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.

Research

My research in Science and Technology Studies concentrates on the use of knowledge in processes of innovation and decision making. Much of my work follows conceptual explorations, supported by empirical evidence. I study the circulation of knowledge in the context of various technological fields of application, including energy transitions, infrastructures, biotechnological industrial applications, biomedical research, and research and innovation in the context of Global North/South relations.

Research groups

EpiJustInf: Risk in the information society - Towards epistemic justice

The project studies governance and management of risk in information societies from the perspective of the idea that not all sorts of knowledge are given the same possibilities to speak, and effort is needed to distribute this speaking power more fairly.

Publications

2023

Foulds, Chris; Valkenburg, Govert; Ryghaug, Marianne; Suboticki, Ivana; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe; Korsnes, Marius. (2023) Implementing Mission-oriented Experiments: Recommendations on Epistemic Inclusion for City Stakeholders Working in Climate Change Initiatives. Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy (JCCPE)
Academic article
Silvast, Antti Edward; Valkenburg, Govert. (2023) Energy citizenship: A critical perspective. Energy Research & Social Science
Academic article

2022

Valkenburg, Govert. (2022) Temporality in epistemic justice. Time & Society
Academic article

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
Academic article
Valkenburg, Govert; Dix, Guus; Tijdink, Joeri; de Rijcke, Sarah. (2021) Expanding Research Integrity: A Cultural-Practice Perspective. Science and Engineering Ethics
Academic article
Valkenburg, Govert. (2021) Engineering as a political practice. Routledge
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2020

Valkenburg, Govert. (2020) Consensus or contestation: reflections on governance of innovation in a context of heterogeneous knowledges. Science Technology & Society
Academic article
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
Academic article

2019

Valkenburg, Govert; Mamidipudi, Annapurna; Pandey, Poonam; Bijker, Wiebe Eco. (2019) Responsible innovation as empowering ways of knowing. Journal of Responsible Innovation
Academic article
Valkenburg, Govert. (2019) Engineers and the multiplicity of knowledge.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2018

Valkenburg, Govert; van Lente, Harro. (2018) Technology and Social Problems. Cambridge University Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Journal publications

Foulds, Chris; Valkenburg, Govert; Ryghaug, Marianne; Suboticki, Ivana; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe; Korsnes, Marius. (2023) Implementing Mission-oriented Experiments: Recommendations on Epistemic Inclusion for City Stakeholders Working in Climate Change Initiatives. Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy (JCCPE)
Academic article
Silvast, Antti Edward; Valkenburg, Govert. (2023) Energy citizenship: A critical perspective. Energy Research & Social Science
Academic article
Valkenburg, Govert. (2022) Temporality in epistemic justice. Time & Society
Academic article
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
Academic article
Valkenburg, Govert; Dix, Guus; Tijdink, Joeri; de Rijcke, Sarah. (2021) Expanding Research Integrity: A Cultural-Practice Perspective. Science and Engineering Ethics
Academic article
Valkenburg, Govert. (2020) Consensus or contestation: reflections on governance of innovation in a context of heterogeneous knowledges. Science Technology & Society
Academic article
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
Academic article
Valkenburg, Govert; Mamidipudi, Annapurna; Pandey, Poonam; Bijker, Wiebe Eco. (2019) Responsible innovation as empowering ways of knowing. Journal of Responsible Innovation
Academic article

Part of book/report

Valkenburg, Govert. (2021) Engineering as a political practice. Routledge
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Valkenburg, Govert. (2019) Engineers and the multiplicity of knowledge.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Valkenburg, Govert; van Lente, Harro. (2018) Technology and Social Problems. Cambridge University Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Media

2023

Academic lecture

SantAna, Daniela; Valkenburg, Govert. (2023) Reindeer, Geologies and infrastructures: comparing ecological data and knowledge production for infrastructure development between Norway and Sweden. Pragmatics of Uncertainty team Tampere University Workshop Remoteness and Proximity: climate change in the city , University of Helsinki, main building lecture hall U4062, 2023-06-19 - 2023-06-21

2021

Interview

Søraa, Roger Andre; Valkenburg, Govert; Moratti, Sofia. (2021) Position structure in the fog home. https://khrono.no/stillingsstruktur-i-takeheimen/576004 https://khrono.no/stillingsstruktur-i-takeheimen/576004 [Newspaper] 2021-05-09

2018

Lecture

Valkenburg, Govert. (2018) Innovation as a site for epistemic justice. Anchoring innovation in handloom weaving in India: Conference on rethinking Indian industrialization of crafts , Chirala 2018-11-11 - 2018-11-18
Academic lecture

de Rijcke, Sarah; Holtrop, Tjitske; Kaltenbrunner, Wolfgang; Zuijderwijk, Jochem; Beaulieu, Anne; Franssen, Thomas. (2018) Evaluative Inquiry: Engaging research evaluation analytically and strategically. Austrian Presidency of the EU Council Impact of Social Sciences and Humanities for a European Research Agenda – Valuation of SSH in mission-oriented research , Vienna 2018-11-28 - 2018-11-29

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