About Aarhus University
Matthias Heymann
Professor
Department of Mathematics - Science Studies
Ny Munkegade 120
building 1530, 230
8000 Aarhus C
Denmark
Phone: +4587155646
Chairman of Gesellschaft für Technikgeschichte (GTG) (2016-2022)
Domain Editor of WIREs Climate Change, domain Climate, History, Society, Culture (since 2011)
Series Co-Editor Studien zur Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften und Technik (Springer) (since 2020)
Associate Editor of Centaurus (2008-2018)
Partnermember of the Danish Academy of the Technical Sciences
Research Interests
History of atmospheric and climate science
History of energy technologies
History of global resources
Environmental history
History of engineering design
Recent larger research projects:
Research Network Challenging Europe: Technology, Environment and the Quest for Resource Security (EURES), (1.16 mio. DKK, Independent Research Fund Denmark, 2018-2023)
Shaping Cultures of Prediction: Knowledge, Authority and the Construction of Climate Change
(6.5 mio. DKK, Danish Council for Independent Research, 2013-2017)
Exploring Greenland: Science and Technology in Cold War Settings
(5.5 mio. DKK, Carlsberg Foundation, 2010-2013)
For a short description of current and past research projects see "Further information"
- Published
Investigating global resource chains, The case of the global Danish plant oil complex
Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research
- Published
Review of Arne Kaijser / Markku Lehtonen / Jan-Henrik Meyer et al. (eds.): Engaging The Atom. The History of Nuclear Energy and Society in Europe from the 1950s to the Present, Morgantown, WV: West Virginia University Press 2021
Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Literature review › Research › peer-review
- Published
Coen, Deborah R. (2018), Climate in Motion, Science, Empire, and the Problem of Scale
Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
Centre for Environmental Humanities
Project: Research
Climate | Culture | Catastrophe Network
Project: Research
Advisory Board Meeting Project Repairing technology – fixing society?
Activity: Consultancy types › Consultancy
Editorial Board Springer Series "Studien zur Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften und Technik" (External organisation)
Activity: Membership types › Member of committee, council, board
Algorithms, politics and scientific standards: How climate models and climate prediction changed the culture of climate science, Colloquium University of Bielefeld
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
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