Studied Sociology, psychology, and communication studies in Dresden, Leipzig and Berlin where he graduated in sociology in 2007. From 2007 and 2010 he worked at the Fraunhofer Institute of Innovation and Systems Research in Karlsruhe in different projects on innovation policy and the governance of emerging technologies. In 2010, he began working as a teaching coordinator, designing and implementing the MA Program "Science Studies" which has been successfully introduced at HU Berlin in 2012. At the same time, he was also involved in a project on the regulation of data practices in German universities. Between December 2013 and 2016 he worked as a research associate in the DFG funded project "Reviews as legitimizing resource in emerging research fields" focusing on the case of synthetic biology. He was also involved in a project on core concepts, organizational and evaluation of Translational Medical Research funded by the Berlin Institute of Health. His research interests include: science and technology studies, innovation studies, network analysis, governance of biomedicine (with a specific focus on synthetic biology), as well as studies into digital scholarly practices. Clemens Blümel joined the DZHW in January 2017.
Clemens Blümel
Research Area Research System and Science Dynamics
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Review Articles: Functions, Uses and Reception Patterns in the Scholarly Publication System.Blümel, C. (2023, Juni).Review Articles: Functions, Uses and Reception Patterns in the Scholarly Publication System. Vortrag auf dem Seminar Sociology of Science, Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Deutschland. |
Klausurtagung des DZHW-Forschungsclusters " Open Science " .
Workshop Klausurtagung des DZHW-Forschungsclusters "Open Science", DZHW, Berlin. |
The study of cognitive mobility and its interrelation with physical and virtual mobility.Blümel, C. (2022, November).The study of cognitive mobility and its interrelation with physical and virtual mobility. Impulsvortrag auf dem Workshop Cognitive Mobility in the Sciences: Social, Technological and Cultural Dynamics, Clemens Blümel und Michael Grüttner, DZHW. |
Grenzen und Chancen der Offenheit? Was Technologiesouveränität und Geopolitik für Innovation in Forschung und Technologie bedeuten.Blümel, C., Kessler, M. S., & Skupien, S. (2022).Symposium Grenzen und Chancen der Offenheit? Was Technologiesouveränität und Geopolitik für Innovation in Forschung und Technologie bedeuten im Rahmen der Veranstaltung Grenzen und Chancen der Offenheit, Stifterverband e.V., Deutsches Zentrum für Hochschul- und Wissenschaftsforschung (DZHW), Berlin University Alliance, Center for Open and responsible Research (CORe), Berlin. |
Science Diplomacy - Quo Vadis? Konsequenzen geopolitischer Konflikte für (multilaterale) Wissenschaftsmobilität.Blümel, C., & Vögtle, E. M. (2022, September).Workshop Science Diplomacy - Quo Vadis? Konsequenzen geopolitischer Konflikte für (multilaterale) Wissenschaftsmobilität auf dem Workshop Science Diplomacy - Quo Vadis? Konsequenzen geopolitischer Konflikte für (multilaterale) Wissenschaftsmobilität, DZHW, Berlin, Deutschland. Abstract
The war in Ukraine has not only ushered in a "turning point" in military terms. This conflict also has far-reaching consequences for academic mobility and transnational academic cooperation - both for strategies and concepts in international research and academic policy and for research on academic exchange and multilateral cooperation between universities. In a joint workshop with representatives of science exchange organisations, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, the Federal Foreign Office, parliamentarians and scientists, we discuss these consequences for science and politics. |
Die Wissenschaftsbefragung als zentrales Instrument der Abteilung Forschungssystem und Wissenschaftsdynamik des DZHW.Fabian, G., & Blümel, C. (2022, Juni).Die Wissenschaftsbefragung als zentrales Instrument der Abteilung Forschungssystem und Wissenschaftsdynamik des DZHW. Vortrag im Rahmen der Referatsrunde des Referats 415 des BMBF, Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung,, Online-Veranstaltung. |
Digital contestations of openness: dynamics and frictions in digitized scholarly communication.Blümel, C. (2022, Mai).Digital contestations of openness: dynamics and frictions in digitized scholarly communication. Vortrag auf der Konferenz STS Conference Graz 2022, Graz, Österreich. Abstract
Open Science, it is often held, aims at enhancing the science and society relationship by making science more open, transparent, and accessible to the public, thereby restoring trust in scholarly knowledge production. Yet, in order to restore trust and to make science more accountable to the public, scholars are also expected to more openly communicate their ideas and findings to the public, exploring new channels for communication and interaction with wider audiences. This session aims to explore which frictions such practices of open communication face in the light digitalization. |
Rekonstruktion des Peer-Review-Prozesses mit Ereignisdaten aus einem Editorial Management System.Hartstein, J., & Blümel, C. (2022, März).Rekonstruktion des Peer-Review-Prozesses mit Ereignisdaten aus einem Editorial Management System. Vortrag auf der Tagung Frühjahrstagung 2022 der DGS-Sektion Netzwerkforschung, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal. |
Focus on ‘successful research’ leads to underestimation of research collaboration.Hartstein, J., & Blümel, C. (2021, Oktober).Focus on ‘successful research’ leads to underestimation of research collaboration. Vortrag auf der Konferenz 4S Annual Meeting 2021, The Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), Toronto, Canada. Abstract
Science and Technology Studies, but also quantitative science studies carry a legacy of research evaluation, represented by concepts as diverse as the h-Index or Altmetrics, focussing on research output. Even research on research collaboration often aims at examining networks of (“successful”) knowledge production. Collaboration holds the promise to foster innovation – which is measured in scientometrics in terms of output. We argue, that digital traces of research in progress allow for gaining a more comprehensive picture of the research process and the research collaboration landscape. Failure does not invalidate research. |
