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Innovation Science in the Making: Theoretical Physics and Industrial Production in a Danish Factory Monday, April 14 12:15-2:00 pm Room 100F, Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street [image.png] Lunch is provided if you RSVP. Please RSVP to sts<mailto:[email protected]>@hks.harvard.edu<mailto:[email protected]> by 5pm Wednesday, April 9. Abstract: One of STS’ major contributions has been to expand the conception of ‘science’ as a plurality of specialized practices that are intertwined with other societal institutions, interests and practices. With this presentation I wish to add to our conception of ‘sciences’ by directing attention to what I call: “Innovation Science”. By analyzing work practices in a Danish science-industry collaboration, where theoretical physics was used to interpret and modify production processes, I draw out differences in the deployed practices’ performance criteria and develop a perspective on how we can better conceive the specific role, meaning and value of science in the context of technological innovation. While scientific knowledge production usually is evaluated on basis of its ‘universal truthfulness’, the Danish science-industry case illustrates how the meaning and value of Innovation Science rather is one of particular and practical usefulness than representational accuracy. In the presentation I will address the following questions among others: How can we understand the differences and connections between Normal Science and Innovation Science? How is scientific knowledge translated from ends in themselves, into means for operational purposes? How can our understanding of the challenges in science-industry collaborations benefit from further investigation of Innovation Science? How can we perceive diffusion of technology and knowledge between science and the rest of society, and finally how we might rethink assessment criteria in research funding? Biography: Joakim Juhl holds a joint postdoc at Harvard Science, Technology and Society Program and at Harvard Engineering School where he works on their inter-institutional collaboration. His research focuses on how we can understand the connection between technological innovation and scientific knowledge making. Before Harvard, he helped to establish the new STS research institution “Center for Design, Innovation and Sustainable Transition” (C-DIST) at Aalborg University’s new facility in Copenhagen. His PhD project “Models in Action – Realising Abstractions” was initiated at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) from where he received his engineering degree in innovation management. Joakim has also worked with audio equipment development and has been a special consultant in Front End Innovation. A complete list of STS Circle at Harvard events can be found on our website: http://www.hks.harvard.edu/sts/events/sts_circle/ Follow us on Facebook: STS@Harvard<http://www.facebook.com/HarvardSTS> _______________________________________________
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