Publications - Publikationer

Fem på tolv. En global historie om atomvåpen

Andersen, C., Nielsen, H., Sjøberg, S. — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 22:08:49 +0100

En opdateret og oversat udgave af den danske bog Minutter i Midnat. Med indledning af Svein Sjøberg

What I did on my summer vacation

Wray, K. B. — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 22:08:49 +0100

Co-authorship in Chemistry at the Turn of the 20th Century

Wray, K. B. — Sun, 01 Jan 2023 22:08:49 +0100

It is widely recognized that conceptual and theoretical innovations and the employment of new instruments and experimental techniques are important factors in explaining the growth of scientific knowledge in chemistry. This study examines another dimension of research in chemistry, collaboration and co-authorship. I focus specifically on Theodore Richards’ career and publications. During the period in which Richards worked, co-authorship was beginning to become more common than it had been previously. Richards was the first American chemist to be awarded a Nobel Prize and he was at the forefront in this new trend in chemistry. He collaborated more than was typical for his time, with many scientists, in different sized groups, and he often had persistent collaborative relationships, extending over a number of years. Further, it appears that these collaborations benefited Richards, his collaborators, and the field of chemistry as a whole.

Folkedrabet i Namibia

Nielsen, K. H. — Fri, 20 Oct 2023 22:08:49 +0200

246 biologer

Nielsen, K. H. — Fri, 27 Oct 2023 22:08:49 +0200

Mordmysteriet på Stanford

Nielsen, K. H. — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 22:08:49 +0200

Handbook of the History and Philosophy of Mathematical Practice

Sun, 01 Jan 2023 22:08:49 +0100

Experimental Mathematics in Mathematical Practice

Carter, J. — Sun, 01 Jan 2023 22:08:49 +0100

Opening the black box

Nyrup, R. — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 22:08:49 +0200

Kunstig intelligens bliver stadigt dyberere sammenvævet med vores daglige oplevelser, og påvirker både personlige og samfundsmæssige beslutninger. Gennemsigtighed i sig selv ikke er den ultimative løsning på dens iboende værdi-ladethed.

Principles for Just Prioritization of Expensive Biological Therapies in the Danish Healthcare System

Bladt, T., Vorup-Jensen, T., Ebbesen, M. — Sun, 01 Jan 2023 22:08:49 +0100

The Danish healthcare system must meet the need for easy and equal access to healthcare for every citizen. However, investigations have shown unfair prioritization of cancer patients and unfair prioritization of resources for expensive medicines over care. What is needed are principles for proper prioritization. This article investigates whether American ethicists Tom Beauchamp and James Childress’s principle of justice may be helpful as a conceptual framework for reflections on prioritization of expensive biological therapies in the Danish healthcare system. We present an empirical study exploring the principles for prioritizing new expensive biological therapies. This study includes qualitative interviews with key Danish stakeholders experienced in antibody therapy and prioritizing resources for expensive medicines. Beauchamp and Childress’s model only covers government-funded primary and acute healthcare. Based on the interviews, this study indicates that to be helpful in a Danish context this model should include equal access for citizens to government-funded primary and acute healthcare, costly medicine, and other scarce treatments. We conclude that slightly modified, Beauchamp and Childress’s principle of justice might be useful as a conceptual framework for reflections on the prioritization of expensive biological therapies in the Danish healthcare system.

Rømers tøven

Nielsen, K. H. — Fri, 22 Sep 2023 22:08:49 +0200

Inficeret med misinformation

Nielsen, K. H. — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 22:08:49 +0200

Den muslimske Kopernikus

Nielsen, K. H. — Fri, 08 Sep 2023 22:08:49 +0200

USAs skæbneår

Nielsen, K. H. — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 22:08:49 +0200

Der var så dejligt ude på landet - Da markerne blev miljøkemi

Leunbach, R. N., Naldal, M. L., Nielsen, K. H. — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 22:08:49 +0200

Bekæmpelsen af skadedyr, insekter og andre gener for afgrøders vækst er lige så gammel som landbruget selv, men med effektiviseringen af landbruget tog den kemiske kamp mod naturens organismer til. Denne udvikling har mødt kritik fra flere fronter gennem landbrugets historie, men tydeligst står biologen Rachel Carson, der gjorde opmærksom på naturens tavshed efter pesticidernes indtog på markerne. Rosa Nan Leunbach, Marcus Lee Naldal og Kristian Hvidtfelt Nielsen beskriver den kemiske flodbølge og dens modstandere.

