Maximilian Roßmann- Doctor of Philosophy
- Post-Doc at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Maximilian Roßmann
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Post-Doc at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Post-Doc at IVM / VU: Narratives of the European Energy Crisis; Hype & Error Correction in Science; Digital Methods
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Introduction
I am a philosopher and chemical engineer interested in the interplay between narratives, scientific models, and agency;
I research methods to critically analyze diffusion & influence of imagined futures on technology development and work in the areas of 3d printing, microalgae nutrition, nanotechnology, and nuclear waste management
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December 2016 - January 2022
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Publications (28)
This paper analyses public visions of microalgae as a food source to explain present innovation paths of a yet unproven scientific technology. The paper highlights the multi-perspectivity of contested futures, focusing on the role of generalized narratives as boundary objects. Using disaggregative policy Delphi, we reveal the key-narratives of micr...
When prominent experiments, simulations, and prototypes fail, sociotechnical futures become contested. This paper discusses the negotiation of visions as make-believe to give the considered feasibility of future narratives a more significant account in explaining innovation dynamics. Following Kendall Walton's theory of representational arts, I pro...
Grand societal challenges (GSCs) are complex phenomena. With technological innovation being often seen as a solution to them, technology assessment (TA) as problem-oriented research practice is challenged to reflexively address the relationship between GSC and technologies. The complexity involved requires that research and innovation are reflexive...
To date, the study of hype has become a productive but also eclectic field of research. This introduction provides an overview of the core characteristics of technology hype and distinguishes it from other future-oriented concepts. Further, the authors present promising approaches from various disciplines for studying, critiquing, and dealing with...
We propose a new methodology to systematically transform pre-surveyed argument preferences into fictional narratives, that can help people to imagine the consequences of future events, and measure how they impact willingness to pay for a public policy. We apply narrative theory to construct two short narratives that depict an imaginary future, blea...
This multimodal metaphor analysis of the ‘Sustainable AI’ discourse on Twitter uncovers the absence of a unified vision. Instead, the term functions as an umbrella term, attracting diverse actors and shedding light on various aspects of sustainability and AI. Our overview and discussion of the different metaphorical interpretations of both, AI and...
This TATuP interview with DanielleShanley, conducted by Maximilian Roßmann, explores the origins of Responsible Innovation (RI) and Technology As sessment (TA) in the 1960s, revealing earlyvisions of collaboration and interdisciplinarity a decade before the Office of TechnologyAssessment (OTA) was founded in the United States. Shanley highlights...
To date, the study of hype has become a productive but also eclectic field of research. This introduction provides an overview of the core characteristics of technology hype and distinguishes it from other future-oriented concepts. Further, the authors present promising approaches from various disciplines for studying, critiquing, and dealing with...
The arguments in recent debates about AI in education were not entirely new. But, by November 2022, OpenAI, ChatGPT3, and Midjourney provided thrilling playgrounds to simulate a first-hand experience about AI technology and attainable or threatened values. As only the most thrilling and garnished but also most efficient stories stand out, buzzwords...
Zukunftsvisionen sind in allen Bereichen der Gesellschaft wirkmächtig, in Wissenschaft und Politik wie in Zivilgesellschaft und Massenmedien. Seit 2012 entwickeln Wissenschaftler:innen am Institut für Technikfolgenabschätzung und Systemanalyse das „Vision Assessment“ als einen für die empirische Erforschung von Visionen als sozio-epistemische Prakt...
In der Unterscheidung von Story und Diskurs werden in diesem Aufsatz zwei Wirkmechanismen von Visionen unterschieden. Einerseits das Erlernen neuer Wünsche und Überzeugungen in sogenannten „games of make-believe“ und andererseits die Veränderung von Normalitätsvorstellungen durch Wiederholung, Medialisierung und Autorität. Lernen findet durch Einta...
This post aims to bridge the gap between analytic philosophy and empirical Science Technology Studies (STS) for TechnologyAssessment (TA) and explains why one should care about imagination and science-fiction visions for policy advice. At a case study on visions of microalgae nutrition, I show how Vision Assessment shed light on differnt roles of i...
