Paola Govoni

Paola Govoni is an Associate Professor (qualified for Full Professorship since 2017), whose research spans the intersections of history, women’s and gender studies, and science studies (or Science, Technology, and Society Studies, STS). Her courses—welcoming students from all departments—engage with a range of topics, including: hybrid approaches (natural  ⇔ social sciences) to studying the interactions between science and society, with a particular emphasis on gender and environmental issues; the evolving relationships between humans, other species, and technologies from historical and evolutionary perspectives; the history, forms, and functions of science communication and public engagement; the non-linear dynamics of women’s participation in scientific education and careers from the 18th century to the present; (auto)biographical approaches in the history of science; and the application of women’s, gender, and STS studies within scientific, educational, and historiographical-sociological frameworks.

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