Dr. Katharina C. Cramer
Senior Fellow (Prof. Dr. Maximilian Mayer)
Contact
E-Mail: kcramer@uni-bonn.de
Address: Römerstraße 164, 53117 Bonn, Germany
Twitter: @kccramer_
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Katharina Cramer (née Below) studied political science in Bonn, Luxembourg, and Istanbul and completed her PhD in 2018 at Konstanz University with the thesis “A Political History of Big Science: The Other Europe”. Her research interests include the history and politics of Big Science and Research Infrastructures in the 20th and 21st centuries, the role of knowledge, innovation, and technology in global contexts, and the history of science. Katharina Cramer is co-editor of the edited volume “Big Science and Research Infrastructures in Europe (Edward Elgar)” and has published in international journals.
Research Interests
Big Science | Research Infrastructures | History of Science, 20th/ 21st Centuries | Politics of Technology | Knowledge and Innovation Policies
Research Projects
- Assessment of Evolving International Infrastructures and Pandemic Management
- DAAD PRIME Fellow at CASSIS and Lund University, Sweden (July 2022 – December 2023)
- ReMade@ARI – REcyclable MAterials DEvelopment at Analytical Research Infrastructures (HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions, September 2022-August 2026)
- International Research Infrastructures as Arenas for Collaboration - Research Users’ Perspectives (2023-2024)
Core Publications
- Cramer, Katharina (2022). War in Ukraine Means a New Era for Big Science. In: ResearchProfessional News, 24 March.
- Cramer, Katharina (2020). A Political History of Big Science: The Other Europe. Palgrave Macmillan.
- Cramer, Katharina und Olof Hallonsten (2020, eds.). Big Science and Research Infrastructures in Europe. Edward Elgar.
- Cramer, Katharina (2017). Lightening Europe: Establishing the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF). In: History and Technology, 33 (4): 396-427.
- Below, Katharina; Herweg, Sarah; Knoblich, Ruth & Krystin Unverzagt (2014). Hidden in Plain View: Exploring Knowledge Power among States. In: The Global Politics of Science and Technology: Concepts and Perspectives, Mayer, Maximilian; Carpes, Mariana und Ruth Knoblich (Hrsg.), 117-141. Springer Publisher.
Full list of publications (February 2022)
Last updated: 24 January, 2023