GRK 309:  Technification and Society

• Subject Area: Social Sciences
• Term: from 1997 to 2005
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 271747

The interdisciplinary teaching and research programme focuses on processes of technification which are investigated in view of their historical, political, social, philosophical and literary dimensions and their interdependencies and conditions. The programme does not treat technology as an isolated factor but looks at technology in its contexts of social actions, politics, perception etc. Technology is investigated as a structuring factor of objects, relations and developments. The contemporary technological civilisation, its origins and its prospects are analyzed from the viewpoint of various disciplines and in an interdisciplinary approach.

• DFG Programme: Research Training Groups
• Applicant Institution: Technische Universität Darmstadt
• Spokesperson: Professorin Dr. Petra Gehring
• Participating Researchers: Professor Dr. Gernot Böhme (†); Professor Dr. Christof Dipper; Professor Dr. Gerhard Gamm; Professor Dr. Mikael Hard; Professor Dr. Michael Hartmann; Professor Dr. Matthias Luserke-Jaqui; Professorin Dr. Martina Löw; Professor Dr. Alfred Nordmann; Professor Dr. Rudi Schmiede; Dr. Werner Sesink; Professor Dr.-Ing. Wilhelm Urban