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Department/Research Group

The Department “Knowledge Systems and Collective Life,” led by Prof. Dr. Etienne Benson at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG), is offering

short-term fellowships and research stays

for scholars working on the politics and practices of data

starting February 1, 2027, or later.

The MPIWG is a research institute of the Max Planck Society located in Berlin. The Department “Knowledge Systems and Collective Life” is one of its current two departments. Researchers in Dept. KSCL use historical and ethnographic methods to study the relationship between knowledge systems and forms of collective life in the past and present. We seek to foreground neglected histories, trace cross-cultural connections, engage with diverse publics, expand the boundaries of the political, challenge conventional definitions of science ...