Rob Hagendijk

Rob Hagendijk (1949) works as Associate Professor in the Political Science Department of the Universiteit van Amsterdam. He studied Sociology (MA in 1979, cum laude) and holds a PhD in Science and Technology Studies (1996).

His research interests include social theory, theory of science, science policy, public understanding of science, scientific and technological controversies, public participation in technological decision making, technology and global development, social sciences and public policy, social and cultural studies of  genomics,  urban policy making and multiculturalism, urban management and the social sciences.

Currently he is involved in the EU project ResIST (Researching Inequality through Science and Technology) a three year collaborative project funded by the EU coordinated by the James Martin Institute for Science and Civilization at Oxford University. ResIST’s objective is to understand processes that contribute to the increase in global and regional inequalities through the role of science and technology, but also to understand processes that contribute to mitigate inequalities mobilising science and technology.The project concentrates on regions in Europe. Africa and Latin America.  From 2003-2005 he was involved in the STAGE thematic network investigating forms of public participation in processes of science, technology and innovation in fourteen European countries. He was the dean of the International School of Humanities and Social Sciences (ISHSS) since 1998.

From 1996 Hagendijk was president of the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology EASST. He is a Board Member of the Netherlands Graduate School for Science, Technology and Modern Culture (WTMC), the Dutch graduate research school in STS of which he is one of the founders (1987). He is also one of the initiators of the Science and Democracy Network, a global network of scholars and researchers that meets annually at the Kennedy School of Government (Harvard University) to discuss research work and developments in the theoretical perspectives related to issues of science and democracy. He is a Collaborative Editor of  the journal Science, Technology and Human Values.

Since 2006 Hagendijk is a member of ASSR.