Cordula Kropp

Cordula Kropp is an expert in science-technology-studies, including actor-network analyses, discourse analyses, technology and risk assessments. She researches concepts and methods to study socio-technical transformation processes and develop insights into the reconfiguration of rule-systems, evaluation criteria and competencies in cyber-physical systems and related risk perceptions.

Education and Degrees

• 2001 Dr. phil., Nature and Society, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Prof. Ulrich Beck
• 1996 Diploma (with honours), Sociology, Anthropology and Psychology, LMU Munich
• 1991 – 1996 Studies in Sociology, Anthropology and Psychology, LMU Munich
• 1986 – 1988 Vocational training for booksellers

Professional Career

• 2016 – present Professor (W3), Institute for Social Sciences, University of Stuttgart
• 2009 – 2016 Professor (W2), University of Applied Sciences Munich, Dept. of Social Sciences
• 2005 – 2009 Research director at the Munich Institute for Social Sciences and Sustainability (MPS)
• 2002 – 2006 Research assistant at the Munich Institute for Social Sciences and Sustainability (MPS)
• 1996 – 2001 Research assistant for science-technology studies at the Institute for Sociology, LMU Munich