Forum: History and Technology in an Age of ‘Grand Challenges’

Technology and Culture Vol. 61.1 (2020): 260-332

Erik van der Vleuten (guest editor), Karena Kalmbach, Andreas Marklund, Anna Åberg, Matthias Heymann, Per Högselius, Elena Kochetkova, John Martin, Ole Sparenberg, Frank Veraart, Ute Hasenöhrl, Jan-Henrik Meyer, Frank Schipper, Martin Emanuel, Ruth Oldenziel, Stathis Arapostathis, Léonard Laborie
April  2020

In 2016 we formed a number of transnational working groups to build research agendas and networks for the Tensions of Europe flagship program “Technology and Societal Challenges ca. 1800-2050”. This Forum presents an introduction to the program and tentative findings from five of the working groups.

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History and Technology in an Age of “Grand Challenges”: Raising Questions

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Erik van der Vleuten (guest editor)

p. 260-271

Crises and Technological Futures: Experiences, Emotion, and Action

Karena Kalmbach, Andreas Marklund, Anna Åberg

p. 272-281

Challenging Europe: Technology, Environment, and the Quest for Resource Security

Matthias Heymann, Per Högselius, Elena Kochetkova, John Martin, Ole Sparenberg, Frank Veraart, Anna Åberg

p. 282-294

The Energy Challenge in Historical Perspective

Ute Hasenöhrl, Jan-Henrik Meyer

p. 295-306

Sustainable Urban Mobility in the Present, Past, and Future

Frank Schipper, Martin Emanuel, Ruth Oldenziel

p. 307-317

Governing Technosciences in the Age of Grand Challenges: A European Historical Perspective on the Entanglement of Science, Technology, Diplomacy, and Democracy

Stathis Arapostathis, Léonard Laborie

p. 318-332