Technologies in Practice is one of Scandinavia’s leading research groups at the intersection of IT and society. Based at the IT University of Copenhagen, we conduct qualitative studies of technologically mediated practices in organisations and everyday life.
The vast majority of societal challenges demand critical engagement with contemporary technologies.
Our interdisciplinary environment provides students and researchers with the resources necessary for analysing entanglements of the social and technical with and through IT.
News
A Bestiary of Digital Monsters – collective Data as Relation paper published
The Data as Relation research project has had a collective paper called “A Bestiary of Digital Monsters’” accepted for publication for the IFIP 8.2 2018 Working Conference at San Fransisco State University.
“The climate problem no-one is talking about” – Maguire in Berlingske about datacenters and energy consumption
Assistant Professor James Maguire was interviewed for Berlingske Tidende about data centers in Denmark in an article focused on the energy consumption of these mega factories. Read the article here (in Danish) Maguire argues that there is a large degree of secrecy connected to how companies, such as Apple, Facebook and Google, organise their activities, […]
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We are an interdisciplinary group, with a shared interest in qualitative studies of technologically mediated practices. Our work is funded by the Danish Research Council, European Union's Horizon 2020 program, Carlsberg Foundation, Innovation Foundation, Novo Nordisk and the Velux Foundation.
Teaching
We closely integrate our role as educators with our work as a research group. Our international faculty use insights from around the world in their teaching. Our teaching draws on disciplinary backgrounds such as information studies, history, anthropology, sociology, and critical computer science. We aim to help students address the critical questions arising at the intersection of society and technology.