Posted under History & Philosophy of Science

  1. Imagining a Different Internet

    Last week, the US government released six principles for reforming Big Tech. It’s the latest example of growing efforts to regulate the handful of companies with …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2022/09/29/imagining-different-internet

  2. Understanding the Experiences of Early Career Researchers

    In May 2022, the History & Philosophy of Science (HPS) program hosted Nicole Nelson, Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who uses ethnographic and historical …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2022/09/12/understanding-the-experiences-of-early-career-researchers

  3. Working for Cultural Change in the Defence and Security Sector

    Dr Samantha Crompvoets is best known as the government consultant who first reported on war crimes allegedly perpetrated by members of the Australian Special Forces in …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2022/07/25/cultural-change-in-defence

  4. An Interview with Dr Darrin Durant

    Dr Darrin Durant is Senior Lecturer in Science and Technology Studies (STS) in the History & Philosophy of Science program. Darrin has published widely on the …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2022/04/18/an-interview-with-dr-darrin-durant

  5. Dang Nguyen (Nguyễn Hồng Hải Đăng)

    Dang Nguyen (Nguyễn Hồng Hải Đăng in her native Vietnamese) (PhD, History & Philosophy of Science), ‘Tracing Non-Biomedical Therapeutic Knowledge: Social-Network Lives in Action’ This thesis …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2022/03/14/dang-nguyen-2

  6. We Need to Rethink How We Manage Deathcare

    Australia’s deathcare system is already showing cracks, but the pressures will only worsen, especially as the baby boomer generation takes us into ‘peak death’. A team …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2022/01/15/we-need-to-rethink-how-we-manage-deathcare

  7. Celebrating Our Students’ Achievements

    Looking back on last year’s note of congratulations to our student award recipients, I noted then the extraordinary (pandemic-driven) conditions during which the students were working. …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2021/11/15/shaps-student-prizes-scholarships-2020

  8. Paul Siemers

    Paul Siemers, ‘What is the Internet of Things? An Ontological Investigation’ (PhD in the History & Philosophy of Science, 2021) The Internet of Things is widely …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2021/10/21/paul-siemers

  9. Unpacking the History of Quantum Mechanics

    Senior Lecturer in History & Philosophy of Science Dr Kristian Camilleri is currently completing work on a book which challenges the standard understanding of the history …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2021/09/27/quantum-mechanics

  10. Confronting Racism in the Sciences: A Resource Set for Scholars

    Dr Eden Smith is a Research Fellow in the History and Philosophy of Science (HPS). Alongside their focused research, Eden has been collating resources on key topics …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2021/08/16/confronting-racism-in-the-sciences-a-resource-set-for-scholars

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