Name

Professor Dr. Helga Nowotny, Ph.D.

born in Vienna, Austria, Austrian citizenship

Current Position

Professor em. Social Studies of Science, ETH Zurich
President of the European Research Council

Address

WWTF, Vienna Science and Technology Fund, Währingerstrasse 3/14
AT-1090 Vienna, Austria
e-mail: helga.nowotny@wwtf.at
personal homepage: www.helga-nowotny.eu

Education

Habilitation, Grund- und Integrativwissenschaftliche Fakultät, University of Vienna, 1982
Habilitation, Faculty of Sociology, University of Bielefeld, FRG, 1980

Ph.D. in Sociology, Columbia University, New York, 1969 (with Paul Lazarsfeld) Doctor juris, University of Vienna, 1959

Matura with honours, 1955, Vienna
West de Pere, Wisconsin, High School Diploma, Fellowship of the American Field Service, 1954

Previous Professional Appointments

Professor of Philosophy and Social Studies of Science, ETH Zurich, (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) 1996-2002

Director, "Collegium Helveticum", ETH Zurich, 1998-2002, Founding Director of the post-doctorate Fellowship Programme "Society in Science: The Branco Weiss Fellowship", 2002-2004

Professor of Social Studies of Science, Institute for Theory and Social Studies of Science, University of Vienna, 1987-1996

Associate Professor, University of Vienna, 1982-1987

Executive and Founding Director of the European Centre, 1974-1987

Research Fellow, King's College, Cambridge, UK, 1972-1973

Associate Professor and Head, Department of Sociology, Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna, 1969-1972

Assistant Professor at the Institute for Criminology, University of Vienna, 1960-1964

Guest Professorships and Fellowships

Fellow, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, 1981-1982 and 2003-2004

Permanent Fellow, Collegium Budapest/Institute for Advanced Study, 1992-1996

Professor, Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna, 1994

Directeur d'Etudes, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris, 1992, 1990

Maitre d'Etudes, Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, Paris, 1987

Resident, Rockefeller Foundation, Conference and Study Centre, Bellagio, 1988

Guest Professor, Wissenschaftszentrum for Social Sciences, Berlin, 1985, 1989

Guest Professor, University of Bielefeld, Faculty of Sociology, 1978-1979

Guest Professor, Sommerakademie, Verbund für Wissenschafts-geschichte, Berlin, 1993

Guest Professor, Dutch Summer School "Science andTechnology Studies", Twente, 1990

Awards and Honours

Foreign Member of The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

John Desmond Bernal Prize for Distinguished Contribution to the Field, Society for the Study of Science, 2003

Arthur-Burkhardt-Preis, 2002

Österreichisches Ehrenkreuz für Wissenschaft und Kunst
I. Klasse, 2002

Foreign Member of the Royal Society of Science at Uppsala

President of the International Society for the Study of Time, 1992-1995

Member of the Academia Europaea, London, 1989

Recent Books and selected Publications

Die Gläsernen Gene, Die Erfindung des Individuums im molekularen Zeitalter, (with Giuseppe Test), Frankfurt a.M.: Edition Unseld, Suhrkamp 2009

Insatiable Curiosity, Innovation in a Fragile Future, MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., 2008

Cultures of Technology and the Quest for Innovation (ed.), New York,London: Berghahn Books, 2006

Unersättliche Neugier: Innovation in einer fragilen Zukunft, Berlin: Kadmos Verlag, 2005, Curiosità insaziabile. L'innovazione in un futuro fragile. Torino: Codice edizioni, 2006

The Public Nature of Science under Assault: Politics, Markets, Science and the Law. Heidelberg, New York: Springer 2005 (with D. Pestre, E. Schmidt-Aßmann, H. Schulze-Fielitz, H.H. Trute)

Re-Thinking Science. Knowledge and the Public in an Age of Uncertainty. Oxford: Polity, 2001 (with P. Scott, M. Gibbons)

Es ist so, es könnte auch anders sein. Über das veränderte Verhältnis von Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft, Frankfurt a.M.: Suhrkamp, 1999

After the Breakthrough; the Emergence of High-temperature Superconductivity as a Research Field, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997 (with U. Felt)

The Sociology of the Sciences, Cheltenham: Elgar, 1996 (with K. Taschwer)

Wissenschaftsforschung: Eine Einführung, Frankfurt a.M.: Campus, 1995 (with U. Felt, K. Taschwer)

The New Production of Knowledge. The Dynamics of Science and Research in Contemporary Societies, London: Sage 1994 (with M. Gibbons, C. Limoges, S. Schwartzman, P. Scott, M. Trow)

Self-Organization: Portrait of Scientific Revolution, Dordrecht and Boston: Kluwer Academics Publishers, 1990 (with G. Küppers, W. Krohn)

Eigenzeit. Entstehung und Strukturierung eines Zeitgefühls, Frankfurt a.M.: Suhrkamp, 1987

Über den Umgang mit Unsicherheit. Die Entdeckung der Gestaltbarkeitvon Gesellschaft. Frankfurt a.M.: Suhrkamp, 1987 (with A.Evers)

Wie männlich ist die Wissenschaft? Frankfurt a.M.: Suhrkamp, 1982 (with K. Hausen)

More books and more than 300 articles in scientific journals.

