Petra Gehring
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Petra Gehring
Petra Gehring was born in 1961 and is a professor of philosophy at the Technical University of Darmstadt. She works on a wide range of topics, from the history of metaphysics to research on technology and the methodologies of the digital humanities. She was a fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin and is currently Chairwoman of the German Council for Scientific Information Infrastructures and director of the Centre Responsible Digitality (ZEVEDI).
Petra Gehring was born in 1961 and is a professor of philosophy at the Technical University of Darmstadt. She works on a wide range of topics, from the history of metaphysics to research on technology and the methodologies of the digital humanities. She was a fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin and is currently Chairwoman of the German Council for Scientific Information Infrastructures and director of the Centre Responsible Digitality (ZEVEDI).
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Year of Publication: 2024
Petra GehringYear of Publication: 2024
Malleable Expertise
When, how, and why did bioethics appear in Germany? How was it able to establish itself so successfully in the turbulent field between science, politics, and the public sphere? In Malleable Expertise, Petra Gehring tells the compelling story of the rapid evolution of a discourse in a politically charged arena. A story that was shaped as much by parliaments, the media, and protest movements as it...