We are proud to present the latest issue of Technology and Culture edited here in Eindhoven at TIS, with the latest research and book reviews! Technology and Culture is the leading journal in the history of technology, science, medicine and mathematics; it draws on scholarship in diverse disciplines to publish insightful pieces intended for general readers as well
Leon Vauterin is PhD candidate in the Technology, Innovation & Society group. He is working within the TOD-IS-RUR project, in which he tackles the issue of mobility justice. He also serves as the book review assistant for the journal of Technology and Culture. He graduated in 2018 with Master of Arts in German and Scandinavian
Gijs ten Berge is an external PhD candidate who graduated his master’s degree in History at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen in 2015. He wrote his thesis on the role of collective memory in Serbia in the run-up to the Balkan war of the early 1990s. After graduating, he started working as a researcher, analyst and customer
Things are going in the right direction in the Netherlands, but this is also putting pressure on future generations and other (low income) countries, states the "Monitor Brede Welvaart 2021". Jan Pieter Smits, professor at History Lab and researcher at CBS, led this important publication. The year 2020 was defined by the coronavirus pandemic. Covid-19
Engineering the future, understanding the past: a social history of technology Amsterdam University Press (2017), 212 p. Van der Vleuten, E., Oldenziel, R. & Davids, M. The world is in turmoil: we are witnessing steep social and environmental challenges. Technology is identified as both cause of, and solution to,
Europe’s infrastructure transition: economy, war, nature Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. (2016), 454 p. Högselius, P., Kaijser, A. & van der Vleuten, E. Europe's infrastructure both united and divided peoples and places via economic systems, crises, and wars. Some used transport, communication, and energy infrastructure to supply food, power, industrial products,
The making of Europe's critical infrastructure: common connections and shared vulnerabilities Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. (2013), 313 p. Red. Per Högselius, Anique Hommels, Arne Kaijser, Erik van der Vleuten Europe’s critical infrastructure is a key concern to policymakers, NGOs, companies, and citizens today. A 2006 power line failure in northern