Maximilian Rossmann (M.M.)
I am a post-doc (philosophy & digital methods) in the ERC project “NanoBubbles” and study how hypes and narratives influence technology development and hinder error-correction in science. I examine linguistic and technical factors that make stories disseminate and how people use these stories to foreground and make sense of facts and data in their debates, agendas, life-courses, and actions – even when considering them mere speculation. My aim is to foster a more literate and responsible way of dealing with facts, promises, and imaginative resources to strenghten democracy and sustainability.
Before I joined the ERC NanoBubbles project at FASoS, I worked on the Vision Assessment of 3D printing, microalgae nutrition, and nuclear waste management at the Institute for Technology Assessment (ITAS) in Karlsruhe.
Technology Assessment (TA), Vision Assessment
Imagination, Narratives & Framing
Empirical methods in social sciences (Quantitative, Qualitative, Digital methods)
Sociological theories
Science and Technology Studies (STS)
Maximilian Roßmann studied Chemical Engineering (B.Sc.) at Hochschule Mannheim and Philosophy of Science and Technology (M.A.) at the Technical University in Munich and obtained his doctorate in Philosophy from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany. At the Institute of Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS), he researched methods to critically analyze the diffusion & influence of imagined futures on technology development; He worked in highly inter- transdisciplinary projects in the fields of bioeconomy, 3d printing, and nuclear waste management.
