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**Table of Contents**
- [About the course](#about-the-course)
- [Formalities](#formalities)
- [Lecturers ](#lecturers)
- [Communication](#communication)
- [Credit points ](#credit-points)
- [Required readings ](#required-readings)
- [Course program](#course-program)
- [Wednesday September 20 (day 1), Philosophy and Research Ethics I ](#wednesday-september-20-day-1-philosophy-and-research-ethics-i)
- [Thursday, September 21 (day 2), Philosophy and Research Ethics II ](#thursday-september-21-day-2-philosophy-and-research-ethics-ii)
- [Wednesday, October 04 (day 3): Theories about science in context I ](#wednesday-october-04-day-3-theories-about-science-in-context-i)
- [Wednesday, 5 Oct. 2023: Theories about science in context II (day4)](#wednesday-5-oct-2023-theories-about-science-in-context-ii-day4)
- [Wednesday, 15 November: Critical perspectives I (day 5)](#wednesday-15-november-critical-perspectives-i--day-5)
- [Thursday 16 November: Critical perspectives II (day 6)](#thursday-16-november-critical-perspectives-ii--day-6)
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## About the course
The course gives an introduction to theories of science and relevant social science and humanities scholarship, with an emphasis on the history and philosophy of science and the social organization and dynamics of various academic fields, including their strategies for producing knowledge and the interaction between research and society. This includes an introduction to critical perspectives, such as post-/decolonial and feminist perspectives on science.
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### Lecturers
Professor Thomas Berker (course responsible: thomas.berker@ntnu.no), Associate Professor Terje Finstad, Professor Jonathan Knowles, Associate Professor Elisabeth Stubberud, Researcher Mattias Solli, Professor emeritus Knut H. Sørensen, Professor Siri Øyslebø Sørensen, Professor May Thorseth, and Research Professor Govert Valkenburg.
Professor Thomas Berker (responsible for the course: thomas.berker@ntnu.no), Associate Professor Terje Finstad, Professor Jonathan Knowles, Associate Professor Sofia Moratti, Researcher Mattias Solli, Associate Professor Elisabeth Stubberud, Professor emeritus Knut H. Sørensen, Professor May Thorseth, and Research Professor Govert Valkenburg.
### Communication
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This session deals with three levels of research ethics:
Quality of research – good research conduct and the ethos of science
Protecting persons and/or groups affected by research
The social responsibility of research (broad research ethics)
Essential readings:
Kaiser, M (2014) The integrity of science. Lost in translation? Best practice & Research Clinical Gastroenterology. 28(2):339-347. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpg.2014.03.003.
- Quality of research – good research conduct and the ethos of science
- Protecting persons and/or groups affected by research
- The social responsibility of research (broad research ethics)
Ruyter, K.W. (2019) The history of research ethics. Available at : https://www.forskningsetikk.no/en/resources/the-research-ethics-library/systhematic-and-historical-perspectives/the-history-of-research-ethics/.
Guillemin, M & Guillam, L (2004) Ethics, reflexivity and “ethically important moments” in research. Qualitative Inquiry. 10(2):261-280. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077800403262360.
*Essential readings:*
Sarewitz, D (2016) The pressure to publish pushes down quality. Nature. 533:147https://www.nature.com/articles/533147a.
- Kaiser, M (2014) The integrity of science. Lost in translation? Best practice & Research Clinical Gastroenterology. 28(2):339-347. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpg.2014.03.003.
- Ruyter, K.W. (2019) The history of research ethics. Available at : https://www.forskningsetikk.no/en/resources/the-research-ethics-library/systhematic-and-historical-perspectives/the-history-of-research-ethics/.
- Guillemin, M & Guillam, L (2004) Ethics, reflexivity and “ethically important moments” in research. Qualitative Inquiry. 10(2):261-280. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077800403262360.
- Sarewitz, D (2016) The pressure to publish pushes down quality. Nature. 533:147https://www.nature.com/articles/533147a.
