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Persoonlijk profiel
Quote
“If you want an easy answer, don’t ask a historian!”
Research profile
Karena Kalmbach holds a tenure track position in History at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). Her areas of expertise include Social and Cultural History of Technology and the Environment (with a particular focus on Nuclear History), Politics of Memory, and Social Studies of Science and Technology. Karena has done extensive research on the question of how national and international nuclear politics have influenced the debate on the health effects of the Chernobyl accident in France and the UK. Furthermore, she researched how the commemoration of the accident has been used to underpin political arguments in various European countries. Taking up her position at TU/e, she set up an interdisciplinary research project with her TU/e colleagues Andreas Spahn (Philosophy) and Ginevra Sanvitale (Anthropology) in which they investigate the interrelation of Fear and Technology, focusing on the question: How does fear drive technological innovation?
Academic background
Karena Kalmbach obtained her PhD from the European University Institute in Florence (Department of History and Civilization). Her PhD thesis : “Meanings of a Disaster: The Contested 'Truth' about Chernobyl. British and French Chernobyl Debates and the Transnationality of Arguments and Actors”, won the 2015 Book Prize of the International Committee for the History of Technology (ICOHTEC). Karena holds a M.A. in History, Political Sciences and Communication Sciences from Freie Universität Berlin. During her M.A. and PhD, she received numerous fellowships that allowed her to study at Université de Lausanne, École Normale Supérieure Paris, Sciences Po Paris, and University of California, Berkeley.
Before joining TU/e, she was a postdoctoral researcher with the Environmental Policy Research Centre of Freie Universität Berlin where she worked on questions of conflicts, acceptance and acceptability in nuclear waste management. Since 2014, Karena has been the coordinator of the Nuclear International Research Group (NIRG) and in 2017, together with her colleague Claire le Renard (Sociology) set up the network “nuclear_hss – Humanities and Social Sciences Research on Nuclear Issues” (https://listes.services.cnrs.fr/wws/info/nuclear_hss).
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Projecten
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Impuls projects between TU Eindhoven and PON
Oldenziel, R., Oldenziel, R., Dekker, H., Petzer, B., Bek, P. K. B., Sun, Q., Jeekel, J. F. (., Verbong, G. P. J., Veraart, F. C. A., Wieczorek, A. J., Spahn, A. & Kalmbach, K.
16/12/15 → 31/12/20
Project: Onderzoek direct
Onderzoeksoutput
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Europe and Chernobyl: Contested Localisations of the Accident’s Environmental, Political, Social and Cultural Impact
Kalmbach, K., 2020, The Environment and the European Public Sphere: Perceptions, Actors, Policies. Wenkel, C., Bussière, E., Grisoni, A. & Miard-Delacroix, H. (redactie). White Horse Press, blz. 54-69 16 blz.Onderzoeksoutput: Hoofdstuk in Boek/Rapport/Congresprocedure › Hoofdstuk › Academic › peer review
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Crises and technological futures: experiences, emotion, and action
Kalmbach, K., Marklund, A. & Åberg, A., jan 2020, In : Technology and Culture. 61, 1, blz. 272-281 10 blz.Onderzoeksoutput: Bijdrage aan tijdschrift › Tijdschriftartikel › Academic › peer review
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From Pripyat to Paris, from grassroots memories to globalized knowledge production: the Politics of Chernobyl Fallout
Kalmbach, K., Bauer, S. & Kasperski, T., sep 2017, Nuclear Portraits: Communities, the Environment, and Public Policy. MacDowell, L. (redactie). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, blz. 149-189 41 blz.Onderzoeksoutput: Hoofdstuk in Boek/Rapport/Congresprocedure › Hoofdstuk › Academic › peer review
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Revisiting the nuclear age: state of the art research in nuclear history
Kalmbach, K., apr 2017, In : Neue Politische Literatur. 62, 1, blz. 49-69 21 blz.Onderzoeksoutput: Bijdrage aan tijdschrift › Tijdschriftartikel › Academic › peer review
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Interdisciplinary perspectives on dose limits in radioactive waste management: A research paper developed within the ENTRIA project
Kalmbach, K. & Röhlig, K-J., 6 jun 2016, In : Journal of Radiological Protection. 36, 2, blz. S8-S22Onderzoeksoutput: Bijdrage aan tijdschrift › Tijdschriftartikel › Academic › peer review
Open AccessBestand2 Citaten (Scopus)287 Downloads (Pure)
Prijzen
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ICOHTEC Book Prize for Young Scholars
Kalmbach, Karena (Ontvanger), aug 2015
Prijs: Anders › Werk, activiteit of publicatie gerelateerde prijzen (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Wetenschappelijk
Activiteiten
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Technikgeschichte (Tijdschrift)
Karena Kalmbach (Gastredacteur)
okt 2019Activiteit: Types publicaties van collegiale toetsing en redactioneel werk › Publicatie peer-review › Wetenschappelijk
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Technology, Sound and Fear
Karena Kalmbach (Spreker)
16 okt 2020Activiteit: Types gesprekken of presentaties › Genodigd spreker › Populair
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Plenary round table: a history of technology for an age of crisis
Karena Kalmbach (Spreker)
16 jul 2020Activiteit: Types gesprekken of presentaties › Genodigd spreker › Wetenschappelijk
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Transnationale und gloabel Perspektiven auf die Rolle des Kernforschungszentrums Karlsruhe in der Atomgeschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts
Karena Kalmbach (Spreker)
23 jan 2020Activiteit: Types gesprekken of presentaties › Genodigd spreker › Wetenschappelijk
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Presentation: The Contested Memory of the Nuclear Age
Karena Kalmbach (Uitgenodigde spreker)
16 sep 2019Activiteit: Types gesprekken of presentaties › Keynote spreker › Wetenschappelijk
Cursussen
Knipsels
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Dimensionen - die Welt der Wissenschaft: 30 Jahre Tschernobyl
22/04/16
1 Mediabijdrage
Pers / media: PR activiteiten
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"Nuclear power wouldn't have stood a chance - even without Chernobyl"
21/04/16
1 Mediabijdrage
Pers / media: PR activiteiten