3D printing is a visionary technology – with an uncertain future. Applications of 3D printing are established in industry, teaching, architecture, medicine, fashion, and community-driven work-shops. However, given recent efforts in research and the great promises about revolutionizing entire societal fields circulating in mass media, one might find...
Narrative prägen die Kommunikation in der Gesellschaft. Das Bewusstsein für die Bedeutung von Narrativen und Framing ist allseits gewachsen. Ihr Einsatz und die Diskussion darüber ist verknüpft mit dem insbesondere digital getriebenen Strukturwandel der Öffentlichkeit. Damit werden auch für Recht und Rechtswissenschaft neue Fragen aufgeworfen, z.B....
Die Art und Weise, wie über einen Sachverhalt gesprochen wird, beeinflusst sehr stark unsere Wahrnehmung dieses Sachverhalts. Zwei Begriffe spielen eine wichtige Rolle bei der Untersuchung der Rede über die Entsorgung hochradioaktiver Abfälle: Framing und Narrativ. Framing bezeichnet die Auswahl und den Zusammenhang von Aspekten in Darstellungen un...
In diesem Fazit und Ausblick sollen verschiedene Stationen abgeschritten werden, um die Entwicklung nachzuvollziehen: Schlüsselbegriffe (I.), Wissensbegriffe (II.) und die gemeinsame Arbeit an Objekten (III.). Das Kapitel setzt dazu erste Erfahrungen in der gemeinsamen inter- und transdisziplinären Zusammenarbeit im TAP DIPRO in Beziehung. Zugleich...
The complexity of socio-technological challenges and the uncertainty of decisions are both increasing. Therefore, there is a need for knowledge-based and option-oriented assessment and advice. Technology assessment (TA) can offer alternative approaches to and perspectives on current decision-making processes. This handbook provides guidance in deve...
This article discusses the comparability of Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) and the central role of the application purpose in a study review. According to ISO 14040, an LCA study design emerges in continuous reference to the “intended application”. Goal and scope, case-specific assumptions, as well as methodological freedoms, should be justified by...
Der Beitrag analysiert die Ernährung mit Mikroalgen anhand technischer, ökonomischer und ökologischer Aspekte der Algenkultivierung und -verarbeitung. Ergänzend wurden Bürgerinnen und Bürger zu ihren Zukunftsvorstellungen befragt und Schlüsselnarrative einer zukünftigen Ernährung mit Mikroalgen entwickelt. Die Gegenüberstellung dieser narrativen Ra...
Vision Assessment is about fostering present capacities to deal with and shape open and uncertain futures. This report gives a brief overview of aims and means of Vision Assessment in Technology Assessment and exemplifies the approach as accompanying research in the Cluster of Excellence 3D Matter Made To Order (3DMM2O). Although the future is unce...
The concept of narrative self-reference incorporates selected aspects of literary theory into the theory of self-referential systems. Since cybernetics and systems theory focus mainly on computer-aided metaphors and information, the narrative approach provides a better insight into meaning. Narrative self-reference is the simplified narrative self-...
Microalgae have a great potential for the sustainable production of food and fuel for a growing world population with increasing demands and changing habits. Since they are cultivated in technical systems, they do not contribute to land use competition, loss of biodiversity, and environmental pollution like other food and energy crops. Despite thes...
Microalgae are considered as a promising technology of future nutrition besides, e.g. artificial meat and insects. Technology, however, is still in its infancy, and future projections are varying. Although public perception is mandatory for a successful and responsible implementation of novel technology, this topic has not been investigated. Our re...
It seems obvious that this complex of emerging technologies has an impact on all aspects of human life, society and sustainability. With means of cartoons and practical examples, this short introduction aims to give an impression to central aspects as for example perspectives and limits of forecasting, the role of narratives, participatory risk ass...
Bei der Aufbereitung von kommunalem Abwasser fallen jährlich in Deutschland ca.
zwei Millionen Tonnen Klärschlamm an. Diese Klärschlammtrockensubstanz (TS) enthält neben organischen Substanzen und Mineralien, welche den größten Anteil darstellen, auch Stickstoff, Phosphor aber auch Schwermetalle und pathogene Organismen. Daher kann Klärschlamm ohne...
