Christian Büscher
Biographic Data
| ID | 5398706 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christian Büscher |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christian |
| FAMILY NAME | Büscher |
| SIGNATURE | BÜSCHER C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3447-6854 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Monitoring new and emerging technologies in order to prevent extremism and terrorist violence
How can technology assessment (TA) generate knowledge about the malevolent use of technology? Technology can be employed to facilitate extremist actions and terrorist activities. This suggests that any TA approach concerned with the consequences of technology can pertain to matters of civil security. This linkage and its implications for TA, responsible research and innovation, and related approaches have hardly been explored. In this paper, we p…
“The obligation of a promise” as a problem of double contingency
David Hume's work on “the obligation of promises” is the precursor of many ideas in contemporary sociology. Hume's analysis provides insight into problems of basic social coordination, which in modern theories are characterized as a problem of double contingency . His work has also paved the way for theories of social mechanisms such as trust and of operational principles such as self‐reference . In his writings about the inner workings of promis…
The Problem of Observing Sociotechnical Entities in Social Science and Humanities Energy Transition Research
The notion of "sociotechnical" is an important concept for interdisciplinary research on the transformation of the energy supply. Different branches of research agree that the provision, transmission, and distribution of energy are not simply a matter of physics. The transformation of the energy infrastructure is significantly a societal project, carried by technical innovation and social change. However, in social science and humanities research…
Risk Calculation as Experience and Action—Assessing and Managing the Risks and Opportunities of Nanomaterials
Crossing the Line – “Science” and “Decisions” Facing Emerging Technologies
Mechanisms of Risk Production in Modern Cities
Historically, risk assessment and the concept of risk itself have been dominated by environmental, engineering, and economic sciences. Consequently, in analyzing risk production in modern cities, a rather technical view emerges on risks and urban dynamics. Though scientifically grounded and practically useful, this view fails to capture the social complexity of the city, its paradoxes and causalities. Elaborating on the hypothesis that the life-s…
Ökologische Aufklärung
Der vorliegende Sammelband ist der Beobachtung geschuldet, dass in den ak- ellen öffentlichen Debatten über Problemlösungen hinsichtlich einer „ökolo- schen Krise“ soziologische Argumente keinerlei Ro
Ökologische Aufklärung
Ökologische Aufklärung
The Problem of Observing Sociotechnical Entities in Social Science and Humanities Energy Transition Research
The notion of "sociotechnical" is an important concept for interdisciplinary research on the transformation of the energy supply. Different branches of research agree that the provision, transmission, and distribution of energy are not simply a matter of physics. The transformation of the energy infrastructure is significantly a societal project, carried by technical innovation and social change. However, in social science and humanities research…
Ökologische Aufklärung
Der vorliegende Sammelband ist der Beobachtung geschuldet, dass in den ak- ellen öffentlichen Debatten über Problemlösungen hinsichtlich einer „ökolo- schen Krise“ soziologische Argumente keinerlei Ro
Ökologische Aufklärung
Ökologische Aufklärung
Mechanisms of Risk Production in Modern Cities
Historically, risk assessment and the concept of risk itself have been dominated by environmental, engineering, and economic sciences. Consequently, in analyzing risk production in modern cities, a rather technical view emerges on risks and urban dynamics. Though scientifically grounded and practically useful, this view fails to capture the social complexity of the city, its paradoxes and causalities. Elaborating on the hypothesis that the life-s…
Risk Calculation as Experience and Action—Assessing and Managing the Risks and Opportunities of Nanomaterials
Crossing the Line – “Science” and “Decisions” Facing Emerging Technologies
“The obligation of a promise” as a problem of double contingency
David Hume's work on “the obligation of promises” is the precursor of many ideas in contemporary sociology. Hume's analysis provides insight into problems of basic social coordination, which in modern theories are characterized as a problem of double contingency . His work has also paved the way for theories of social mechanisms such as trust and of operational principles such as self‐reference . In his writings about the inner workings of promis…
The Problem of Observing Sociotechnical Entities in Social Science and Humanities Energy Transition Research
The notion of "sociotechnical" is an important concept for interdisciplinary research on the transformation of the energy supply. Different branches of research agree that the provision, transmission, and distribution of energy are not simply a matter of physics. The transformation of the energy infrastructure is significantly a societal project, carried by technical innovation and social change. However, in social science and humanities research…
Monitoring new and emerging technologies in order to prevent extremism and terrorist violence
How can technology assessment (TA) generate knowledge about the malevolent use of technology? Technology can be employed to facilitate extremist actions and terrorist activities. This suggests that any TA approach concerned with the consequences of technology can pertain to matters of civil security. This linkage and its implications for TA, responsible research and innovation, and related approaches have hardly been explored. In this paper, we p…
Epistemology (5 works) · Business (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Congresses (2 works) · Ecology (2 works) · Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies (2 works) · Economic and Social Issues (2 works)