IMRE HRONSZKY
CURRICULUM VITAE
Nationality: Hungarian
Born: 03. 04. 1942, Budapest
Position: Full Professor
Home Address: 1093 Budapest, 11, Mátyás u., Hungary
Phone at home: 361/3836518
Address at the workplace: 1111
Budapest, Stoczek u. 2, fdszt 6, BME
(BUTE)
Department
of Management and Corporate Economics
Phone: 361/4631074, mobile:
003670-6177882
Fax: 361/4631412
Email: hronszky@eik.bme.hu
or tempus@eik.bme.hu
Earlier Affiliation and Position:
BME
(Budapest University of Technology and Economics), Faculty of Economics and
Social Sciences), Department of Innovation Studies and History of
Technology, Full Professor, Head of Department, 2000- 2007,
Recent Affiliation and Position:
BME (Budapest University of Technology and
Economics), Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences), Departement of
Management and Corporate Economics
BUTE (Budapest University
of Technology and Economics), Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences,
Hungarian and Central-European Studies, an English speaking course for foreign
students, course director, 1994-
Earlier Affiliations:
Teachers Training School,
Pécs, Department of Philosophy, 1965-68
Bureau of Inventions, Budapest,
1968, 2 months
Eötvös Lorand University,
Department of Philosophy, 1968-1874
TU/Budapest, recently BUTE,
1974-
Department of Philosophy,
1974-88
Department of General
Chemistry, Univ. Eötvös, 1974-77, as scientific aspirant,
Division History and Philosophy
of Science and Technology, Institute of Economics and Social Sciences, Head,
1988-1997
Department of Philosophy
and History of Science, full professor, 1997-99
Faculty of Natural and
Social Sciences, Vice-Dean for Science, 1990-94
Education:
Loránd Eötvös University (Budapest), Graduated in Chemistry, 1965, in
philosophy, 1969, dr.rer. nat., 1973, PhD in philosophy (candidate of phil.
Science), 1983, BUTE, habilitation in engineering science, 1998
Command of languages:
English, German, French, basic Spanish, basic Russian
Teaching activities in Hungary:
Eötvös University until 1974, BUTE from 1974
Philosophy, metaphysics, history of philosophy (especially history of
British philosophy in the 17th century, French Enlightenment),
philosophy of science (especially the paradigm model and post/Kuhnian models of
scientific change, phil. of sci of applied sciences), history of chemistry in
the 16th, 18th and 19th century, philosophy of
technology (especially history of philosophy of technology, epistemological and
ethical problems in technological choice), various topics of technology
politics and policy, technology assessment, technological forecasting,
foresight and strategic roadmapping, uncertainty (risks) management, transition
management, innovation studies (esp. evolutionary economics, open innovation,
innovation policy), EU studies
Teaching at basic university level, at graduate and PhD courses
Teaching activity in English:
/In the last ten years:/Technological Development as a Social Problem, Introduction
to Philosophy of Science, History of Science and Technology, especially in
Central-Europe, courses for the foreign students at the BUTE, Hungarian and
Central-European Studies, Innovation Studies for foreign students at the BUTE,
from 2005-
Introduction into Innovation Studies, from 2007-
/Earlier:/ Beside the mentioned above: Special periods and topics in the
philosophy in the 18th and and 19th century, for students
of the St. John University, NY, at the TU/Budapest, 1985-87
Teaching activities abroad:
University of Karlsruhe(TH), philosophy of technology,
Wintersemester, 199O-91 (in German),
IUC (Inter-University
Centre of Post-Graduate Studies)/Dubrovnik,
Social Interpretation of
Technics course, 1982-91, co-director, yearly
(Topics: philosophies of
technology, epistemology of technological cognition, technology asssessment) (in English)
Social Conditions of
Technological Modernization course, 199O, co-director, technology policy
Knowledge Politics course
2006, co-director
University of Basque County/San Sebastian, Responsibility for Technology Development summersourses, 1993, 1994, ethics for TA,
philosophy of science analysis of expertise (in
English)
University of Oviedo,
1996, Summer semester
Historiography of science
(in English)
TU/Vienna
Introduction to technology
policy, 1996/97 Summer semester, 1997/98 both semesters (with Pal Tamas) (in English)
Lectures, Keynote lectures at the summercourses on Sustainable
Technologies, Deutschlandsberg/Austria, co-organized by IFT/Graz and
TU/Budapest, Dept. of Innovation Studies and Hisotry of Technology, 2000, 2001,
2002, 2003
Various occasional lectures on philosophy of science, philosophy of
technology, history of science at different PhD courses at the
University of Valencia, Penn. State Univ./University
Park, Trondheim University, University of Oviedo (1992, 1994, 1995), lectures at Hartford University, 1991,
University of Bilbao, 1994, 1999, TU/ Cottbus,
Univ./Potsdam,2001, 2002, 2003, FIT /Florida Institute of Technology/, 2002, 2003 among others, one lecture at different
universities as at Cornell Univ., Lehigh
Univ. 1991, among others
Organizing higher educational activities:
ELTE/Bp, Faculty of Humanities, post/graduate courses on philosophy of
science, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987,
director
TU/Budapest, founding director of a Department of History and Philosophy of
Science, 1988
