Dipl.Soz.tech. Dagny Vedder

Research Associate

Research Interests

• Science and Technology Studies, especially approaches within the Social Shaping of Technology (SST) and Constructive Technology Assessment (CTA) programmes
• Risk Communication and Risk Perception
• Technology assessment of security technologies, nanotechnologies, information- and communication technologies
  

Academic Qualification

• as of 2010 Research Associate at the Centre for Technology and Society; Project: SIAM
  
• 2008–2010 Research Associate at the Ecolog-Institut; Project AACCrisk: Kooperative Bewertung und Kommunikation der systemischen Risiken ubiquitärer Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien/ Cooperative Assessment and Communication Systemic of Risks of ubiquitous Information- and Communication Technologies
• 2008 Diplom Soziologie technikwissenschaftlicher Richtung (Sociology and Technology Studies) (Technische Universität Berlin)
• 05/2005-08/2005 Student Assistant at the Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie; Project Nanologue: Identification of ethical, legal and social aspects of nanotechnologies
• 09/2004-04/2005 Visiting student at the University of Edinburgh Graduate School Programme for Science and Technology Studies
• 07/2003-10/2003 Student Assistant at the Department for Human Factors Engineering and Product Ergonomics at the Berlin Technical University; Project Sentha: Household technology to help elder people maintain an independent household

Current Research Projects

SIAM (Security Impact Assessment Measures): www.siam-project.eu

Area

Security - Risk - Privacy