Recent lectures
Theories of Science and Research
This is a series of lectures that I gave in a PhD course at Aalborg University in March, 2012
Lectures 3 (Science and Industrialization) and 4 (Science and Modernization)
Lecture 5 (Changing Contexts of Science)
Lecture 6 (Change-Oriented Research)
Turning Science and Technology Green: Sustainable Development and Engineering Education
This is a lecture that I gave at the University of Manchester, the New Jersey Institute of Technology and Chalmers University of Technology in the autumn of 2011, presenting PROCEED (Program of research on challenges and opportunitites in engineering education in Denmark ) that I am coordinating
Electricity and the Hybrid Imagination: Energy Between Culture and Technology
This was a keynote address given at a research seminar that was held as part of the International Design Camp at the Kolding School of Design in Kolding, Denmark on October 6, 2011.
Adapting to Climate Change. Contending modes of knowledge making
This was a plenary lecture given at the conference of the European Society for Rural Sociology (ESRS) in Vasa, Finland, August 20, 2009
Social Movements and Cultural Change
This was a talk given at the University of Stellenbosch, March 3, 2009, while I was visiting South Africa. It presents my ideas about social movements and cultural change with some musical accompaniment
Cultural Aspects of Innovation, including "grass-roots" innovations
This was a keynote lecture given at a workshop on broad-based innovations, organized by the National Advisory Council on Innovation (NACI), in Pretoria, South Africa, February 27, 2009
Art and Technology. Hubris, Habitus and the Hybrid Imagination
These are two lectures that I gave in Aalborg in November, 2008 as part of a new undergraduate education in Art and Technology
Fostering a Hybrid Imagination: Using PBL to Teach Engineering Students About Society
This is a video version of a lecture that I gave at a conference at Aalborg University on problem-based learning in July 2008.
The Quest for Green Knowledge: Mixing Science and Politics in Environmental Governance
This is a talk I gave at the Centre Alexander Koyré in Paris and the STEPS Center at Sussex University in January 2008.