Govert Valkenburg
About
Please be informed that the most complete overview of my academic activities is available at www.govertvalkenburg.net, including all my publications 2003-present.
I am a researcher in Science and Technology Studies (STS). My research concerns the question how science and technology function in society, and how science and technology can be made to contribute better to society. One question I place central in this research is how different sorts of knowledge circulate in practices of science, technology, innovation, and governance. In such practices, inequality is often seen between expert knowledge, and other knowledges that may at closer look be just as valuable. This, I see as the issue of epistemic justice in innovation: how we can ensure that all relevant knowledges, also those knowledges that are not generally considered science or expertise, are given a fair opportunity to be made relevant to innovation processes. This question is central to my RCN-funded Researcher Project Risk in the information society: towards epistemic justice, that will be conducted until 2024.
In the past, I have applied a social-scientific lens to various fields of science, technology and innovation: sustainable energy and energy transitions, biomedical research, human genomics, and privacy and security technologies.
I hold a PhD in philosophy of technology from Twente University (the Netherlands), as well as an MA in the same field and an MSc in Electrical Engineering. I also hold a BMus in performing classical vocals.
Publications
2022
- Valkenburg, Govert. (2022) Temporality in epistemic justice. Time & Society. volum 31 (3).
2021
- Pandey, Poonam; Valkenburg, Govert; Mamidipudi, Annapurna; Bijker, Wiebe E.. (2021) “All We Want, Is to Get Rid of the Straw”: How Biofuel Policies Need to Be Multiple. East Asian Science, Technology and Society: an International Journal. volum 15 (1).
- Valkenburg, Govert. (2021) Engineering as a political practice. The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Engineering.
- Valkenburg, Govert; Dix, Guus; Tijdink, Joeri; de Rijcke, Sarah. (2021) Expanding Research Integrity: A Cultural-Practice Perspective. Science and Engineering Ethics. volum 27 (1).
2020
- Pandey, Poonam; Valkenburg, Govert; Mamidipudi, Annapurna; Bijker, Wiebe Eco. (2020) RRI in the Global South: Agriculture, Renewable Energy and the Pursuit of Symmetry. Science Technology & Society. volum 25 (2).
- Valkenburg, Govert. (2020) Consensus or contestation: reflections on governance of innovation in a context of heterogeneous knowledges. Science Technology & Society. volum 25 (2).
2019
- Valkenburg, Govert. (2019) Engineers and the multiplicity of knowledge. An Engineer With a humanist's soul - humanistic issues of technological world.
- Valkenburg, Govert; Mamidipudi, Annapurna; Pandey, Poonam; Bijker, Wiebe Eco. (2019) Responsible innovation as empowering ways of knowing. Journal of Responsible Innovation. volum 7 (1).
2018
- Valkenburg, Govert; van Lente, Harro. (2018) Technology and Social Problems. The Cambridge Handbook of Social Problems, vol. 2.
Journal publications
- Valkenburg, Govert. (2022) Temporality in epistemic justice. Time & Society. volum 31 (3).
- Pandey, Poonam; Valkenburg, Govert; Mamidipudi, Annapurna; Bijker, Wiebe E.. (2021) “All We Want, Is to Get Rid of the Straw”: How Biofuel Policies Need to Be Multiple. East Asian Science, Technology and Society: an International Journal. volum 15 (1).
- Valkenburg, Govert; Dix, Guus; Tijdink, Joeri; de Rijcke, Sarah. (2021) Expanding Research Integrity: A Cultural-Practice Perspective. Science and Engineering Ethics. volum 27 (1).
- Pandey, Poonam; Valkenburg, Govert; Mamidipudi, Annapurna; Bijker, Wiebe Eco. (2020) RRI in the Global South: Agriculture, Renewable Energy and the Pursuit of Symmetry. Science Technology & Society. volum 25 (2).
- Valkenburg, Govert. (2020) Consensus or contestation: reflections on governance of innovation in a context of heterogeneous knowledges. Science Technology & Society. volum 25 (2).
- Valkenburg, Govert; Mamidipudi, Annapurna; Pandey, Poonam; Bijker, Wiebe Eco. (2019) Responsible innovation as empowering ways of knowing. Journal of Responsible Innovation. volum 7 (1).
Part of book/report
- Valkenburg, Govert. (2021) Engineering as a political practice. The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Engineering.
- Valkenburg, Govert. (2019) Engineers and the multiplicity of knowledge. An Engineer With a humanist's soul - humanistic issues of technological world.
- Valkenburg, Govert; van Lente, Harro. (2018) Technology and Social Problems. The Cambridge Handbook of Social Problems, vol. 2.