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Fundamental Questions in Science and Engineering Working Group

This Working Group addresses fundamental theoretical and practical questions in the technological sciences. It pools the knowledge of experts in the fields of engineering, the natural sciences, philosophy of technology and science, sociology of technology, history of technology and economics.

Members

  • Prof. Dr. Petra Ahrweiler
    Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
  • Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h. c. Albert Albers
    Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
  • Prof. Dr. Susanne Beck
    Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christina Berger
    Technische Universität Darmstadt
  • Prof. Dr. Peter Dabrock
    Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
  • Prof. Dr. Michael Decker
    Deutsches Museum
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Heinz Gerhäuser
    Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
  • Prof. Dr. Alexander Gerybadze
    Universität Hohenheim
  • Prof. Dr. Armin Grunwald
    Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
  • Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Manfred Hennecke
    Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung
  • Prof. Dr. Martina Heßler
    TU Darmstadt
  • Prof. Dr. Dr. Rafaela Hillerbrand
    Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) - ITAS
  • Prof. Dr. Myles Jackson
    Princeton University
  • Prof. Dr. Klaus Kornwachs
    Universität Ulm
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Udo Lindemann
    Technische Universität München
  • Prof. em. Dr. Klaus Mainzer
    Technische Universität München
  • Univ.-Prof. Dr. Barbara Prainsack
    Universität Wien
  • Prof. Dr. Martin Schulte
    Technische Universität Dresden
  • Prof. Dr. Helmuth Trischler
    Deutsches Museum
  • Prof. Dr. Dr. Johannes Wallacher
    Hochschule für Philosophie München
  • Speaker

    Portrait Klaus Mainzer

    Prof. em. Dr. Klaus Mainzer
    Technische Universität München
    School of Computation, Information and Technology
    Lehrstuhl für Philosophie und Wissenschaftstheorie

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    Portrait Marc-Denis Weitze

    PD Dr. Marc-Denis Weitze
    acatech – Deutsche Akademie der Technikwissenschaften
    Leiter Kommunikation | Gesellschaft & Dialog
    Gesellschaft & Dialog
    Tel.: +49 89 520309-50
    weitze@acatech.de

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