Jan Gärtner, M.A.

Research Assistant

  • Institute for Sociology and Demography
  • Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences
  • Ulmenstraße 69 / Haus 1 / Room 040
  • D-18057 Rostock

E- Mail: jan.gaertneruni-rostockde
Tel.: +49 (0) 381 498 - 

Main research areas

  • Sociology of knowledge and science
  • Science and Technology Studies
  • Sociology of Technology
  • Environmental Humanities
  • Sociological Theories
  • Philosophy of science

Career

Scientific career

Since 04/2024 Research assistant at the Institute of Sociology and Demography, Chair of Sociological Theories (Prof. Dr. Katharina Block), project “Sociology of the Planetary”

Since 08/2023 Research assistant at the OFFIS Institute for Information Technology Oldenburg

05/2023 –03/ 2024  Research assistant in the DFG-funded scientific network “Sociology of the Un/Available” (Head: Katharina Block)

04/2023 Master of Arts in Social Sciences, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg (1.22 with distinction)
Topic: Information processing technology and thought collectives - Development of a theory integration of Ludwik Fleck's theory of science with current sociological approaches to technology

Publications

Journal articles (with Peer Review)

- Block, K., Li, M., Gärtner, J. & Lenzen, M. (2025). Geopolitical conflict impedes climate change mitigation. npj Climate Action  4, 33 (2025). doi.org/10.1038/s44168-025-00224-7

 

Contributions to anthologies

- Block, K., Gärtner, J., Schimank, U., & Schürmann, V. (2024). Einleitung. In Wissenschaftliches Netzwerk ‘Soziologie des Un/Verfügbaren’ (Hrsg.), Un/Verfügbar. Natur-Technik-Politik. Baden-Baden, Nomos. doi.org/10.5771/9783985721122

Lectures

Climate modeling as a projection of the future

Charlotte Herbertz & Jan Gärtner

As part of the workshop “Times of Digitalization/Digitalized Times?”

as part of the working group Digitalization as a Challenge for Sociological Theory, DGS Section Sociological Theory

28. and 29.11.2024 at the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Berlin.

 

POV: You're a Tech-Priest

Using Warhammer 40k’s sociotechnical ontology as a tool for diffraction.

As part of the transdisciplinary conference “Warhammer Conference - The first academic conference dedicated to all things Warhammer”

September 27 and 28, 2024 at the University of Heidelberg

warhammer-conference.com

 

Postapocalypse now!  

From the apocalyptic duration to the post-apocalypse

As part of the interdisciplinary workshop “We are doomed! Political education in the post-apocalypse”

September 12 and 13, 2024 at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg

https://uol.de/politische-bildung/postapokalypse-2024