Kursöversikt
- KurskodFTME002
- ECTS-poäng7,5
- InstitutionTEKNIKENS EKONOMI OCH ORGANISATION
- ForskarskolaTeknikens ekonomi och organisation
- Startar2026-10-01
- SpråkEngelska
- Nordic Five Tech (N5T)Kursen är kostnadsfri för doktorander från N5T-universitet.
- Anmälandoktfofu.tme@chalmers.se
Kursansvarig
- Lisa Lindén
- Universitetslektor, Science, Technology and Society, Teknikens ekonomi och organisation
Om kursen
The purpose of this course is to provide participants with in-depth understanding of key themes in the interdisciplinary STS field. The framing of the research field elaborated in this course brings attention to the ways in which STS discussions have evolved over time and demonstrates the diversity of perspectives. Highlighting long-running theoretical debates the teaching will enable participants to position their own projects in the international STS field.
An additional purpose of the course is to introduce participants to the Gothenburg STS network created by colleagues across Chalmers and Gothenburg University. There will be networking opportunities with faculty, researchers and PhD students in the STS groups at Chalmers and Gothenburg University.
An additional purpose of the course is to introduce participants to the Gothenburg STS network created by colleagues across Chalmers and Gothenburg University. There will be networking opportunities with faculty, researchers and PhD students in the STS groups at Chalmers and Gothenburg University.
After completing this course, the participants should be able to:
- Describe the historical evolution of key approaches in STS.
- Explain concepts and research problems characterising STS as a field of inquiry.
- Demonstrate how STS perspectives can be applied to relevant issues.
- Examine challenges encountered in STS analyses.
- Select STS concepts appropriate to a specific research task.
Outline of the workshops
Workshop 1: Controversy, Symmetry and Agency, 1-2 October, lunch to lunch.Teachers: Lena Eriksson and Doris Lydahl
Workshop 2: Infrastructures, Categorisation and Politics, 29-30 October, lunch to lunch. Teachers: Catharina Landström, Lisa Lindén and Tanya Osborne
Workshop 3: Boundaries, Overflows and Reflexivity, 10-11 December, lunch to lunch.Teachers: Mark Elam, Jesper Petersson, Göran Sundquist and Steve Woolgar
Mer information
Lisa Lindén, lisa.linden@chalmers.se
Kurslitteratur
The extensive reading list
(to be announced in June 2026) will equip participants to engage in incisive
analysis of the themes highlighted in the workshop sessions. Examples of topics
that will be addressed are controversies, symmetry, agency, infrastructures,
accountability, multiplicity and reflexivity.
Föreläsare
Lisa Lindén and teachers from the STS Division at TME and Gothenburg University