Science 2.0 Conference 2014: Talk Professor Thomas Köhler
Channel: ZBW - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft
Date: 16/04/2014

Science 2.0 Conference 2014, 26 to 27 March, Hamburg, Germany
http://www.science20-conference.de

Talk by Professor Thomas Köhler, Institute for Vocational Education & Media Center, Technical University Dresden, Germany
Title: Research methodology meets policy meets economic development. The case of the eScience Saxony Research Network.
Abstract: E-Science or Electronic Science describes different methodological fields of research and development in the context of the defining and using computer technologies in scientific research. While primarily in Germany and Great Britain, the term e-Science is used, in the U.S., the comparable concept of a "Cyber Infrastructure" or in Australia, the "e-Research" term can be found. Currently, the discussion expands under the slogan "Science 2.0″ and goes in particular to digital scientific cooperative work (Weichselgartner, 2010). Here, the thematic range starts with infrastructures on application architectures, grid and cloud technologies but also extends to educational technology, so-called e-learning. Also e-science systems support cooperative research between universities and in cooperation with industry (see Ziegler & Diehl, 2009).
Consequences for the (social) sciences are widespread while the life takes place in a digital lab! Even though digitalization of science and scientific work has happened already it is likely that scientists are not aware that change from a methodological point of view (Köhler 2011, Pscheida et al. 2012, Mohamed et al. 2013a / 2013b).
Under the concept of "Design-based research" the eScience-Research Network, which is a joint project of all Saxon state universities and colleges has its research focus on new methods, new processes, new technologies, new practices, new players and new skills in research behavior (www.escience-sachsen.de). The keynote describes how the Interdisciplinary group of researchers defines its challenging task and how the outcomes are implemented by local research policy in Saxony and beyond.