IUC/Dubrovnik, Social Interpretation of Technics, coordinating director,
1982/91
IUC/Dubrovnik, East/Central Europe in Transition, a group of post/graduate
courses, secretary of the
advisory board, 1989/91
Graduate School of Social Studies (recently: CEU) in Prague, main
organizer, trusted by Mr. Soros,
Apr./July 199O
Societies at the Cross/Roads (High Tech. Policies – East European
Alternatives, Intellectuals and
Modernization: the Messianistic Intelligentia) post/graduate summercourses, sponsored by the Soros Foundation,
director, 199O
Eotvos Lorand Univ. History and Theory of Science and Technology, minor for
undergraduates, 1986/9O cofounder
and director
University of Basque Country/San Sebastian, summercourses, course director,
1993, 1994
TEMPUS cooperation entitled Teaching social assessment of science and
technology, for restructing social
science studies at the TU/Budapest and the Czech Technological University/Prague, 1991/94,
TEMPUS cooperation entitled Improving teaching social studies on Science
and Technology to introduce a history and
philosophy of science minor at the TU/Bp, recently BUTE, and a certificate course on science, technology
and environmental advisorship
TU/Budapest, Subproject Social and Cultural History of Science and
Technology of the PhD project History of
Technology, Engineering and Science, director, 1997-
TU/Budapest, Hungarian and Central European Studies, director, 1994-
Sustainable Technologies, a series of summercourses from 2000, organized by
IFZ/Graz, from 2001 in cooperation
with the BUTE Dept. of Innovation Studies and History of Technology, among other institutions
Establishing a department of Innovation Studies and History of Technology,
2000, Budapest University of Technology
and Economics (BUTE)
Summercourse at the Inter-University Centre for Post-Graduate Studies in
Dubrovnik, 2006, t ogether with
Nico Stehr,
Introduction to European Studies, a specialization
for engineering manager students at the BUTE,
2000-,
The course on The innovation policy of the EU is
J. Monnet grant holder (2001-2006),
Course on the development of the institutional
structure of the EU, J. Monnet Grant holder together
with Mária Palasik, Erika Varsányi and László Várkonyi, (2004-2009)
Membership and function in international
scientific organizations:
IUHPS (International
Union of History and Philosophy of Science),
Chairman
of the Joint Commission, 1983, 1984
IUHPS International Council for Science Policy
Studies, 1988-, member
SPT (Society for Philosophy of Technology), 1989-, member, 1995- member of
the board
NETT (Network of Environmental Technology Transfer), 1990, 1991, member
EASST (European Association for Studies on Science and Technology), 1992-,
member
ICOHTEC (International Committee for the History of Technology), 1995-
member
Internationale Akademie fuer Nachhaltige Entwicklung und Technologien,
Karlsruhe, Member of the curatorium,
1999, (President is M. Gorbatschev)
Inamori Foundation, Kyoto Price, 1988-, nominator
Anthropos Publisher, Barcelona, member of the editorial board, 1992-1994
Poesis und Praxis, Springer Verl. Member of the editorial board, 2000-
Serie Technikphilosophie, Lit Verl., Munster, member of the scientific
committee, 2002-
Membership in international research groups:
International Science and Technology Indicators
Panel, Atlanta, 1999, 2002, member
STRATA high level expert group on risk studies, 2001-2002, member
STRATA ETAN high level expert group on Developing
Foresight for Higher Education/ Research
Relations Development in the Perspective of the European Research Area, 2001-2003, member
Educating Sustainable Technological Development, FIT /Florida Institute of
Technology/ - TU/Budapest, US State Department Grant, 2001-2004, Co-Principal
Investigator
Urbaneye, a project to investigate into the social effects of using CCTV
for control of public spaces, 2001-2004,
supported by the 5th Framework Programme, member
Innov-Axis Project, supported by the 5th Framework Programme,
member of the streering committee,
2001-
Special mission by the UNIDO to KPI/Kiev on technology foresight, Spet 1-4,
2004, Lecture on Pospective
Technology Studies
CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies) Euro-Atlantic Action
Commission – NKTH (National Office of Technological Development), US-Hungary
Cooperation to Advance High
Technology, Team 1, 2005-
Occasional invitation to discuss preliminary
materials of the STRATA ETAN high level expert
group on The future of key research actors in the European Research Area, 2005
Member of the advisory board at a citizen
consultation project for the EC, organized by the King Baudouin Foundation,
2006,
Co-organizer
of a comparative citizen jury project in Berlin and Budapest, 2006
Advisory group member, Science in Society
programme, 7th Framework Programme of the EC
DG Research, 2006-2008
Membership and function in national scientific
organizations, projects:
Committee for Philosophy of the Hungarian Academy of Science, 1980-1993,
member
Complexcommittee for History of Science and Technology of the Hungarian Academy
of Science, member, 1980-1990,
secretary, 1990- member
History of theories and methodology subcommittee, chairman, 1985-
Scientific Qualification Committee, Committee for Philosophy, 1990/93,
member
National Fund for Support of Scientific Research (OTKA), Committee for
History of Science and
Technology, 1990-95, member