Additional reading:
*Additional reading:*
Browse through the NESH guidelines, available in both Norwegian: https://www.forskningsetikk.no/retningslinjer/hum-sam/forskningsetiske-retningslinjer-for-samfunnsvitenskap-og-humaniora/ or English: https://www.forskningsetikk.no/en/guidelines/social-sciences-humanities-law-and-theology/guidelines-for-research-ethics-in-the-social-sciences-humanities-law-and-theology/
Browse through the NESH guidelines, available in both Norwegian: https://www.forskningsetikk.no/retningslinjer/hum-sam/forskningsetiske-retningslinjer-for-samfunnsvitenskap-og-humaniora/ or English: https://www.forskningsetikk.no/en/guidelines/social-sciences-humanities-law-and-theology/guidelines-for-research-ethics-in-the-social-sciences-humanities-law-and-theology/
1545 End of day
Tuesday, April 11 (day 3)
Theories about science in context I
### Wednesday, October 04 (day 3): Theories about science in context I
0915 Thomas Berker: Introduction: History, institutions, practices
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1100 Terje Finstad: History of science and changes in scientific life. Situating and historicizing your own discipline/subject.
Essential readings:
William Clark. 2008. Academic charisma and the origins of the research university. University of Chicago Press, p. 435-476.
*Essential reading:*
Additional readings:
- William Clark. 2008. Academic charisma and the origins of the research university. University of Chicago Press, p. 435-476.
Lorraine Daston and Peter Galison. 1992. The image of objectivity. In: Representations 40, p. 81-128
*Additional readings:*
Steven Shapin. 2010. Never pure. Historical studies of science as if it was produced by people with bodies, situated in time, space, culture, and society, and struggling for credibility and authority. The Johns Hopkins University Press, p. 1-15.
- Lorraine Daston and Peter Galison. 1992. The image of objectivity. In: Representations 40, p. 81-128
- Steven Shapin. 2010. Never pure. Historical studies of science as if it was produced by people with bodies, situated in time, space, culture, and society, and struggling for credibility and authority. The Johns Hopkins University Press, p. 1-15.
1200 Lunch
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1400 Govert Valkenburg: Science as practice
Essential readings:
H.M. Collins and Steven Yearly (1992). Epistemological Chicken, pp. 301-326 in Andrew Pickering (ed.): Science as Practice and Culture, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
Michel Callon and Bruno Latour (1992). Don’t throw the baby out with the Bath School! A reply to Collins and Yearley, pp. 343-368 in Andrew Pickering (ed.): Science as Practice and Culture, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
Noortje Marres (2018). Why We Can't Have Our Facts Back. Engaging Science, Technology and Society, vol. 4, 2018.
*Essential readings:*
Additional reading:
- H.M. Collins and Steven Yearly (1992). Epistemological Chicken, pp. 301-326 in Andrew Pickering (ed.): Science as Practice and Culture, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- Michel Callon and Bruno Latour (1992). Don’t throw the baby out with the Bath School! A reply to Collins and Yearley, pp. 343-368 in Andrew Pickering (ed.): Science as Practice and Culture, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- Noortje Marres (2018). Why We Can't Have Our Facts Back. Engaging Science, Technology and Society, vol. 4, 2018.
Valkenburg, G. (2021). Engineering as a socio-political practice. In D. P. Michelfelder & N. Doorn (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Engineering. Routledge. [While strictly about engineering and not scientific research, much of this chapter resonates and pertains to science.]
*Additional readings:*
Suchman, L. (2014). Reconfiguring practices. In C. Coopmans, J. Vertesi, M. E. Lynch, & S. Woolgar (Eds.), Representation in scientific practice revisited (pp. 333-335). MIT Press.
- Valkenburg, G. (2021). Engineering as a socio-political practice. In D. P. Michelfelder & N. Doorn (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Engineering. Routledge. [While strictly about engineering and not scientific research, much of this chapter resonates and pertains to science.]
- Suchman, L. (2014). Reconfiguring practices. In C. Coopmans, J. Vertesi, M. E. Lynch, & S. Woolgar (Eds.), Representation in scientific practice revisited (pp. 333-335). MIT Press.
1445 Break
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1545 End of day
Wednesday April 12 (day 4)
Theories about science in context II
### Wednesday, 5 Oct. 2023: Theories about science in context II (day4)
0915 Knut H. Sørensen: The university as a place and a context for research: Academic freedom and autonomy, the quest for excellence, and strained collegiality.
