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Data driven social science vs. cultural data science. How can computational research methods and constructivist social sciences match?

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Data science applications surround us in everyday life. AIs like ChatGPT make them more accessible. Will data science also continue their triumph and colonize qualitative social science such Science and Technology Studies (STS)? The panel explores with leading experts in their fields the opportunities of interdisciplinary collaboration between data science and STS. It asks what STS can learn from data science and what data science can learn from STS? How can cooperate in a constructive, mutual complementing way?

Prof. Dr. Jörg Niewöhner (Professor for Anthropology of Science and Technology, TU Munich)

Prof. Dr. Jana Diesner (Professor for Human-Centered Computing, TU Munich)

Prof. Dr. David Demortain (Research Director at French National Institute for Agriculture, Food, and Environment (INRAE))

Chair: Prof. Dr. Silke Beck (Chair of Sociology of Science, TU Munich)

Tuesday, 23. July 2024, 17:00-19:00, at TUM Think Tank, Richard-Wagner-Straße 1, München (2nd floor)


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Department of Science, Technology and Society (STS)
School of Social Sciences and Technology

Technische Universität München
Arcisstr. 21, 80333 München

Department Head:
Prof. Dr. Sebastian Pfotenhauer

Deputy Department Head:
Prof. Dr. Ruth Müller