Public Science
The Public Science Lab, headed by sociologist Prof. Dr. Stefan Selke, develops methods, produces content and presents the results of public science on socially relevant topics. It networks internal and external scientific actors, promotes dialogue and contributes to the fulfillment of social responsibility in the context of Furtwangen University's Third Mission.
The Public Science Lab involves citizens, their knowledge horizons, values and expectations in research projects. Formats of dialogical science, collaborative knowledge production and artistic research are applied here. The aim of the Public Science Lab is to produce socially robust and transformative knowledge.
The Public Science Lab was created in the context of Internal link opens in the same window:Prof. Dr. Stefan Selke's “Transformative and Public Science” research professorship .
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Magazine for public science "Zugluft"
One product of the Public Science Lab is the magazine "Zugluft. Public science in research, teaching and society." It was developed in the context of Prof. Dr. Stefan Selke's research professorship together with information designers. "Zugluft" is aimed at both internal and external scientific audiences. Each issue of the magazine is dedicated to a new key topic and uses information design and illustrations to make it resonate. It should be a pleasure to leaf through Zugluft and it should be enlightening to read the articles.
The magazine "Zugluft" is published in a high-quality print version. At the same time, all issues and additional material on the main topics are available digitally. This is the basis for new dialogues between science and society.
More: www.zugluft.de
Current projects involving public science
“The Public Value of New Space Exploration” - Explorative study on the use of the ‘Public Vision Assessment’ method in the context of evaluating the public value of manned spaceflight (2024-)
“Future Euphoria” - Study and essay on future narratives in the context of the new space strategy of the European Space Agency ESA (2023) as a contribution to the concept ”External link opens in a new window:Revolution Space”
"Time for the future?!" Collaborative project in cooperation with the German Clock Museum in the context of the "Weiterkommen!" call for proposals from the Center for Cultural Participation (2022-2023)
"External link opens in a new window:Artificial intelligence as a social promise". Expert opinion in the context of a joint project for the BMBF (2021-2022)
"Internal link opens in the same window:Digitaldialog 21 - Transdisciplinary cartography of digital change between participatory social analysis and transformative science". Joint project in the context of the Baden-Württemberg digitalisation strategy, funded by the Ministry of Science and the Arts MWK (2019-2022)
Completed projects
"Internal link opens in the same window:Big data and bonuses - pay-as-you-live (PAYL) tariffs in healthcare: Technological prerequisites and social consequences" (2019-2021)
"Internal link opens in the same window:VALID - ethical aspects of digital self-measurement in healthcare between empowerment and new barriers" (2017-2021)
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