Hungarian Philosophical Association, Division Philosophy of Science,
1987-94, cochairman,
Hungarian Sociology Association, Sociology of Science and Technology
Section, 1985-, member
Bolyai Research Grant Committee, member of the first and the second
curatorium, 1998-2006
Hungarian UNESCO Commission, vice-president for social sciences, 2002-
Hungarian COMEST (Committee on Ethics of Science and Technology),
chairperson, 2003-
Member of the Hungarian Delegation, UNESCO World Summit, Paris, 2003, 2005,
2007, 2009 (to realise)
Evaluation Board for evaluation applications for estabishing technology platforms,
NKTH (National Office for Reseach
and Technology), Budapest, 2008, member,
XXIII Internat. Congress of Hist. of Sci. and Technology, Local Committee,
member, Budapest, (2009)
Scientific board member at different Hungarian periodicals
Participation in Hungarian Research
Groups
Open Innovation Network and Research on Open Innovation, granted by the NKTH
(National Office for Research and
Innovation), 2008-2010, head of the group
Individual Grants:
1987, two months research visit to Univ/Vienna and TU/Vienna, by the
Ministry of Cultural Affaires in
Hungary
199O, three months research grant to the Univ./Karlsruhe(TH), by DAAAD,
Germany
1993, three months research grant to the Univ./Valencia, by European
Community, Go West programme
1996 six months research grant to the Univ/Oviedo, by the Spanish Ministry
of Education and Science
1996/98 a three years research grant to work on conceptual problems of
sustainability, with a grant
to make trips to the USA and the UK
1998, 1999 short visits to the ITAS/Karlsruhe to prepare an international
conference on the epistemic and ethical
nature of expertize
2002, as Co-PI (Co-Principal Investigator) a one month visit to the FIT
/Florida Institute of Technology/, to
manage the BUTE – FIT research cooperation financed by the US State Department
2002, visiting research professor (3 months), ITAS/Forschungszentrum
Karlsruhe
2003, as Co-PI (Co-Principal
Investigator) a one month visit to the FIT, to manage the BUTE – FIT research cooperation financed by
the US State Department
2004, as Co-PI (Co-Principal Investigator) a one month visit to the FIT, to
manage the BUTE – FIT research
cooperation financed by the US State Department,
2008, visiting research professor (3 month), ITAS/Forschungszentrum
Karlsruhe
Several shorter and longer visits to Univ. L. Pasteur/Strassbourg, Univ. of
Valencia, UMIST,
TU/Vienna, TU/Prague,
ITAS/Karlsruhe, TU/Karlrsruhe, Univ. of Siena, among others between 1991-1999 mainly in the framework of two
TEMPUS projects
Main international scientific organizational
activities:
5th JICHPS (Joint International
Conference on History and Philosophy of Science), Veszprem, 1984 as chairman of the Joint
Commission of IUHPS
Dutch – Hungarian Workshop on Science and Technology Studies, Veszprem,
1986
International Workshop for Philosophy of Technology, Veszprem, 1986,
chairman
EASST biannual conference, Budapest, 1994, vice-chairman of the
international organizing committee
Section organizer, member of the board of section at different
international conferences:
The XV International Congress of the History of Science, Bucharest, 1981,
Section on Methodology of
Science, member of the board of the section
The XVII International Congress of LMPS, Moscow, 1988, Section on Methodology
of Science, member of the board of
the section
VII Biennial of Society for Philosophy of Technology (Technology and
Ecology), Castellon, 1993, chairman of
session
Perspectives on Sustainable Development Workshop at the TU/Vienna, Vienna
1993, main organizer
TEMPUS yearly workshops in Budapest Prague, 1991-94, in Budapest 1996-98
coordinator
ICOHTEC conference, Budapest, 1996, member of the international organizing
committee
International Conference on Discovery and Creativity, Ghent, 1998, member
of the Congress Committee,
The “Tripple Helix”, the changing relation of academia, government and
industry, workshop, BUTE/Bp., 2000,
Expertise and its Interfaces, international
workshop, organized by BUTE, Hungarian Academy
of Science, ITAS/Karlsruhe, BUTE/Bp., 2000, organizer with Gotthard Bechmann
Ecotourism workshop, a common undertaking by the BUTE and FIT, in the
framework of a three years co-operation
grant, granted by the State Dept. of USA, 2002, organizer,
Rationality in an Uncertain World (First workshop
of the Forum on Sustainable Technological
Development in a Globalizing World), co-supported by the UNESCO, BUTE, ITAS/Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, FIT,
Budapest, 4-6 December 2004, co- chairperson
International Sustainability Discussed (Second
workshop of the Forum on Sustainable Technological
Development in a Globalizing World), Melbourne/Florida, February 2005, co-chairperson
Social visions for ’Converging Technologies’ (Second
workshop of the Forum on Sustainable Technological
Development in a Globalizing World), co-supported by the UNESCO, BUTE, ITAS/Forschungszentrum
Karlsruhe, FIT, Budapest, December 2005, co- chairperson
Relations of
foresight, roadmapping, governance and ethics (Fourth workshop of the Forum on
Sustainable Technological Development in a Globalizing World), co-supported by the UNESCO, BUTE,
ITAS/Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, FIT, Budapest, December 2007, co-chairperson,
History of Prospective Technology Studies, a
Symposium in the framework of the XXIII Int. Congr.
