Estrid Sørensen
In the lab we seek better ways to knit and stitch academia together across differences.
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Leman Çelik
The lab is a free space to discuss, explore and link new ways in academic research related to STS.
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Laura Kocksch
The lab is the perfect place to experiment with new methods and tools while also reflecting them with an STS sensibility.
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Julie Mewes
The lab is good to think with.
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Mace Ojala
Here we can test out ideas together with other labrats.
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Lynn Werner (student)
As a student, the lab is a great place to explore academic ideas and methods in a more creative and collaborative way.
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Miriam Bachmann (student)
The RUSTlab is a place to question what you think you know and harness your creativity to overcome that challenge.
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Markus Rudolfi
The lab is a tool to practice research beyond standards and sometimes its dangerously much fun.
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Andreas Warneke (student)
The lab is like a box of chocolates – at a chocolate fondue party with people lively discussing new recipes while enjoying the food.
Raphael Hemme
The lab is like a dojo, where you can go to learn the art(s) of ethnography. If you stumble, you land on a padded floor.
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Ryoko Asai
The lab is a challenging place, which stimulates us to be creative.
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Ruth Dorothea Eggel
The lab encourages me to tinker with thought, rethink academic processes and experiment with ideas alongside others.
Olga Galanova
The Lab is a space, where there is no place for a scientific loneliness.
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Stefan Laser
Doing STS research means challenging the status quo – materially, methodologically, personally. The lab helps reflect our own challenges. And as a last resort, we have a couch.
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Fabian Pittroff
The lab is an open and optimistic infrastructure for doing research.
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Katrin Amelang
In the lab you meet great, STS-adventurous people to tinker, think and discuss with.
Sandra Abels (student)
The RUSTlab cares. It’s like talking to a friend: The folks around here listen, critically assess and support you in your scientific endeavours. Bonus: new and interesting research insights galore.
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Koushik Ravi Kumar
The lab is where I learn to navigate the confusing world of academics and academia, through help and support.
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Jan Schmutzler
The lab is your safety net in a vertiginous academia.
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Abigail Nieves Delgado
I believe research methods create ontologies and we should take time to reflect on that.
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