To introduce participants to, or further develop their competences in, sociotechnical theory and analytical methods from the interdisciplinary field of Science and Technology Studies (STS). The course is, thus, intended for beginners as well as participants already familiar with STS.

Course supervision will emphasize the individual participants’ Ph.D. projects, in relation to the course’s subject matter.

• Engage research methods to identify relevant actors and issues in product and service innovation.
• Utilize a broad concept of design and innovation in the analytical treatment of design and use issues relating to artefacts and services.
• Address processes of enrolling disparate, heterogeneous sources of knowledge in design and innovation.
• Consider the student's present framing of research questions, and possibilities for their further qualification and development through reframing.
• Actively engage the course contents to ongoing dissertation work.

The course addresses analytical challenges and methodological issues, focusing on Actor-Network Theory (ANT) and Social Construction of Technology (SCOT), while engaging also Domestication of Technology, ‘Post-ANT’ and the notion of Boundary Objects, in a more delimited capacity. Central to the course will be 1) working reflexively with how the empirical material plays a role in one’s scoping and building of theory; and 2) conversely, how theoretical insights help in guiding analytical work based on one’s empirical material.

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The course is open to both participants within, as well as outside of, the Doctoral Program in Design & Innovation.