Emeritus for Science Studies with particular focus on the history of chemistry and pharmacy

Research priorities

  • Contemporary research practice in the life sciences and the role of engineering
  • Data interpretation and automation of laboratory experiments
  • Economisation trends in the sciences
  • Transformation of technical terms between disciplines

5 QUESTIONS

2.05.2017
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Deutschlandfunk

10.06.2016
In the programme “Forschung aktuell” on Deutschlandfunk, Gerd Folks talks about the reasons behind the marked increase in the number of scientific works that are being withdrawn after publication.
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Critical Thinking

The “Critical Thinking” Initiative was initiated by ETH Zurich in 2016. Its aim is to train students of ETH Zurich to become critical, independently thinking personalities and to expand their subject-specific competences by solving interdisciplinary and system-oriented problems.
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