of Hist. of Science and Technology, Budapest, 2009
Evaluation of Research:
Evaluation of individual applications at TEMPUS/ Budapest, 1992-95
OTKA (Hungarian Fund for Scientific Research), evaluator for Historyy of
science and technology, 1991- 95
RSS (Research Support Scheme)/Prague, 1994-2002
Inamori Foundation, Kyoto Price, nominator in philosophy, 1988-
Czech Research Support System, 1998-
Austrian National Bank 2005, occasional
Membership at international editorials:
Poesis and Praxis, (Springer Verl.)2000-
Nueva Sciencia, Anthropos, Barcelona, 1993-1994
Scientific editorial activity:
Books:
Hronszky Imre – Kovács Gizella /Szerk./: A tudományfejlődés emberi vonatkozásai /Human relations of scientific development/, in: A filozófia időszerű kérdései /Timely questions of philosophy/, Oktatási minisztérium, Budapest, 1979
I.H. – M. Feher – Dajka/Eds./: Scientific
Knowledge Socialized (Boston Studies in the Philosophy
of Science v.1O8.), Kluwer Publishers, Dordrecht – Boston, 1988 The same
book as independent publication by the Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 1988
Superanda Fronteras en Europa, (J. Sanmartin - I. H. /Eds./), Anthropos,
Barcelona, 1994
Introduction to Technology Assessment, (I. H. –
T. Laszlo /Eds./), OMFB, Budapest, 1994 (In Hungarian)
H. – T. Laszlo: Introduction to Technology Assessment (A Summary), OMFB,
Budapest, 1995
Martin Stierle – I. H. (Eds.): Perspectives of Sustainable Development,
TU/Wien, Wien, 1994
I. H. at al. (Eds.): Philosophical and Policy Studies on Science and
Technology, Uranusz, Budapest, 1997
H. I at al. (Eds.): Philosophical and Policy Studies on Science and
Technology, Uranusz, Budapest,
1997 (In Hungarian, a different book)
Bruno Woeran – H. I. – Toth Attilane (Eds.): Philosophical and Historical
Studies on Science and
Technology, Arisztotelesz Bt, Budapest, 1998 (In Hungarian)
I.H. – at al. (Eds.): Philosophical Studies on Science and Technology,
Arisztotelesz Bt, Budapest, 1998
I.H. – Pal Tamas – A. Toth (Eds.): Studies on Science and Technology
Policy, Arisztotelesz Bt., Budapest,
2OOO (1998)
H. I. – Tamas Pal – Toth A. (Eds.): Studies on Science and Technology
Policy
Arisztotelesz Bt,
Budapest, 2000 (1998) (In Hungarian, a different book)
H.I. – Szegő Szilvia – Tóth Attiláné (Szerk.):
Innovative Societal Economy and Future Consciousness,
Strategic Research Inst. of the Office of the Minister President, Strategic Volumes,8, Budapest, 2001, (In Hungarian)
Hronszky Imre: Risk and Innovation, development
of technology in social context, Arisztotelesz,
Budapest, 2002, (In Hungarian)
Gotthard Bechmann – Imre Hronszky (Eds.):
Expertise and its Interfaces, Sigma, Berlin, 2003
Gordon Nelson – I.H. (Eds.): How Science can
Support Environmental Protection?, Florida Tech – BME Partnership Programme
Yearbook, Arisztotelesz, Budapest, 2003
I.H. – Gordon Nelson (Eds.): How Science can Support Environmental
Protection?, Florida Tech – BME Partnership Programme Yearbook 2, Arisztotelesz,
Budapest, 2004
Gordon Nelson – I. H. (eds.): Environmental Studies, Implications for Sustainability,
Florida Tech – BME Partnership
Programme Yearbook, Arisztotelesz, Budapest, 2005
Klaus Kornwachs – I. H. (Eds.): Shaping better technologies, Lit Verl.,
Munster, 2006
Gerhard Banse – Armin Grunwald - I.H. – Gordon Nelson (Eds.): Assessing Societal
Implications of Converging Technological Development, Sigma, Berlin, 2007
Gordon Nelson – I. H. (Eds.): An International Forum on Sustainability,
Arisztotelesz Publ. Comp. Budapest, 2008
Gordon Nelson – Imre Hronszky (Eds.): An International Forum on
Sustainability, Budapest, Arisztotelész Comp, 2008
Gordon L. Nelson – Imre Hronszky (Eds.): Sustainability 2009: The next
horizon, AIP Conference Proceedings 1157
Gerhard Banse – Armin Grunwald – Imre Hronszky (Eds): Relations of foresight, roadmapping, governance and ethics, Berlin,
Sigma, 2009, (to be realised)
Issues of Periodica edited by I. H. as guest
editor
A filozófia időszerű kérdései (Timely questions in philosophy), 1978/37.
