In science policy, it is generally acknowledged that science-based problem-solving requires
interdisciplinary research. For example, policy makers invest in funding programs such as …

In scholarly debates, as well as in everyday parlance, we tend to pull science and
technology apart: science gives us theory, and technology applies it. In practice, however …

The emergence of technology increasingly depends on innovation ecosystems and
frequently involves actors from both industry and academia. However, value creation may …

Our concern is to explain how and why models give us useful knowledge. We argue that if
we are to understand how models function in the actual scientific practice the …

Drawing on established scholarship in the historical geography of science, the history of
technology and science and technology studies, this paper argues for the significance of an …

In order to deal with the complexity of biological systems and attempts to generate
applicable results, current biomedical sciences are adopting concepts and methods from the …

How engineers know, and act on that knowledge, has a profound impact on society.
Consequently, the analysis of engineering knowledge is one of the central challenges for …

This chapter aims to contribute to critically investigate whether human-made scientific
knowledge and the scientist's role in developing it, will remain crucial—or can data-models …

Software-intensive Science, and in particular the method of modelling large and complex
systems by means of computer simulation, presents acute dilemmas of epistemic trust. Some …

In philosophy of science, phenomena are understood as observable and unobservable
objects, events or processes that have two important roles to play in science. They make us …