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Thomas Völker is a  in Science and Technology Studies (STS). His research focuses on environmental governance and on attempts of transitioning towards more sustainable aquacultures. More specifically, Völker is interested in the development of novel feeds as a case of implementing circular economy policies and introducing principles of responsible research and innovation (RRI) in Norway.

From 2020-2022, Völker was one of University of Bergen's representatives in the secretariat for the

Initially trained as a sociologist, in his PhD thesis Völker studied “futuring” practices in transdisciplinary sustainability research from a Science and Technology Studies (STS) perspective. After finishing his PhD at the University of Vienna, he joined the European Commission’s , where he further developed his research interests towards questions about participatory decision-making at the multiple interfaces between science, policy and society. Völker has been working both in academia and policy with his research focusing on practices of knowledge production and circulation in environmental governance as well as on collective experiments with participatory democracy in policy making.

Talk: STS Talk, Universität Wien, 17 January 2024

Talk: "Towards sustainable and recuperative aquaculture: How are ocean health, politics and society connected?" at the event , Centre for Digital Life Norway and University of Bergen, 6 September 2023

Presentation of the UNESCO report Knowledge-driven actions: transforming higher education for global sustainability: 13.12.2022

-> This presentation was also made into a podcast that can be accessed here: (language: English)

Teaching during postdoctoral fellowship

Talk on RRI in environmental governance at the in September 2023, Jondal.

Previously, Thomas Völker has been teaching at university level and for European Commission institutions.

At the University of Vienna he developed and held the following courses:

• Kulturen der Wissenserzeugung: Von der Wertegemeinschaft zum Marktplatz der Ideen?
• Tempor(e)alitäten: Zur Rolle von Zukunft und Zeitlichkeiten in kontemporären Wissensgesellschaften
• Dangerous Liaisons? Tracing Society in Contemporary Knowledge Production
• 'Who cares what the future brings?' Understanding technoscientific futures

At the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) he developed and held a course on citizen engagement together with Ângela Guimarães Pereira:

• DG JRC Training on Citizen Engagement in Policyrelevant Science, Technology and Innovation

 

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2023-2027 Transitioning towards responsible and circular aquacultures: understanding the entanglements between marine sustainability, policy and society, EU MSCA COFUND

2020-2022 Territories as Responsive and Accountable Networks of S3 through new Forms of Open and Responsible decision-Making (), Horizon 2020 - SwafS-2019

2020-21

2016-20 Moving Towards Adaptive Governance in Complexity: Informing Nexus Security () , H2020-WATER