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Dania Achermann

Dania Achermann

Dania Achermann

Prof. Dr.

Member

SHSS-HSG
Müller-Friedberg-Strasse 6/8

9000 St. Gallen
Main Focuses

History of Science and Technology (19th–20th c.)

History of Geosciences

History of Climate and Atmospheric Sciences

History of Glaciology, Snow and Avalanche Research

History of Polar Research

Research Technology

Science and Technology in the Cold War

Environmental Technology

Interdisciplinarity

Processes of Scientification and Institutionalisation

Professional Career
  • Seit 2024: Associate Professor of History of Science and Technology, University of St.Gallen (HSG)
  • 2018–2024: Assistant Professor of History of Science and Technology, University of Wuppertal
  • 2019–2023: Senior Researcher SNSF-Ambizione Project "Ice Cores, Small States and Global Climate Change: The rise of a new scientific discipline", University of Bern
  • 2017–2018: Guest Researcher, Centre of Excellence "Integrated Climate System Analysis and Prediction (CliSAP)", University of Hamburg
  • WS 2017/18: Interim Professorship History of Technology and Environmental History, University of Wuppertal
  • 2014–2017: Postdoc at the research project "Shaping Cultures of Prediction: Knowledge, Authority and the Construction of Climate Change", Aarhus University
  • 2014: PhD in History of Science and Technology/Science Studies (Co-tutelle) from Aarhus University and Ludwig Maximilians University Munich
  • 2010–2014: PhD student at PhD Program "Environment and Society", Rachel Carson Center, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, at the German Aerospace Center (DLR), and at the Graduate School for Science and Technology, Aarhus University
  • 2010: Lic.phil./M.A. General History and Geography, University of Zürich
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