PD Dr. Andreas Lösch
- Head of research group
- Research group “Socio-Technical Futures and Policies”
- Room: 402
- Phone: +49 721 608-22505
- andreas loesch ∂does-not-exist.kit edu
Institut für Technikfolgenabschätzung und Systemanalyse (ITAS)
Postfach 3640
76021 Karlsruhe
Fields of work
- Science and Technology Studies (STS)
- Sociology of knowledge, science, and technology
- Concepts and methods of vision assessment
- Transformation and governance of sociotechnical systems
- Qualitative research methods: discourse-, media-, image analysis, expert interviews, case studies
Current projects and positions
- Head of research group “Socio-Technical Futures and Policies”
- Project leader “Socio-technical futures as socio-epistemic practices. An analytical matrix for technology assessment”
- Project leader “Vision assessment of scalable 3D printing in the Cluster of Excellence 3D Matter Made to Order”
- Private lecturer at KIT-Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
- Local delegate of Hans Böckler Foundation
Professional background
| 1987 - 1995 | University studies of sociology, history, and philosophy in Freiburg and Berlin |
| 1995 | German university degree “Diplom” in sociology |
| 1997 - 2000 | Doctoral fellowship from Hans-Böckler-Stiftung |
| 2000 | Doctorate, Dr. phil. at Freie Universität Berlin |
| 2000 - 2001 | Visiting lecturer at the universities of Innsbruck (AT), Paderborn, and Freiburg |
| 2001 - 2003 | Postdoctoral fellowship at the DFG research training group “Technology and Society”, TU Darmstadt |
| 2003 - 2007 | Postdoctoral research assistant and project leader at the sociology department and the Centre for Interdiciplinary Studies in Technology / nano office, TU Darmstadt |
| 2008 - 2010 | DFG senior research fellow at Programm Wissenschaftsforschung, University of Basel (CH) and at the sociology department, TU-Darmstadt |
| 2010 | Habilitation in sociology at TU Darmstadt. Habilitation (postdoctoral) thesis on the formation and the regulation of nanotechnology |
| 2010 - 2011 | Visiting Professor of Sociology and Political Science at University of Applied Sciences, Darmstadt and project manager at the science studies unit, University of Basel (CH) (October of 2011 to September of 2013 scientific consultant) |
| since 2011 | Member of scientific staff at ITAS, senior researcher |
| 2010 - 2018 | Private lecturer at Technical University of Darmstadt |
| 2018 - 2019 | Head of research area “Knowledge society and knowledge politics” |
Selected publications
Lösch, A.; Grunwald, A.; Meister, M.; Schulz-Schaeffer, I. (Hrsg.)
Socio-Technical Futures Shaping the Present: Empirical Examples and Analytical Challenges. 2019. Springer VS, Wiesbaden
Lösch, A.; Böhle, K.; Coenen, C.; Dobroć, P.; Ferrari, A.; Heil, R.; Hommrich, D.; Sand, M.; Schneider, C.; Aykut, S.; Dickel, S.; Fuchs, D.; Gransche, B.; Grunwald, A.; Hausstein, A.; Kastenhofer, K.; Konrad, K.; Nordmann, A.; Schaper-Rinkel, P.; Scheer, D.; Schulz-Schaeffer, I.; Torgersen, H.; Wentland, A.
Technikfolgenabschätzung von soziotechnischen Zukünften. 2016. KIT, Karlsruhe
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Lösch, A.; Schneider, C.
Transforming power/knowledge apparatuses: the smart grid in the German energy transition 2016. Innovation: The European Journal for Social Science Research, 29 (3), S. 262–284
Lösch, A.
Die diskursive Konstruktion einer Technowissenschaft: Wissenssoziologische Analytik am Beispiel der Nanotechnologie. Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2014 (Wissenschafts- und Technikforschung; 9)
Lösch, A.
Anticipating the Futures of Nanotechnology: Visionary Images as Means of Communication. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management (TASM), 18, 3/4, 2006: S. 393-409