Hitler-billen

Nielsen, K. H. — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 22:08:49 +0200

Theoretical Virtues in Science

Schindler, S. — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 22:08:49 +0100

Neuheiten in der Wissenschaft: Entdeckungen und Erfindungen

Schindler, S. — Mon, 01 Jan 2024 22:08:49 +0100

Kampen om nerverne

Nielsen, K. H. — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 22:08:49 +0200

Prometheus rejser sig

Nielsen, K. H. — Fri, 21 Jul 2023 22:08:49 +0200

Fladjordsteori for sociologer

Nielsen, K. H. — Fri, 14 Jul 2023 22:08:49 +0200

D4.4 Report on all Workshops

Kragh, G., Nielsen, K. H. — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 22:08:49 +0200

Reviving natural history, building ecological civilisation

Fu, S., Nielsen, K. H. — Sat, 01 Jul 2023 22:08:49 +0200

The concept of ecological civilisation has become enshrined in the Chinese constitution as a blueprint for sustainable development based on a changed relationship with nature. Achieving the ecological civilisation, however, is no easy task. True to its socialist one-party system and scientific outlook on development, the Chinese government continues to place emphasis on authoritarian governance and science-based innovation. Alternative approaches to ecological civilisation have received less attention. In this paper, we seek to understand the philosophical and social perspectives offered by the Natural History Revival Movement (NHRM) regarding China’s path to an ecological civilisation. Based on sources collected by means of snowball sampling, we perform a hermeneutic analysis of the NHRM and its meanings. As a philosophy, the NHRM draws on inspiration from a variety of sources, most of which are European. The NHRM, functioning as a social movement, encompasses the growing enthusiasm within Chinese society for naturalist studies and environmental monitoring, rooted in distinct Chinese origins. Examining the NHRM provides a glimpse into different sociotechnical imaginaries in China, aligning with the government’s ecological-civilisation vision yet questioning the methods employed to attain the objective.

Pludselig opstået konflikt

Nielsen, K. H. — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 22:08:49 +0200

Myten om modertræet

Nielsen, K. H. — Fri, 16 Jun 2023 22:08:49 +0200

Dronte 2.0

Nielsen, K. H. — Fri, 09 Jun 2023 22:08:49 +0200

En pandemi af tilbagetrækninger

Nielsen, K. H. — Fri, 09 Jun 2023 22:08:49 +0200

Spekulativ undergang

Nielsen, K. H. — Fri, 26 May 2023 22:08:49 +0200

Briter under præstationspres

Nielsen, K. H. — Thu, 04 May 2023 22:08:49 +0200

Dilemma i dybhavet

Nielsen, K. H. — Wed, 17 May 2023 22:08:49 +0200

The Orwellian Dimension of Scientific Progress

Wray, K. B. — Sun, 01 Jan 2023 22:08:49 +0100

Kuhn claims after a revolutionary change of theory, scientists need to write new textbooks to incorporate the new theoretical perspective. The revisions do not merely involve the addition of the new discoveries. The task involves some rewriting of the history of the discipline. Kuhn suggests there are parallels to Orwell’s 1984. The “new” history of a scientific field is written to emphasize the continuity through the change. I examine the role Kuhn’s comparison to 1984 plays in his argument, and the significance of the rewriting of a discipline’s history after a change of theory. The process tells us something about both how scientists are trained to work effectively, and the nature of the changes that occur during a scientific revolution.