Essential reading:
*Essential reading:*
Knut H. Sørensen and Sharon Traweek: Questing Excellence in Academia: A Tale of Two Universities (Routledge 2022). Chapter 3. In the Shadows of Excellence and Neoliberal Interventions: Enactments of Academic Autonomy and Strained Collegiality (33 p.) The whole book is available here: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780367259334
- Knut H. Sørensen and Sharon Traweek: Questing Excellence in Academia: A Tale of Two Universities (Routledge 2022). Chapter 3. In the Shadows of Excellence and Neoliberal Interventions: Enactments of Academic Autonomy and Strained Collegiality (33 p.) The whole book is available here: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780367259334
1000 Break
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1545 End of day
### Wednesday, 15 November: Critical perspectives I (day 5)
Monday, May 8 (day 5)
Critical perspectives I
0915 Siri Øyslebø Sørensen: Situated knowledge and feminist critique of science
In this session we will work on the concept of objectivity based in feminist critique of universality in science and discuss the relevance and importance of acknowledging researcher positionalities.
0915 Sofia Moratti: Situated knowledge and feminist critique of science
Essential reading:
In this session we will work on the concept of objectivity based in feminist critique of universality in science and discuss the relevance and importance of acknowledging researcher positionalities.
Collins, Patricia Hill 1986. Learning from the outsider within: the sociological significance of black feminist thought i Social Problems 33(6): 14-32 https://www.jstor.org/stable/800672
*Essential reading:*
Haraway, Donna 1988. ”Situated Knowledges: The Science Question in Feminism and the Privilege of Partial Perspective” Feminist Studies, 14(3): 575-599 (24 s) https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/3178066.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A764992d6e6cdb51420%208857639557edb6
- Collins, Patricia Hill 1986. Learning from the outsider within: the sociological significance of black feminist thought i Social Problems 33(6): 14-32 https://www.jstor.org/stable/800672
- Haraway, Donna 1988. ”Situated Knowledges: The Science Question in Feminism and the Privilege of Partial Perspective” Feminist Studies, 14(3): 575-599 (24 s) https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/3178066.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A764992d6e6cdb51420%208857639557edb6
- Harding, Sandra, 2001 “Feminist Standpoint Epistemology” in Lederman, M. & Bartsch, i The Gender and Science Reader, London: Routledge: 145-165 (pdf)
Harding, Sandra, 2001 “Feminist Standpoint Epistemology” in Lederman, M. & Bartsch, i The Gender and Science Reader, London: Routledge: 145-165 (pdf)
Additional readings:
Alcoff, Linda. “The Problem of Speaking for Others.” Cultural Critique, no. 20 (1991): 5–32. https://doi.org/10.2307/1354221.
Longino, Helen E. 1993. Feminist Standpoint Theory and the Problems of Knowledge (Review essay discussing Smith, D., Stanley, L., Hekman, S. and Harding, S.), Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 1993, vol. 19, no. 1: 201-2012 http://www.jstor.org/stable/3174750
*Additional readings:*
Mellor, K. 2022, ‘Developing a decolonial gaze: Articulating research/er positionality and relationship to colonial power’, Access: Critical explorations of equity in higher education, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 26–41 (pdf)
- Alcoff, Linda. “The Problem of Speaking for Others.” Cultural Critique, no. 20 (1991): 5–32. https://doi.org/10.2307/1354221.
