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China in the Global System of Science
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The global system of science has seen the unprecedented rise of one particular world region over the past two decades: the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has become the largest producer of scientific articles. The country is climbing fast and steadily in global university rankings, is home to scientists whose groundbreaking and sometimes quite controversial findings and methods increasingly make world news, and pours a staggering amount of money into funding research both domestically and internationally.
China im Weltsystem der Wissenschaft
No 69
Das Wissenschaftssystem hat in den letzten zwei Jahrzehnten den beispiellosen Aufstieg einer bestimmten Weltregion erlebt: Die Volksrepublik China (VR China) ist zum größten Produzenten naturwissenschaftlicher Fachartikel geworden. Schnell und beharrlich erobert das Land die globalen Universitätsrankings. Es beheimatet Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler, deren bahnbrechende und manchmal umstrittene Erkenntnisse und Methoden weltweit zunehmend Schlagzeilen machen und investiert viel Geld in die Finanzierung von Forschung im In- und Ausland.
Circulating Filth: Oeconomic Chemistry and Recycling, 1700–1830
My research focuses on the history of oeconomic chemistry and recycling in Western Europe, 1700–1830. The term "oeconomy" loosely referred to the prin
Meat, Cattle and a Capital City: Slaughterhouses, Animals and Meat Production in Rio de Janeiro at the End of the Brazilian Empire
If non-human animals have been central to humans, the meat provided by non-human animals has been crucial not only to feed humans through history, but
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Seminar | Feb 18, 2021 | 14:00 to 15:00
Global Matters: Intersections between Histories of Science, Technology, and Environment
Organized in cooperation with the research project “A Global History of Technology (GLOBAL-HoT)” at TU Darmstadt. Please register by February 15, 2020.
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Seminar | Jan 21, 2021 | 14:00 to 15:00
Global Matters: Intersections between Histories of Science, Technology, and Environment
A seminar series aiming to seed a discussion that brings together diverse points of view about the ways in which global histories of science, technology, and environments can be produced.
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