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The Chair of Science, Technology and Gender Studies - Friedrich Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg was honored to be invited to the grand opening of the new exhibit in the "Atombunker im Nürnberger Hauptbahnhof". The ABC bunker was built in 1977 below the Nuremberg main trainstation and was ...

This is the after movie of the international winter school 'Transnational History Lab' that took place from 5th to 10th February 2024. The movie aims to provide general impressions and document the events of a highly successful gathering, facilitating an open exchange between young and senior schola...

In September 2023, Dr. Aske Nielsen was co-editor on the edited volume VAERK: Museumssamlinger, politik og opbygning published by Aarhus University Press. The volume was produced through a project by seven Danish museums and supported through a grant by the Danish Agency for Culture and Palaces to e...

Maria Rentetzi and Ralf Mitschke are currently featured on the FAU landing page, portraying their current work on science diplomacy.

Click here to access the complete article in H-Diplo. In January 2023 I had the honor of interviewing Margaret Doane, the IAEA’s Deputy Director General of the Department of Management of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). In the midst of the Russian war in Ukraine and the renewal o...

Simply put, science diplomacy frequently aims to influence the policy of another country in ways ­favourable to the first country by using science as a major tool. But how does this work in practice and is science really as exceptional and objective as policy advisors like to argue? Which comes down...

Science Diplomacy - Studies in the Historical Entanglement of Science, Technology and Diplomacy This series seeks to place the relation among science, technology and diplomacy within a historical perspective. Works in the series may focus on the complexities of the tangled relationship between two ...

Prof. Dr. Maria Rentetzi will be part of a panel discussion with officials of the IAEA and other leading experts and will discuss the evolution of the Standards from various perspectives including the IAEA’s role in their development, their practical use in Member States and their dissemination. Wit...

'Certain things, such as ships, have long been gendered but these were thought of as exceptions to the general rule of neutrality: a thing is an "it," not a "she" or a "he." This eye-opening book shows how widespread the gendering of things actually is — and not just the things of everyday life but ...