Change).Karl's most recent English-language monographs are <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.routledge.com/The-Corruption-of-Co-Design-Political-and-Social-Conflicts-in-Participatory/Busch-Palmas/p/book/9781032250014">The Corruption of Co-Design: Political and Social Conflicts in Participatory Design Thinking</a> (co-authored with Otto von Busch) and <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.glanta.org/bocker/tidigare-utgivning/?view=75">The Hambantota Connection: Constructing Landscapes, Contesting Modernity</a> (co-authored Kerstin Hamilton and Jonas Lindberg). With photographer Kalle Sanner, he has produced two research-based essay films: Too Late for History to End (2021) and Vår tids konst ["Art of our Time"]&nbsp;(2023). Karl also writes essays for cultural journals, some of which have been republished in English by <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.eurozine.com/authors/karl-palmas/">Eurozine</a>.

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Karl Palmås is the examiner for "Technology and Society" (TEK226), which trains the judgement of engineering students by studying classics in social thought.

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