Helga Nowotny

Writing for PS since 2005
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Helga Nowotny is a former president of the European Research Council and Professor Emerita of Science and Technology Studies at ETH Zurich.

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Climate Change Action Cannot Ignore Social Issues
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Climate Change Action Cannot Ignore Social Issues

Jan 2, 2019 Marc Fleurbaey, et al. argue that an environmentally-centered, technocratic push to halt global warming is destined to fail.

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Harnessing the Hope of Social Science
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Harnessing the Hope of Social Science

Jan 31, 2017 Helga Nowotny points out that researchers have been studying the root causes of recent political shocks for years.

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A Scientific Outlook for a Post-Factual World
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A Scientific Outlook for a Post-Factual World

Nov 29, 2016 Helga Nowotny says that the best way to manage uncertainty is to embrace it in the spirit of free inquiry.

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Fulfilling the Genomic Promise
Paul Lachine

Fulfilling the Genomic Promise

Jul 9, 2013 Helga Nowotny

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Can Science Save Europe?
Chris Van Es

Can Science Save Europe?

Jun 4, 2012 Helga Nowotny

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Europe on a Geopolitical Fault Line

Ana Palacio

China has begun to build a parallel international order, centered on itself. If the European Union aids in its construction – even just by positioning itself on the fault line between China and the United States – it risks toppling key pillars of its own edifice and, eventually, collapsing altogether.

Is Economic Winter Coming?

Raghuram G. Rajan

Now that the old rules governing macroeconomic cycles no longer seem to apply, it remains to be seen what might cause the next recession in the United States. But if recent history is our guide, the biggest threat stems not from the US Federal Reserve or any one sector of the economy, but rather from the White House.

Will China Confront a Revolution of Rising Expectations?

Barry Eichengreen

Amid much discussion of the challenges facing the Chinese economy, the line-up of usual suspects typically excludes the most worrying scenario of all: popular unrest. While skeptics would contend that widespread protest against the regime and its policies is unlikely, events elsewhere suggest that China is not immune.