Helga Nowotny
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Doctor Helga Nowotny |
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Nowotny at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in 2013
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| Born | 1937 (age 79–80) Vienna, Austria |
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Occupation | Professor at ETH Zurich |
| Title | Professor emeritus |
| Board member of |
European Research Advisory Board of the European Commission (Chair, 2001-2006) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Vienna |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
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| Discipline | Law, Sociology |
| Sub discipline | Social studies of science, science and society and social time |
| Institutions |
Vienna Science and Technology Fund King’s College University of Bielefeld Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences |
European Research Advisory Board of the European Commission (Chair, 2001-2006)
Governing Board of the University of Goettingen (Vice-Chair)
ERC Scientific Council (President, 2010-2013)
Scientific Advisory Board of the University of Vienna (Chair, current)
Helga Nowotny (born 1937) is Professor emeritus of Social Studies of Science, ETH Zurich. She has held numerous leadership roles on Academic boards and public policy councils, and she has authored many publications the social studies of science and technology.
Nowotny grew up in Vienna, Austria during World War II. In interviews, she has recalled first wanting to become a scientist at the age of 8, when she was sent to Vorarlberg, the westernmost province of Austria, and quickly learned the local dialect.
Nowotny received her doctorate of jurisprudence at the University of Vienna in 1959. After completing her degree, she faced opposition to her application for an assistant professorship in the Department of Criminology there on the basis of her being a woman. She agreed with the hiring professor that if a more capable man applied for the position, he could have the job. In the end, she was hired to the position. It was there that she became interested in the sociology of science. In 1965, she moved to New York City with her husband, where she enrolled in a sociology doctoral program. There, she met Paul Lazarsfeld and Robert K. Merton, who mentored her throughout her education.
In 1969, Nowotny earned her Ph. D. in sociology at Columbia University, New York, where she completed her thesis on macrosociology and its methodology. She returned to Vienna to work as an Associate Professor at the Institute for Advanced Studies.
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