Introductory Essay: The Impact of Structure

Wray, K. B. — Sun, 01 Jan 2023 22:08:49 +0100

The influence of Kuhn’s Structure has been remarkably wide-ranging. The author was honored by the History of Science Society, the Philosophy of Science Association, and the Society for the Social Studies of Science three very different academic Societies. I review the impact of Structure, and the changing perceptions of its significance, one discipline at a time. I focus on book reviews of Structure, some written soon after the book was first published, and others written as much as 50 years after its publication, in response to the publication of the 4th edition. I also discuss articles that reflect on the impact of the book and eulogies or appreciations of Kuhn marking his death in 1996.

Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions at 60

Wray, K. B. — Sun, 01 Jan 2023 22:08:49 +0100

The book contains 14 new essays on Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.

The humanist challenge to China’s dominant policies for popularizing science and technology (PST)

Fu, S., Nielsen, K. H. — Sun, 01 Jan 2023 22:08:49 +0100

In the early 2000s, a group of Chinese scholars who often refer to themselves as scientific humanists (科学文化人, or 科学人文主义者) launched a critique of dominant approaches to science popularization known as ‘kepu’ or science popularization (科普). Their scientific humanism connects traditional Chinese ideas about scientism and humanism to Western philosophy and STS, in particular the sociology of scientific knowledge. Challenging science popularization policies, the scientific humanists in 2001 launched the so-called Critical School of Science Communication (CSSC), which combines scientific humanism with STS approaches to science communication, namely critical public understanding of science and public engagement with science. The CSSC criticized the Popularization of Science and Technology (PST) policy adopted by China’s government and main scientific institutions to promote her technoscientific and technocratic visions. The CSSC is in favor of science communication, rather than science popularization, aimed at reconciling science with the humanities, stimulating genuine dialogue between science and the public, and ultimately increasing civic empowerment. CSSC proponents have engaged in a series of public interventions where they challenged dominant views on the social role of technoscience and PST. China’s explicit emphasis on, even legislative commitment to PST provided a unique context to which the CSSC responded by appropriating scientific humanism, itself an assemblage of Chinese ideas and STS theory, and STS-related concepts about science communication.

Conceptualisations of public trust in climate science: A systematic meta-narrative literature review

Ledderer, L. K., Fage-Butler, A., Nielsen, K. H. — Tue, 02 May 2023 22:08:49 +0200

Natures opgør med racisme

Nielsen, K. H. — Fri, 28 Apr 2023 22:08:49 +0200

Folkedrab eller hungersnød

Nielsen, K. H. — Fri, 14 Apr 2023 22:08:49 +0200

How European Research Libraries Can Support Citizen-Enhanced Open Science

Kaarsted, T., Blake, O., Nielsen, K. H., et al. — Sun, 01 Jan 2023 22:08:49 +0100

Citizen science is spreading and numerous centres, services, or "hubs"within the field are manifesting themselves at European universities. Research libraries can potentially play a central role in advancing citizen science and open science. Building on a scoping literature review, a survey with 125 respondents, and an in-depth follow-up survey of 29 research libraries as part of the Citizen-enhanced Open Science in Southeastern Europe Higher Education Knowledge Hubs (CeOS_SE) project, this article outlines the current state and potential of citizen-enhanced open science (CE-OS) among European research libraries and presents a series of strategic and operational reflections for the future. Overall, research libraries report a high degree of understanding of both open science and citizen science and their applicability for society and research, but only few report the presence of services or infrastructure. Also, approximately half of the libraries engage in, or experiment with, citizen science. Common barriers exist such as resources, funding, strategy, and lack of policy. From these data, we present a typology to better understand how research libraries currently engage with citizen science and the steps that have been taken in this field. However, the overarching conclusion is that CE-OS with regards to European research libraries is contextual. There is no one size fits all.