(Problems of the Advancement of
Science)
Filozófiai Figyelő (Monitor on Philosophy), 1981/4, 1985/3, 1988/1, special
issues on philosophy of science
Doxa – Philosophical studies v., Bp., 1985, v. 15., 1989 (with B. Dajka)
Scientia Yugoslavica, v. 1 – 2, 1989 (Ed. with Sr. Lelas), (Computers and
Society)
Main Publications
Scientific Book, separately published
material
Tudományelméleti reflexiók a kémia történetéről, (Refections of the History
of Chemistry from the view point of philosophy) Budapest, Akadémiai Kiadó, 1978
(Newer achievements in Chemistry series)
A technologiai hatáselemzes (TA) hazai bevezetésének szükségessége és
lehetőségei (Necessity and Possibilities of Introducing TA in Hungary),
preparatory material for the OMFB (National Committee for Technology
Development) for governmental decision, OMFB, Budapest, 1994
Imre Hronszky – László Vajda: Guidebook to STS Teaching, TEMPUS TSAST JEP, Civil Társadalom Alapítvány, Budapest, 1995, as manuscript
Kockázat és innováció, a technika fejlődése társadalmi kontextusban (Risk and Innovation, Development of Technology in Social Context), Arisztotelész Kiadó, Budapest, 2002, second edition 2005
Main Scientific Articles (Altogether 63 articles by I. H.)
1/ Atome und Affinitaeten,
Sitzungsberichte der ADW der DDR, 24N/8O, 198O, Berlin/DDR
2/ Die Wirkung der
Newtonschen Ideen auf die Entwicklung der Chemischen Dynamik, Per. Pol. Chem.
Eng. V. 25./ 3., Budapest, 1981
3/ Die Ersten Periodica der
Chemie, Per.|Pol. Chem. Eng. V. 26./2., Budapest, 1982
4/ Ueber die Rolle der
Dampfdichtemessungen in der Entwicklung der Atomtheorie im 19. Jahrhundert,
Per. Pol. Chem. Eng. V.27./1,, Budapest, 1983
5/ Wissenschaft, Technik
und Gesellschaft im England des 17-ten Jahrhunderts (Die Mertonsche
Summirerung), Per.Pol. Chem. Eng. V. 28./2, Budapest, 1984
6/ Measurement Data which
Played a Trick on Theory, Doxa – Philosophical Studies, V.3., 1984
7/ Disparities between the
Goals of Development and the Means employed in their Realization in Industry
and Technology: a socialist experience, Pracze Naukoznawcze i Prognosticzne 3-
4 (49 – 5o), 1985 (1987), (with E. Gidai)
8/ Veblen, Scheler,
Borkenau on the Social History of Scientific Cognition, Doxa – Philosophical
Studies, V. 6., 1985
9/ Changing
Epistemological Perspectives on Scientific Cognition – Whither Now?, Doxa –
Philosophical Studies, V. 9., 1988
1O/ Fortschritt der
Wissenschaft? Nur im Zeichen der Humanitaet, Zeitschrift fuer
Wissenschaftsforschung, B4, H2, 1988
11/ The Phoenix, in:
Scientific Knowledge Socialized, (I. H. – M. – Feher – B. Dajka /Eds./), Kluwer
Publishers, 1988, and Akademiai Kiado, 1988
12/ Soziale Grenzen der
Technikentwicklung? In: J. Hochgerner /Hrsg./: Soziale Grenzen der
Technikentwicklung, Falter Verl., Wien, 199O, Neue Soziologie 1.
13/ The State and the
Artifact, Per. Pol. Social Sciences and Humanities, V.1., 1993
14/ Toward a Disclosure?,
Per. Pol. Social Sciences and Humanities,V.2., 1993
15/ Hacia una reparatura?
La maldita presa del Danubio desde la perspectiva CTS, in: Superanda Fronteras
en Europa ? (Eds.: J. Sanmartin and I. H.), Anthropos, Barcelona, 1994
16/ Toward a Conceptual Analysis of Sustainability, In: Martin Stierle – I.
