How do technological innovations and political cultures shape each other?
With what role for governance, policy, and the law?
And with which effects for societies and individuals?
Latest news
I had a wonderful time presenting my research on transformations in STI policy narratives at the Center for Research Policy and on the politics of anticipation in existential risk imaginaries at the Department of Digital Design and Information studies at Aarhus University.
Three discussion pieces in the Journal of Responsible Innovation pick up and respond to our arguments on a “New Spirit of Technoscience”, continuing the debate on "what do we mean” with the democratization of science, technology and innovation?
During two keynotes at Liège University and RWTH Aachen, I’ve discussed my ideas and thoughts on innovation policy, soft law, and the new role for society in governance.
I’ve wrapped up my fellowship at the Käte Hamburger Kolleg Cultures of Research (c:o/re) at RWTH Aachen University with a brief blog post on ways to expand cultures of research and governance in the innovation era.
In a new paper for the journal on Science, Technology and Society, Tess Doezema and I argue that we need to shift debates around innovation from growth to governance in environmental and digital policy.
In the editorial for our Topical Collection ‘Innovation under Fire: The Rise of Ethics in Tech’, Kasper Schiølin and I reflect on the state of the art of research on and critique of ‘Tech Ethics’. The collection is fully open access and available here!
Latest publications
Frahm, N. (2025) Expanding Cultures of Research and Governance in the Innovation Era. Blog by KHK c:o/re, RWTH Aachen University.
Frahm, N., and Doezema, T. (2025) From Growth to Governance: Bringing Coproductionist Critique to Degrowth. Science, Technology and Society, 0(0).
Frahm, N. and Schiœlin, K. (2024) The Rise of Tech Ethics: Approaches, Critique, and Future Pathways. Editorial for Topical Collection ‘Innovation under Fire: The Rise of Tech Ethics’ in Science and Engineering Ethics, Vol. 30 (45).
Find more publications here.