Other Professional Activities
current

Chair, Scientific Advisory Board, University of Vienna 2005 -

Chair, Programme Committee, ESOF 2010, Torino

Member, Royal Society Study, The Fruits of Curiosity: science, innovation and future sources of wealth, 2009-

Chair, International Benchmarking Review of UK Sociology, 2009-

Member, jury du Prix Claude Lévi-Strauss, 2009-

Member,Advisory Board, Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study, Uppsala, 2007-

Member, Holberg Prize Academic Committee, 2008-

Member, Scientific Board, Institut für die Wissenschaft vom Menschen,Vienna, 1991 -

President, Scientific Committee, Fondazione Rosselli, Turin, 2006-

Member, Science Board, Institute Para Limes, Netherlands, 2006-

Member, Counseil d`Administration, Fondation Institut d´Etudes Avancées Nord-Sud à Nantes, Nantes, 2006 -

Member, Advisory Committee, Vienna Strategy for Research, Technology and Innovation, Vienna, 2006-

Member, Scientific Advisory Board of the Bruno Kreisky Forum, 2005 -

Member, Board of Reviewing Editors, Science, AAAS

Member, Advisory Board, Science and Public Policy

Past Professional Activities

Member, Scientific Advisory Board of the post-doctorate Fellowship Programme "Society in Science: The Branco Weiss Fellowship, 2002 -2008

Chair, EURAB, the European Research Advisory Board, EuropeanCommission 2001-2006

Chairperson, Scientific Advisory Board Collegium Budapest/Institute for Advanced Studies, 2001-2006

Member, Kuratorium, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin, 1996-2007

Member, "Berliner Wissenschaftkommission", 2005-2007

Member, Scientific Board, Einsteinforum, Potsdam

Member, Advisory Board of ESOF 2008, 2006 and ESOF 2004

Member, Advisory Board "Science et Cité", Bern, Switzerland, 1998-2002

Vice-Chair, Stiftungsrat, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 2003-2005

Member, Advisory Board "Junge Akademie" an der Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Deutschen Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina, 2002-2005

Member, Kuratorium of Max-Planck-Institut für Europäische Rechtsgeschichte, 2002-2005

Chair, Planning and Advisory Board, Central European UniversityBudapest 2002-2004

Member, working group "Nationale Akademie" des deutschen Wissenschaftsrates, 2002-2004

Member, Jury of the Max-Schmidheiny-Stiftung, 2001-2004

Member, Scientific Advisory Council for the Humanities and Social Science at the International University Bremen", 2001-2005

Member, International Advisory Board of the Linköpings Universitet, Sweden, 2001-2004

Member, Comité d'orientation Observatoire Ecole PolytechniqueFédéral Lausanne, "Science, Politique et Societé", 1999-2002

Member, Scientific Board "Europäische Wissenschaftstage Steyr",1999

Member, Board Institut Wiener Kreis, Verein zur Förderung Wissenschaftlicher Weltauffassung, 1998 - 2006

Chairperson, External Advisory Group of Key Action "Improving the socio-economic knowledge base", 5th Framework Programme of EU, 1998-2001

Senior Scientific Advisor, "Agora: Arbeit - Wissen - Bindung", Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, 1998-2000

Member, Advisory Committee, "Summer Academy on Technology Studies", Graz, 1998

Member, Board IFZ, Institut für Interdisziplinäre Forschung und Fortbildung, "International Summer Academy on Interdisdiplinary Technology Studies", 1998

Member, Advisory Editor Board, International Encyclopaedia of theSocial and Behavioural Sciences, 1998

Member, Advisory Board, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 1998

Member, Scientific Board, Wittgenstein Research Project / ResearchCentre Discourse, Politics, Identity, Vienna, 1997-2002

Vice-Chairperson, European Science and Technology Assembly (ESTA), European Commission, 1997-1998

