The Science Studies Group

The Centre for Science Studies (CSS) was founded 1965 by professor of physics Olaf Pedersen as the Department for the History of the Exact Sciences. Since 2014, it forms part of the Department of Mathematics.

CSS offers a Master's degree in Science Studies and teaches mandatory philosophy of science courses to undergraduate students at the Science and Technology Faculty.

CSS is one of the leading research groups in Europe in the fields of philosophy of science, science communication, and the history of science and technology. Research topics covered by CSS faculty members include:

Philosophy of science

Social epistemology, esp. scientific authorship, collaboration, and publication
The philosophy of Thomas S. Kuhn
History and Philosophy of Science, especially theoretical virtues and novelty in theory choice, theory-ladenness and rationality
Scientific explanation
Metaphilosophy: intuitions as evidence, the historical case study approach

Science communication

Public understanding of science and public engagement in science
Media representations of science
Citizen science
Historical studies of popular science

History of science and technology

Science and technology in the 19th and 20th centuries with a focus on the physical sciences, especially, physics, chemistry, astronomy and atmospheric, climate and environmental sciences
History of renewable energy technology
History of scientific expeditions
Science and technology (and science education) in Cold War settings
Environmental history

Homepage

Centre for Science Studies has their own separate homepage, available at

https://css.au.dk/en/

Group contact

Kristian Hvidtfelt Nielsen

Lektor

M khn@css.au.dk
H 1530, 231
P +4587155591
P +4524458812

Revideret 08.03.2023

Lars Madsen