The role of the media in vaccination controversies

Nielsen, K. H. — Sun, 01 Jan 2023 22:08:49 +0100

Science communication and scientism

Gouyon, J., Turbil, C., Kohlt, F., Nielsen, K. H., Sleigh, C. — Sun, 01 Jan 2023 22:08:49 +0100

Virologer på vildspor

Nielsen, K. H. — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 22:08:49 +0200

Psykedelisk genfødsel

Nielsen, K. H. — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 22:08:49 +0100

Misinformation om løgne

Nielsen, K. H. — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 22:08:49 +0100

Principles for Just Prioritization of Expensive Biological Therapies in the Danish Health Care System

Bladt, T. M., Vorup-Jensen, T., Ebbesen, M. — Sat, 18 Feb 2023 22:08:49 +0100

Metascience builds connections

Wray, K. B., Nash, L. — Wed, 01 Mar 2023 22:08:49 +0100

This is an editorial for the March issue of Metascience.

Computational thinking i matematik, naturfag og samfundsfag

Musaeus, L. H., Hansen, J. Ø., Nielsen, K. — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 22:08:49 +0100

Abstract: I et projekt der strakte sig over fire år, udviklede og afprøvede vi sammen med lærere fra
gymnasiet undervisningsforløb der integrerer modelbaserede computationelle metoder i undervisningen i STEM-fagene. Der er publiceret og udviklet en didaktik for den integrerede undervisning, skrevet
forskningsartikler herom samt udviklet ca. 100 nye undervisningsforløb der udnytter didaktikken.
Samtidig er der udviklet et efteruddannelseskoncept som sætter lærerne i stand til selv at fortsætte
arbejdet på egen skole. Projektet har vist at det er muligt at forny fagenes metoder og samtidig udvikle
elevernes computationelle modelleringskompetencer ved at inddrage computationel tænkning og
kodning i den faglige undervisning.

AI: Ven eller fjende?

Nielsen, K. H. — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 22:08:49 +0100

Magisk tænkning

Nielsen, K. H. — Fri, 10 Feb 2023 22:08:49 +0100

Complexity and controversy in media coverage of Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination

Agergaard, T. E., Smith, M., Gammelby, A. K. L., Tørring, M. L., Nielsen, K. H. — Wed, 01 Mar 2023 22:08:49 +0100

Introduction: Traditional news media play an important, yet notoriously complex role in vaccination communication. News media remain a common source of information about vaccines and potentially influence individual decisions to choose vaccination or not. In Denmark, Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination rates remained relatively high until suspected adverse reactions began to receive extensive coverage in the news. Existing research studies associate the decline in HPV vaccination rates with misleading or negative news stories. Methods: We probed Danish media coverage beyond dichotomies such as misleading vs. informative, or negative vs. positive. We combined quantitative and qualitative approaches to media coverage of the Danish HPV vaccination crisis and recovery. Our research design focused on six national newspapers and allowed us to identify 865 articles published in periods of peak media coverage from 2008 to 2018 (extracted from a total sample of 1,437 articles published between 1991 and 2019). We used qualitative content analysis to discern the main topics covered, and we analyzed contextual factors that affected the meanings of our main topics. Results: Our results confirm the rise of suspected adverse reactions as the dominant main topic in 2015. However, we find that news stories about adverse reactions were diverse and closely related to other main topics such as conflicts of interests and debate among experts and other stakeholders. In 2017, the media began downplaying suspected adverse reactions when concerns about declining vaccination rates and misinformation by the media were voiced. Discussion: Our findings suggest that controversial media messages about vaccination are hard to classify as either negative or positive but must be interpreted carefully in context of what is known about the controversy. Learning from past media controversies remains important to understanding the media's role in the social construction of risks and benefits associated with vaccination.

A foundational text in scientometrics

Wray, K. B. — Sat, 01 Jul 2023 22:08:49 +0200

This is a reflection on Price's Litte science, Big Science, in celebration of the 60th anniversary of its publication.