Geoethics in the Anthropocene Centre of Peace and Conflict Studies

Robert Braun completed his PhD in philosophy in 2002 and his Habilitation in sociology 2021. He is senior researcher at the research group Science, Technology and Social Transformation at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Vienna, and associate professor at Masaryk University, in Brno. His research focus is the ontological politics of science and technology transitions and Anthropocene violence. Among his books Corporate Stakeholder Responsibility (CEU Press, 2019) has been selected as one of three best books of 2019 by the European Management Academy (EURAM). He has published, inter alia, in History and Theory, Science, Humanities and Social Sciences Communication, Journal of Responsible Innovation, Mobilities, Mobility Humanities and Transfers. His last book, Post-Automobility Futures (with Richard Randell), is published by Rowman & Littlefield in 2022. They currently work on a new book project on the World of Anthropos: Sovereign Power and Anthropocene Apparatuses.

Post-Quantum and the Anthropocene

This talk will introduce the concept of post-quantum theory (PQT) as a way to further the idea of strong or radical reflexivity. Post-quantum theory, situated in the ontology turn in Science and Technology Studies (STS), engages with quantum theory and it's several interpretations as method to decenter the Cartesian/Newtonian worldview that is ever-present in the sciences. The talk utilizes PQT to address challenges of the Anthropocene.