Daniel Barben

Daniel Barben (June 10, 1961 in Zurich, Switzerland) is the first scientist holding an academic chair for futures studies in Germany.

Background

Barben studied Sociology, Psychology, Political Science and Philosophy at Freie Universität Berlin [1] from 1982 to 1989. He gained his doctorate at the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Potsdam [2] in 1995. He habilitated at the Department of Political and Social Sciences, FU Berlin, in 2004. Since April 2010 he holds the first and so far only chair of futures studies in Germany, at the Institute of Political Science at Aachen University RWTH Aachen.

The chair is endowed by the Verein Deutscher Ingenieure (VDI) for five years. The interdependencies between processes of technical and social changes facing global problems in health, nutrition, energy, mobility, demography and climate matters are his main fields of research.

Selected publications

• Acceptance Politics.” In: David H. Guston (Ed.): Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Society, Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks, Cal. 2010: Sage Reference, 4-5.
• Anticipatory Governance.” In: David H. Guston (Ed.): Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Society, Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks, Cal. 2010: Sage Reference, 17-18.
• Innovation.” In: David H. Guston (Ed.): Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Society, Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks, Cal. 2010: Sage Reference, 335-337.
• Reflexive Governance.” In: David H. Guston (Ed.): Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Society, Vol. 2. Thousand Oaks, Cal. 2010: Sage Reference, 654-655.
• Social Science.” In: David H. Guston (Ed.): Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Society, Vol.2. Thousand Oaks, Cal. 2010: Sage Reference, 724-726.
• Glossary of Nanoscale Science and Engineering.” In: David H. Guston (Ed.): Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Society, Vol. 2. Thousand Oaks, Cal. 2010: Sage Reference, 803-809.
• Reflexionswissen.” In: Stefan Hornbostel, Andreas Knie, Dagmar Simon (Eds.): Handbuch Wissenschaftspolitik. Wiesbaden 2009: VS Verlag, 71-84.
• Was ist "neu" an neuen Technologien? Die vergangene und gegenwaertige Zukunft der Biotechnologie in soziologischer Perspektive." Talk. Deutsches Museum, Neue Technologien im Spannungsfeld von Wissenschaft, Politik, Oeffentlichkeit und Wirtschaft, Munich, Germany.
• Reflexive Governance toward Sustainable Development: Combining Deliberation, Anticipation, and Transformation." Talk. 1st European Conference on Sustainability Transitions: Dynamics and Governance of Transitions to Sustainability, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
• Antizipatorische Governance von Zukunftstechnologien: Kapazitaetsbildung im Spannungsfeld von Technikgestaltung und Akzeptanzpolitik." Talk. German Political Science Association (DVPW), Section on Politics und Technology, Berlin University of Technology: Governance von Zukunftstechnologien, Berlin, Germany.
• Security, Identification, and Citizenship: The Configuration of Biometrics in National and Transnational Contexts." Poster presentation. Gordon Research Conference on Governing Emerging Technologies, Big Sky, MT.
• Biotechnologieregime im Gesellschaftsvergleich. Zur Soziologie neuer Wissenschaft und Technik." Guest lecture. Institute for Science and Technology Studies, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany.
• Anticipatory Governance of Nanotechnology: Foresight, Engagement, and Integration.” In: Edward J. Hackett, Olga Amsterdamska, Michael E. Lynch, Judy Wajcman (Eds.): Handbook of Science and Technology Studies, Third Edition. Cambridge, Mass. 2008: MIT Press, 979-1000.
• Analyzing Acceptance Politics: Towards an Epistemological Shift in the Public Understanding of Science and Technology.” In: Public Understanding of Science, 19(3), May 2010, 274-292 (first published online as doi:10.1177/0963662509335459, June 26, 2009).
• Politische Ökonomie der Biotechnologie: Innovation und gesellschaftlicher Wandel im internationalen Vergleich. Campus Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-593-38373-6 (Theorie und Gesellschaft. Bd. 60).
• Theorietechnik und Politik bei Niklas Luhmann. Westdeutscher Verlag, Opladen 1996, ISBN 3-531-12926-0. (Dissertation)

References

Translated text from German Wikipedia

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