Dear colleagues,
please forward to your (former) students:
We are looking for a doctoral researcher to conduct ethnographic
research of scientific data practices and their ecological relevance.
Data are central to knowledge production, but at the same time their
storage and processing demand energy and raw materials. What role do
energy use and the consumption of raw materials play in decisions about
data processing methods and about how long data are stored? What
trade-offs and negotiations unfold when scientific data infrastructures
are established, and what are their consequences for scientific
knowledge production, for collaboration in science, and for their
ecological impact? What scientific, social, and ecological values and
conventions play a role in these negotiations? Researching these
questions, the project will contribute to understanding data
infrastructures - whose immateriality is often suggested by terms such
as "virtual," or "cloud" – as social, material, and ecological. In
researching data infrastructures, the project will focus primarily on
data centres, since these are, on the one hand, centrally important for
science and, on the other hand, also have an increasing ecological impact.
We welcome applicants, who would like to work in a large collaborative
research centre, and who are interested in being part of an inspiring
and vibrant research community and to conduct research in a team. We
particularly welcome applications with a university degree (Master) in
the field of Science & Technology Studies, social or cultural
anthropology, sociology, or a related social science discipline.
Please follow this link
for the official announcement (in German – here
is a
translation). If you have inquiries of any kind, do not hesitate to
contact the project leader on estrid.sorensen@rub.de. We look forward to
your application by 25. July 2022.
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Prof. Dr. Estrid Sørensen
Faculty of Social Science
Chair of Cultural Psychology and Anthropology of Knowledge
Centre for Anthropological Knowledge in Scientific and Technological Cultures - CAST
Ruhr-University Bochum
Fakultät für Sozialwissenschaft, Postfach 80
Universitätsstr. 150,
44801 Bochum
Building: GD E1/249
Tel.: +49-(0)234 32 27947
Secretary:irene.scamoni-selcan@rub.de / +49 (0)234 32 - 28167
RUSTlab: Universitätstr. 104, 2.34
www.rustlab.rub.de
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