Fields of work

Philosophy and history of science and of technology
(Historical) epistemology, technoscience and papertools
Narratives and storytelling in science, science in practice
Scientific integrity between autonomy and application (peer-exchange, interdisciplinarity, knowledge and responsibility)

Current projects

Member of scientific staff in the project “New ENergy grid StructURes for the German Energiewende (ENSURE) – Phase III”
Member of scientific staff in the project “Socio-technical futures as socio-epistemic practices. An analytical matrix for technology assessment”
Member of scientific staff in the project “ESD for 2030: Teaching tools and key competencies for sustainable product development for engineers (NaProIng)”
Member of scientific staff in the project “Scientific policy advice as a socio-epistemic practice: Textual procedures ascribing significance, executive authority and responsibility” (funded by DFG) in cooperation with Technische Universität Darmstadt
Dissertation: “Processes and Procedures in Science – “Procedure” as syntactic term and as transformative practice”

Professional background

since 2021	KIT, member of scientific staff at ITAS
2018 - 2021	Technische Universität Darmstadt, Department of Philosophie, member of scientific staff and team member of ERA CoBioTech Projekt “SUSPHIRE” (RRI, values and responsibility in ‘early R&D‘)
2015 - 2018	Technische Universität Darmstadt, Master Technology and Philosophy (Master of Arts), Thesis: “Techniques and Procedures in Goethe’s Theory of Colours – a techno-philosophical investigation into the Goethean relation to other pursuits (‚nachbarschaftlicher Verhältnisse‘)”
2012 - 2014	Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, studies in philosophy, in physics and cultural studies
2010 - 2011	Merck KgaA Darmstadt, group member of operation engineering handling laboratories and pilot plants in pharma R&D as student trainee (GMP Compliance, scale-up processes)
2008 - 2009	ALSTOM Power Systems (formerly EVT) in Stuttgart, project engineer for mechanical engineering in comminution processes (plant and process safety, ATEX, process optimization)
2005 - 2008	DHBW Mannheim, Dipl.-Ing. Process Engineering (specializing in energy systems and mechanical engineering) in cooperation with ALSTOM Power Generation (Mannheim, Beijing and Stuttgart), Thesis: “Investigating into the Relation of Key Figures for Grindability in Different Comminution Processes”

Selected publications

Gondolf; Nordmann (2021)
Biotheorie und Bioparodie - Zur Transformation literarischer und biologischer Gattungen. In: Marzi; Ingensiep; Baranzke (Hrsg.): Biologische Transformation -Interdisziplinäre Grundlagen für die angewandte Forschung, Verlag Karl Maria Laufen, Seiten 63-76

Publications

2023

Book Chapters

Gondolf, J.
Instagram, Reddit & YouTube als „Neuartige Kulturelle Erscheinungen“ Ein Blick auf Soziale Medien als sozio-epistemische Praktik
2023. Homo technologicus – Menschenbilder in den Technikwissenschaften des 21. Jahrhunderts. Hrsg.: K. Liggieri, 93–110, Springer Verlag. doi:10.1007/978-3-662-68272-2_7

Journal Articles

Gondolf, J.; Grunwald, A.; Jahaj, D.; Janich, N.
‚Nützliches‘ Wissen in der wissenschaftlichen Politikberatung? : Ein linguistisch-erkenntnistheoretisches Projekt
2023. Zeitschrift für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Theorie und Praxis, 32, 63–68. doi:10.14512/tatup.32.1.63

Reports/Preprints

Lösch, A.; Schneider, C.; Dobroć, P.; Frey, P.; Gondolf, J.; Hausstein, A.; Heil, R.
Vision assessment: An orientation framework for the practice of technology assessment
2023. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000158791

Lösch, A.; Schneider, C.; Dobroć, P.; Frey, P.; Gondolf, J.; Hausstein, A.; Heil, R.
Vision Assessment: Ein Orientierungsrahmen für die Praxis der Technikfolgenabschätzung
2023. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000158790

Presentations

Dobroc, P.; Gondolf, J.
Achtung: Zukunftswissenschaft im Umbau! Wie sich die Rolle der TA durch ihre transformative Tätigkeit verändert
2023. Jahrestagung Gesellschaft für Wissenschafts- und Technikforschung (2023), Dortmund, Germany, November 16–17, 2023

Dobroć, P.; Gondolf, J.
On (not) missing the target – Technology Assessment and its Future Methods. Tracing scenarios, narratives and their designated recipients
2023. 6th Nordic STS Conference (2023), Oslo, Norway, June 7–9, 2023

Gondolf, J.
Scientific Responsibility and Legitimacy in Knowledge Translation Practices? Tracing Paradigms & Expectations Regarding Scientific Policy Advice in Germany (in &) after the Cov19-Pandemic
2023. STS-CH 2023 Conference “Science, Expertise and other Modes of Knowledge: Trends, Patterns, and Prospects” (2023), Basel, Switzerland, August 31–September 1, 2023

Gondolf, J.
Wissenschaftlichkeit in marginalen Verfahren? Kartierungsversuch der Bedingungen wissenschaftlicher Arbeit
2023. Wissenschaftsphilosophisches Kolloquium, Institut für Philosophie, Universität Darmstadt (2023), Darmstadt, Germany, April 5, 2023

Gondolf, J.
Tracing Scientific Responsibility, Integrity, and Legitimacy: The Case of Scientific Policy Advice
2023. STS-Hub.de (2023), Aachen, Germany, March 15–17, 2023

Gondolf, J.; Scheer, D.; Gaiser, J.; Jendritzk, I.
Municipalities as change agents? Reconsidering roles and policies in local energy sector-coupling
2023. 6th Nordic STS Conference (2023), Oslo, Norway, June 7–9, 2023

Jahaj, D.; Janich, N.; Grunwald, A.; Gondolf, J.
Nach bestem Wissen? Veränderte Anforderungen und Erwartungen an Wissenschaft und Expertise – wissenschaftliche Politikberatung in Deutschland vor, in und nach der Corona-Krise
2023, November 16. Jahrestagung Gesellschaft für Wissenschafts- und Technikforschung (2023), Dortmund, Germany, November 16–17, 2023

2022

Presentations

Gondolf, J.
Is there philosophy in, of, or around RRI? And if any, how many ...
2022. Philosophy of Responsible Innovation / Dutch Research School of Philosophy (OZSW 2022), Online, January 12–21, 2022

Gondolf, J.
3 Os between Responsibility and Innovation: Open Science - Open Innovation - Open to the world
2022. International Interdisciplinary Graduate Summer School “Open science” (2022), San Sebastian, Spain, July 18–22, 2022

Janich, N.; Jahaj, D.; Grunwald, A.; Gondolf, J.
Wissenschaftliche Politikberatung: Transparenz und Öffentlichkeit durch Digitalität
2022. 10. Gestreamt, gelikt, flüchtig - schöne neue Kulturwelt? Internationale Konferenz des Netzwerks Technikfolgenabschätzung (NTA 2022), Bern, Switzerland, November 14–16, 2022

Posters

Gondolf, J.
Translating Knowledge, Open Questions and Uncertainties into Useful Information for those outside the Field
2022. 5th European Technology Assessment Conference (ETAC5 2022), Karlsruhe, Germany, July 25–27, 2022

Journal Article Reviews

Gondolf, J.
Book review: Ratti, Emanuele; Stapleford, Thomas (eds.) (2022): Science, technology and virtues
2022. Zeitschrift für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Theorie und Praxis, 31 (3), 80–81, Oekom Verlag. doi:10.14512/tatup.31.3.80