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Prof.dr.ir. W.E. Bijker

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Expertise	STS, science and technology studies; democratisation of technological culture; science and technology policy; research and technology for development; gender and technology; water management studies; ICT & society; architecture, planning, and mobility studies
Expertise (NL)	Technieksociologie en -geschiedenis, democratisering van technologische cultuur; wetenschap- en technogiebeleid; onderzoek en technologie voor ontwikkeling; vrouwenstudies & technologie; water management; ICT en samenleving; architectuur, ruimtelijke ordening en mobiliteit
Digital Author ID	info:eu-repo/dai/nl/069056870
Addition	Member executive council SHOT, founder co-editor MIT Press monograph series "Inside Technology", member executive committee European Network of Excellence PRIME

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Professor
Organisation	Department of Technology and Society Studies (UM)
Chair (EN)	Technology and society studies
Chair (NL)	Techniek en samenleving
Phone	+31-43-3883321
Email	w. bijker -at- maastrichtuniversity. nl
URL	http://www.fdcw.unimaas.nl/staff/bijker

Publications

(the most recent at the top)
Speech on the occasion of the opening ceremony of the Academic Year 2008–2009
Vulnerability in technological cultures
American and Dutch coastal engineering: differences in risk conception and differences in technological culture
Dikes and dams, thick with politics
Reply to Geels and Schot

All publications..

Current research

(the most recent research is at the top)
Supervisor	The role of knowledge brokerage and stakeholders participation in the nanotechnologies for development in Kenya, India and the Netherlands
Supervisor	Beyond Babel: Science and Universal Language in the Early Twentieth Century
Supervisor	Democratic risk governance of nanotechnologies for development
Project leader	Nanotechnologies for development in India, Kenya and The Netherlands:Towards a framework for democratic governance of risks in developing countries
Project leader	Managing Dutch Water Safety Vulnerabilities A social cultural perspective on the threats of flooding

All current research..

Completed research projects

(the most recent research is at the top)
Supervisor	Pragmatic constructions; simulation and the vulnerability of technological cultures
Supervisor	Power to the people? Civic engagement with small-scale hydroelectric plants in India
Supervisor	Supersizing Science; on building large-scale research projects in biology
Supervisor	The Place of Play; on toys, Technological Innovations and Geographies of Play
Supervisor	Ultrasound Travels; the politics of a medical technology in Ghana and Tanzania

All completed research..

Classification

A86000	Communication
C40000	Women's studies
D10100	History and philosophy of science and technology
D20100	History and philosphy of the life sciences, ethics, evolution biology
D66000	Communication sciences

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