H. (Eds.): Perspectives of Sustainable Development, TU/Wien, Wien, 1994
17/ Epistemological Difficulties, in: Introduction to Technology
Assessment, (I. H. – T. Laszlo /Eds./), OMFB, Budapest, 1994 (In Hungarian)
18/ New Technologies as
Social Problem, in: Cuadernos de Seccion Sociedad, Sciencia y Technologia 2,
Riesgos e Beneficios Sociales del Desarollo Technologico, (N. Ursua at
al/Eds./), Sociedad de Estudios Vascos, San Sebastian, 1995
19/ On Ethics and
Changing Expertise in Technology Assessment, in: J.v Bentham at al. /Eds./:
Structures and Norms in Science, Kluwer, Dordrecht, 1996
2O/ On Epistemological
Problems of “Inexact Sciences”, in: Gabor Forray (Ed.): Images and Realities,
Miskolc, 1997
21/ Vannak-e technológiai
paradigmák? (Are there Technological Paradigms?) In: Replika, Budapest, 1997
22/ Technikbeurteilung in
Ungarn: Geschichte und jetzige Situation, in: Gerhard Banse (Hrsg.):
Technikfolgenbeurteilung und Wissenschaftsethik…, Europaeische Akademie, Bad
Neuenahr, 1998
23/ Algunas observaciones
sobre la reciente filosofia de la tecnologia en Europa: el caso de Alemania,
Theorema, V.XVII/III, 1998
24/ “Intrinszik
komplexitas növekedes és “glokalizació”, két megjegyzés a globalizációról,
(“Intrinsic Growth of Complexity” and “Glocalisation”, two remarks on
globalisation), in: Toth A. (Szerk.): Jövőképek Európáról, (Future Scenarios
for Europe) Arisztotelesz, Budapest, 1998
25/ Sustainable
Technologies – Remarks on the “Ratchet Effect”, in: Harald Rohracher, Thomas
Bogner (Eds.): International Summer Academy on Technology Studies, Technology
Studies and Sustainability, Deutschlandberg, Austria, Conference Proceedings,
1999
26/ Gyakorlatban
alkalmazható humán és társadalomtudományok a mernökképzésben (Practically
applicable human and social sciences in engineering education), in: Műegyetem
2000 (BUTE 2000), BUTE, 1999
27/ The Ratchet Effect,
in: Sustainable Technologies, a series of summercourses from 1999, organized by
IFZ/Graz, manuscript
28/ Traditionen und
Gemeinschaften im Technologischem Wandel. Zur Erklaerung der Entwicklung von
Technologie durch Kuhn’s “Struktur”, in: Gerhard Banse – Kaethe Friedrich
(Hrsg.): Konstruieren zwischen Wissenschaft und Kunst, Edition Sigma, Berlin,
2000,
29/ Searching for the
Role, Forms and Integration of Ethics into the Research and Development
Processes, in: Eija Ahola, Isidoros Karatsas (Eds.): Socioeconomic Impact
Evaluation, Proceedings of the EU-Tekes evaluation workshop, Tekes reports on
RandD impacts, 6/2000, pps 68-81, Published by the EC, Research Directorate
General, Directorate AP – RTD Actions: Policy Coordination and Strategy,
Programme Evaluation and Tekes, Helsinki, 2000
30/ Women in history of
science and technology, Reflections on the develepment of historiography of
science and technology, in: Balogh Margit, S. Nagy Katalin /Szerk./:
Asszonysorsok a 20. Században, BME Szociológia és Kommunikáció Tanszék, / Women
fates in the 20th Century/, Bp, 2000 /in Hungarian/, Keynote
presentation to the section on women in science at the conference
31/ On the Development of
German Philosophy of Technology /A német technikafilozófia fejlődéséről/,
Publicationes Universitatis Miskolciensis, Sectio Philosophica, TV1: Fasciculus
2, Miskolc, 2000, 159-183, /In Hungarian/
32/ Kuhn a tudományos
újdonságról és tudományos kreativitásról, /Kuhn on Scientific Novelty and Scientific
Creativity/, in: Magyar Filozófiai Szemle, 2000, 4-6, 235-251
33/ A műszaki szakértés
változásáról (On change of technological expertise), in: Magyarország az
ezredforduló után…, MTA Jövőkutatási Bizottság, Budapest, 1999
34/ Toward “lay” participation
and co-operative learning in TA, technology policy and construction of
technologies, in: Michael Decker (Ed.): Interdisciplinarity in Technology
Assessment. Series Wissenschaftsethik und Technikbeurteilung, V. 11., Springer
Verl., Berlin-Heidelberg-NY, 2001, pp 95-122
35/ “Kuhn értelmezések”
/”Kuhn interpretations”/, in: Forray Gábor, Margitay Tihamér (Szerk.): Tudomány
és történet, Typotex, Budapest, 2002, pp. 157 – 201
36/ Scientific Expertise
Encounters the Public to Develop a Cooperative Cognition Mode, in: Gerhard
Bechmann- I. Hronszky (Eds.): Expertise and Its Interfaces, in the Series of
ITAS/Karlsruhe, 2003,
37/ Overcoming the „Ratchet Effect” or how to make technologies
sustainable, in: Gordon Nelson – I.H. (Eds.): How Science can Support
Environmental Protection?, Florida Tech – BME Partnership Programme Yearbook,
Arisztotelesz, Budapest, 2003
38/ Challenges and
Possibilities of Basic Engineering Education, in: Dr. Molnár Károly:
Introducing two level engineering education, BME, Budapest, 2003, (In
Hungarian)