Member, Scientific Board, Collegium Helveticum, ETH, Zurich, 1997-1998

Member, Task Force on 5th Framework Programme - Training andMobility of Research, European Science Foundation, Strasbourg, 1995-1998

Member, "Evaluation des Departements Umweltnaturwissenschaften der ETH Zurich", 1995

Member, Executive Committee, Premio Europeo Amalfi per la Sociologia e le Scienze Sociali

Member, Scientific Board and member of the evaluation team, Amsterdam School for Social Science Research, 1994

Member, International Advisory Board, Quality Assessment Group,Uppsala University, 1994

Head of Working Group for the implementation of UOG '93, University ofVienna, 1994

Member, Advisory Panel, Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of Sussex, Brighton, 1994

Member, Scientific Board, Institute Wiener Kreis", Vienna

Vice-President, IFK - Internationales Forschungszentrum Kulturwissenschaften, Wien, 1992-1995

Member, Panel on Economics and Social Sciences, Human Capital and Mobility Programme, 1992-1994

Member, Steering Committee on Global Environmental Change, IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria, 1992-1994

Member, Organizing Committee, Second European FeministResearch Conference, Graz, 1992-1994

Member, International Advisory Board, Department of Business Studies Uppsala University, 1992

Member, Scientific Board, Max-Planck Institut für Bildungsforschung, Max Planck Gesellschaft, 1991-2000

Member, Scientific Board, Beijer Institute for Ecological Economics of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, 1991-1997

Member, Executive Council, Academia Europaea, London 1991-1994

Member, Scientific Board, Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, 1990-1993

Member, Jury "Qualitatives Wirtschaftswachstum": Schweisfurth Stiftung, 1990-1991

General Rapporteur, Bergen Conference "Sustainable Development, Science and Policy", 1990

Member, European Committee on 'Social Science in Western Europe', 1988-1990

Chairperson, Bernal Prize Committee, Society for the Social Studyof Science, 1988-1989

Member, Board (Kuratorium), Institut für Wissenschaft und Kunst, Vienna, 1986 - 2006

Member, International Advisory Group, Commission for the Study of Power and Democracy in Sweden, Stockholm, 1986-1990

Chairperson, Standing Committee for the Social Sciences European, Science Foundation, Strasbourg, 1985-1992

Member, Beirat für Technologiebewertung, Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft und Forschung, Wien, 1985-1987

Member, Network Committee, European Science Foundation, Strasbourg, 1985-1992

Member, Steering Committee "Environment, Science, Society", European Science Foundation, Strasbourg, 1985-1992

Member, Kuratorium, Institut für Höhere Studien/Institut for AdvancedStudies, Vienna, 1984-1998

Member, International Advisory Committee, Department of Dynamics of Science, Amsterdam, 1983 - 1995

Member, Scientific Board, Internationales Institut für Umwelt und Gesellschaft, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin, 1983-1987

Member, Kuratorium, Gesellschaft für Wissenschaft und Technikforschung, Bielefeld, 1983

Selected Membership in professional associations

Association for the Social Study of Time

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie, Sektion Wissenschaftsforschung

European Association of Science, Society, Technology (EASST)

Gesellschaft für Wissenschafts- und Technikforschung, ISA

International Council for Science Policy Studies

International Society for the Study of Time

International Sociological Association

Österreichische Gesellschaft für Soziologie

Society for Social Studies of Sciences (4S)

Past and Present Member of the Advisory Board or Co-Editor of the following Journals

Bibliothek sozialwissenschaftlicher Emigranten aus Österreich
Bulletin of Science
Contemporary Austrian Studies
East Central Europe/ L'Europe du Centre-Est (ECE/ECE)
European Journal of Social Theory
Eurosocial
Fundamenta Scientiae
Innovation - The European Journal of Social Sciences
Innovation in Social Science Research
International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioural Sciences
International Society for the Study of Time
Jahrbuch "Technik und Gesellschaft"
Jcom, Journal of Science Communication
Journal für Sozialforschung
Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie
KronoScope: Journal for the Study of Time
L'Homme. Zeitschrift für Feministische Geschichtswissenschaft
Natures Sciences Sociétes
Oxygen, La scienza per tutti
Reihe Soziologie, Kohlhammer Verlag
Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Soziologie
Science, AAAS
Science and Public Policy
Science, Technology & Human Values
Social Studies of Science
Sociology of the Sciences Monographs
SWS-Rundschau
Temporalistes
The European Journal for the Study of Social Sciences Research-Innovation
Theory and Society
Time and Society
Yearbook in the Sociology of the Sciences
Zeitschrift für Soziologie
Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftsforschung
Zeittheorie und Zeitdiagnose (Newsletter)

 

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