Assistant Professor
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND POLICY STUDIES
University of Twente
Netherlands
Kornelia Konrad is Assistant Professor of Anticipation and Assessment of Emerging Technologies. She received a master’s degree (Magister Artium) in sociology, physics and mathematics from the University of Freiburg i.Br (1997) and her PhD from the Technical University of Darmstadt (2002), where she participated in the Graduate School “Technology and Society”. 2002-2009 she was a researcher at Eawag, a Swiss federal research institute of the ETH domain in Zurich.
anticipation in innovation processes o sociology of expectations - dynamics of collective expectations, hype cycles - anticipatory practices and modes of future-orientation - discursive analysis of promises and concerns constructive technology assessment foresight responsible research and innovation sectoral dynamics in innovation technology use o demand articulation o scenarios of use science-industry interaction nanotechnologies, energy technologies