- Longino, Helen E. 1993. Feminist Standpoint Theory and the Problems of Knowledge (Review essay discussing Smith, D., Stanley, L., Hekman, S. and Harding, S.), Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 1993, vol. 19, no. 1: 201-2012 http://www.jstor.org/stable/3174750
1130 Lunch
1230 Elisabeth Stubberud: Decolonizing knowledge production and objectivity
Essential readings:
Fjellheim, Eva Maria (2020) 'Through our stories we resist', https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-edit/10.4324/9780367853785-12/stories-resist-eva-maria-fjellheim
*Essential readings:*
Kuokkanen, Rauna (2008) ‘What is hospitality in the Academy? Epistemic Ignorance and the (Im)Possible Gift’ in Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies vol. 30(1), pp. 60-82. https://doi.org/10.1080/10714410701821297
- Fjellheim, Eva Maria (2020) 'Through our stories we resist', https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-edit/10.4324/9780367853785-12/stories-resist-eva-maria-fjellheim
- Kuokkanen, Rauna (2008) ‘What is hospitality in the Academy? Epistemic Ignorance and the (Im)Possible Gift’ in Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies vol. 30(1), pp. 60-82. https://doi.org/10.1080/10714410701821297
- SAIH: An introduction to decolonization https://saih.no/assets/docs/Avkolonisering/Avkolonisering-ENG.pdf
- Bhambra, Gurminder K. (2014) ‘Postcolonial and decolonial dialogues’ in Postcolonial Studies Vol. 17(2), pp. 115-121. https://doi.org/10.1080/13688790.2014.966414
SAIH: An introduction to decolonization https://saih.no/assets/docs/Avkolonisering/Avkolonisering-ENG.pdf
Bhambra, Gurminder K. (2014) ‘Postcolonial and decolonial dialogues’ in Postcolonial Studies Vol. 17(2), pp. 115-121. https://doi.org/10.1080/13688790.2014.966414
Additional reading:
*Additional reading:*
Dankertsen, Astrid (2022) ' Avkolonisering av akademia fra et samisk perspektiv' https://nordopen.nord.no/nord-xmlui/handle/11250/3038295
- Dankertsen, Astrid (2022) ' Avkolonisering av akademia fra et samisk perspektiv' https://nordopen.nord.no/nord-xmlui/handle/11250/3038295
1500 We create a “ledger of complaints” together
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Wednesday May 09 (day 6)
Critical perspectives II
### Thursday 16 November: Critical perspectives II (day 6)
0915 Thomas Berker: The many uses of science: engagement, interdisciplinarity, innovation and sustainability
Essential reading:
Wynne, Brian. 2006. Public Engagement as a Means of Restoring Public Trust in Science – Hitting the Notes, but Missing the Music? Public Health Genomics 9 (3): 211–20.
Pfotenhauer, Sebastian M., Joakim Juhl, and Erik Aarden. “Challenging the ‘Deficit Model’ of Innovation: Framing Policy Issues under the Innovation Imperative.” Research Policy, New Frontiers in Science, Technology and Innovation Research from SPRU’s 50th Anniversary Conference, 48, no. 4 (May 1, 2019): 895–904. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2018.10.015.
Berker, Thomas. “Negotiating research norms between academic and industrial research. The case of a research centre on zero emission buildings in Norway”, to be published in Nordic Architectural Research.
Collins, Harry, Robert Evans, and Mike Gorman. “Trading Zones and Interactional Expertise.” Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A, Case studies of expertise and experience, 38, no. 4 (December 2007): 657–66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsa.2007.09.003.
*Essential readings:*
Additional reading:
- Wynne, Brian. 2006. Public Engagement as a Means of Restoring Public Trust in Science – Hitting the Notes, but Missing the Music? Public Health Genomics 9 (3): 211–20.
- Pfotenhauer, Sebastian M., Joakim Juhl, and Erik Aarden. “Challenging the ‘Deficit Model’ of Innovation: Framing Policy Issues under the Innovation Imperative.” Research Policy, New Frontiers in Science, Technology and Innovation Research from SPRU’s 50th Anniversary Conference, 48, no. 4 (May 1, 2019): 895–904. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2018.10.015.
- Berker, Thomas. “Negotiating research norms between academic and industrial research. The case of a research centre on zero emission buildings in Norway”, to be published in Nordic Architectural Research.
- Collins, Harry, Robert Evans, and Mike Gorman. “Trading Zones and Interactional Expertise.” Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A, Case studies of expertise and experience, 38, no. 4 (December 2007): 657–66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsa.2007.09.003.
Collins, H.M. and Robert Evans. 2002. The Third Wave of Science Studies: Studies of Expertise and Experience. Social Studies of Science 32 (2): 235–96.
*Additional reading:*
Latour, B. (2018) Down to Earth: Politics in the New Climatic Regime. Polity Press.
- Collins, H.M. and Robert Evans. 2002. The Third Wave of Science Studies: Studies of Expertise and Experience. Social Studies of Science 32 (2): 235–96.
- Latour, B. (2018) Down to Earth: Politics in the New Climatic Regime. Polity Press.
1000 Break
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1300 Thomas Berker: Introduction and group work on the course assignment
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