Recent lectures
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
The Historiography of Engineering Contexts
This was a talk given at a conference launching the book, Engineering in Context, in Dublin, Ireland, July 2, 2009, drawing on my contribution
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.