Dr. disc. pol. Imme Petersen
Dr. disc. pol. Imme Petersen
University of Hamburg
FSP BIOGUM / FG Medizin
Lottestr. 55
D - 22529 Hamburg, Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 40/ 74 10-5 63 13
Phone:+49 (0) 6032/ 78 490 31
Fax: 040/ 74 10-5 63 15
E-Mail: Imme.Petersen[at]uni-hamburg.de
Professional Experience
- Since August 2010 employed as Senior Research Fellow at the Research Centre for Biotechnology, Society and the Environment (BIOGUM), University of Hamburg in the research project “THCL – Towards a Holistic Conception of Life: Epistemic Presumptions and Socio-cultural Implications of Systems Biology” funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) – Funding initiative ELSA-Gen
- Since April 2010 employed as lecturer at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Goethe University of Frankfurt a.M.
- 2006 - 2010 employed as Senior Research Fellow at the Research Centre for Biotechnology, Society and the Environment (BIOGUM), University of Hamburg in the research project „Advancing Clinico-Genomic Trials on Cancer: Open Grid Services for Improving Medical Knowledge Discovery“ (www.eu-acgt.org) funded by the sixth European Research Framework Programme
- 2005 - 2006 employed as Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Environmental Communication (INFU), University of Lueneburg in the research project „the media, the scientific expertise, and the political decision” funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) – Funding initiative „knowledge for processes of decision-making“ (www.sciencepolicystudies.de) and managing editor of the E-Journal "Communication, Cooperation, Participation. Research and Practice for a Sustainable Future" (www.ccp-online.org)
- 2002 - 2005 employed as volunteer, later as responsible editor for science and medicine at Scholten Verlag GmbH, Stuttgart
- 1998 – 2001 employed as Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Cultural Anthropology, University of Goettingen in the research project „Relatives and Human Technology in Germany“ funded by the German Science Foundation (DFG)
- 2000 Scholarship Recipient of the International Women’s University, Hanover funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
- 1997-1998 Scholarship Recipient at the University of California, San Diego funded by Fulbright
- 1991-1998 M.A. in Cultural Anthropology, Law and Geography, studied at the University of Goettingen, Hamburg and Brussels
Research Fields
- Processes of Knowledge Production in Medical and Biotechnological Innovations
- Cultural and Ethical Evaluation of Biomedical and Genetic Research
- Socio-Cultural Concepts of Body, Self and Person
- Integration of Expertise in Political Context
- Processes of Building Political and Public Opinion
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