39/ Parallelities in
Participatory Approaches in Production and Public Administration, to publish
in: Harald Rohracher: User Involvement in Innovation Processes, Profil, Munich,
2005, pp. 371-404
40/ On Cultural Framing
of Environmental Issues and the Precautionary Principle: Introductory Remarks,
in: Gordon Nelson – I. H. (Eds.): Science Supporting Environmental Protection,
Arisztotelész, Budapest, 2005
41/
Remarks on Prospective Technology Analysis, in: Gerhard Banse – Imre Hronszky – Gordon Nelson (Eds.): Rationality in
an Uncertain World, Sigma, Berlin, 2005
42/ Az innovációpolitika
megalapozása evolucionista megközelítéssel (Arguing for an innovation policy
from an evolutionary point of view), in: Buzás Norbert (Szerk.): Tudásmenedzsment
és tudásalapú gazdaságfejlesztés, SZTE Gazdaságtudományi Kar Közleményei, 2005,
JATE Press, Szeged, (In Hungarian)
43/ Hans-Liudger Dienel,
I. H., Pál Tamás: Das Ungarnbild in der deutschen Industrie und das
Deutschlandsbild in der ungarischen Industrie im 20. Jahrhundert, in: Holger
Fischer (Hrsg.): Wissenschaftsbeziehungen und ihr Beitrag zur Modernisierung,
Das deutsch-ungarische Beispiel, Oldenbourg Verlag, München, 2005
44/ I. H., - Ágnes Fésüs:
Von der Vorsicht zur Vorsorge –
Abschied von der Moderne im Unsicherheitsmanagement, in: Hans-Joachim Petsche, Monika Bartikova,
Andrzej Kiepas (Hg): Erdacht, gemacht und in die Welt gestellt: Technikkonzepte
zwischen Risiko und Utopie, Trafo, Berlin, 2006
45/ Integrating innovation management and entrepreneurial knowledge with
engineering studies in a practical way, In: Klaus Kornwachs – I. H. (Eds.):
Shaping better technologies, Lit Verl., Munster, 2006
46/ How to educate engineering students to become „reflective
practitioners”?, In : 7th WFEO World Congress on Engineering Education
„Mobility of Engineers”, Proceedings, Budapest, 2006
47/ Hronszky Imre – Várkonyi László: Változó közelítések a jövőkutatásban
és a stratégiai menedzselésben (Changing approaches in future research and
strategic management), in: Globális és hazai problémák tegnaptól holnapig, VI
Magyar (Jubileumi) Jövőkutatási Konferencia, Arisztotelesz Bt, Budapest, 2006
(In Hungarian)
48/ Két megjegyzés az innovációról (Two remarks on innovation), in:
Információs társadalom, 2006. VI. évf., 3. szám (In Hungarian)
49/ Hronszky Imre – Várkonyi László: Radikális innováció (Radical
Innovation), Harward Business Manager, 2006, 11. (In Hungarian)
50/ Fésüs Ágnes – Hronszky Imre: Masterman
paradigmája, in: Binzberger Viktor, Fehér Márta, Zemplén Gábor (Szerk.): Kuhn
és a relativizmus, L’Harmattan, Budapest, 2007 (In Hungarian)
51/ Imre Hronszky – László Várkonyi – Ágnes Fésüs:
Renewing and New Types of Innovations, Miskolci Egyetem, Miskolc, 2007
52/ Zu einigen philosophischen Aspekten
über den Gebrauch des Potenzials konvergierenden Technologien in einer
globalisierten Welt in: Klaus Kornwachs: Bedingungen und Triebkraefte
Technologischer Innovation, acatech, Berlin, 2007
53/ Imre Hronszky – Ágnes Fésüs – Hyundo Choi: Toward Comparative
Investigation of an Emerging Industry, Hydrogen in Korea and Hungary,
Sustainable Pathways, in: Imre Hronszky – Gordon Nelson (Eds.): An
International Forum on Sustainability, Arisztotelesz, Budapest, 2008,
54/ Ágnes Fésüs – Imre Hronszky: Farewell to Modernity in Technological
Risk Research, in: Jiri Loudin – Klaus Schuch (Eds.): Innovation Cultures:
Challnege and Learning Strategy, Filofia, Prague, 2009-09-03
55/ Tóthné Szita Klára – Gubik Andrea (Szerk): Keletkező Technológiák
Felbecslése és Menenedzselése, in: VII. Magyar (Jubileumi) Jövőkutatási
konferencia, Palatia Kiadó, Győr 2009
56/ On Sustainability Assessment of Emerging Radical innovation, in: Gordon
L. Nelson – Imre Hronszky (Eds.): Sustainability 2009: The next horizon, AIP
Conference Proceedings 1157
Some important
invitations, presentations on invitation, unpublished:
1/ Wissenskonstruktion
ueber die Energiezukunft, einst und jetzt, Workshop organized by the Bavarian
Academy of Science, TU/Munich, TU/Budapest, Balatonfured, 1997
2/ The Surprising Message
of Th. Kuhn on Discovery and Creativity, International Conference on Discovery
and Creativity, Ghent, 1998
3/ Changing Role of
Experts in “Knowledge Societies”, workshop organized by the Europaeische
Akademie…/Bad Neuenahr and the Czech Academy of Science, Prague/, 1999
4/ Changing relations in
labour in network society, Workshop organized by the Bavarian Academy of
Science, TU/Munich, TU/Budapest, Balatonfured, 2000
5/ East-European
Approaches to Risk, roundtable presentation, opening workshop of the
STRATA/Risk Research working group, Stuttgart, 2001
6/ The Tripple Helix, New
Forms in the Interaction of University, Industry and Government
Forum on Relations of
innovation supporting organisations and institutions of higher education,
Magyar Innovációs Szövetség, 2001, Budapest /in Hungarian/
7/ Evolution of Risk
Assessment, Some Comments, public lecture at the F.I.T. /Florida Institute of
Technology/, Melbourne/Florida, 2002-03-06
8/ Tendencies in
technology assessment in Hungary, Stuttgart, Akademie der Technikfolgen
Abschaetzung, Baden-Wuerttemberg, 2002,
9/ Technology and its
public, an overview of the development of the topic, in: Sustainable Technologies,
a series of summercourses from 1999, organized by IFZ/Graz, in the year 2002 in
cooperation with the BUTE Dept. of Innovation Studies and History of
Technology,
10/ Technological
development at responsible firms, Summercourse in Deutschlandsberg/Austria
within a series of summercourses from 1999, organized by IFZ/Graz, in the year
2003 in cooperation with the BUTE Dept. of Innovation Studies and History of
Technolog, 2003,
11/ Comments on the
alleged Mode2 Production of Knowledge in an alleged Mode2 society,
Knowledge Based Society:
A Challenge for new EU and accession countries, 2003, Zagreb,
12/ Investigations into
the the processses of technology transfer bw the universities and industry,
Internationational Conference of Innostart, Budapest, 2003
13/ Changing Requirements
in Higher Education, 4th IVF (International Visegrad Fund) workshop on Eastern
Policy of Innovation and Technology Transfer Capability in Visegrad Countries,
Budapest, BME, 2003
14/ „Discursive
variables” in calculations, workshop on Rationality ina n Uncertain World,
December 2003, Budapest
15/
How to educate „reflective practitioners?”, Conference on The Europe of
Knowledge 2020, Section: New ways of knowledge production and certification,
organised by the EC DG Research,
Liege, April 2004, invited speaker
16/ A KKV-k és a
tudásintenzív szolgáltató rendszerek fejlődése (SME-s and the development of
knowledge-intensive business services), BME Ipari Napok (Industrial Days at the
BUTE), 2005
17/ On path dependence
and creativity (Assessing the recent literature), International workshop of the
Czech Academy of Science, June 2005
18/ Development of Entrepreneurial
Mindset by New Training Approaches, US-Hungary Innovation Project,
Budapest Workshop, 15-17 June, 2005
19/ Research topics of
the Department of Innovation Management at BME, EC DG JRC and NKTH roundtable,
Budapest, 2006
20/ Participation in
roundtable, European Forum for Nanosciences, COST, Brussels, November 2006
21/ Cognitive Reasons for Public Participation in
Innovation,
Innovation: Economy,
Ecology, Society – The Responsibility of Regions and Metropolitan Areas, City
of Paris, ICCR Foundation, CIR, Paris, December 2006
22/ Foresight,
expectation, prognostic or normative understanding of roadmapping?, Sustainable
Technological Development international workshop, Budapest, 2007, together with
Ágnes Fésüs and László Várkonyi,
23/ Raising the reflexivity of long-range roadmaps for facilitating the
transition to hydrogen economy, A jövő energiaforrásai francia-magyar
tudományos konferencia (Energy resources in the future, French-Hungarian
Scientific Conference), Budapest, Magyarországi Francia Intézet, 2008, outline
of the presentation on the WEB page of the French Embassy, together with Ágnes
Fésüs
24/ Long-term strategic roadmaps
(The case for ‘hydrogen economy’), ITAS/Forschungszentrum Kalrsruhe, Karlsruhe,
2008
25/ On Rationality of Precaution, Topoi der Rationalitaet international
workshop, Univ. Potsdam, Potsdam, 2008, together with Ágnes Fésüs to be
published in the Conference Proceedings in 2010
Participation at
international conferences, workshops without presentation
Proton Workshop, Leuven,
2003,
WIR (Women in Research)
conference, organized by the EC DG Research and the German Federal Ministry of
Research, as expert delegated by the Helsinki Group, 2003,
World Science Forum,
Budapest, 2003 Co-organized by the UNESCO
UNESCO General Assembly,
Hungarian delegate for social sciences and humanities, Paris, 2003
World Science Forum,
Budapest, 2005 Co-organized by the UNESCO
Proton Workshop,
Budapest, 2005
UNESCO General Assembly,
Hungarian delegate for social sciences and humanities, Paris, 2005
The Future of Key
Research Actors in the European Research Area, EC DG Research, Unit K2,
Brussels, September 2005
UNESCO General Assembly,
Hungarian delegate for social sciences and humanities, Paris, 2007
Second China – EU Forum,
Leopold Meyer Foundation, Paris – Brussels, 2007
World Science Forum,
Budapest, 2007 Co-organized by the UNESCO
Preparatory meeting to
the third China-EU Forum, Saarbrücken, December 2008, to realise