DFG-Kolleg-Forschergruppe MECS (Medienkulturen der Computersimulation)

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Computer simulations have revolutionised the sciences. Their impact left a mark in nearly every possible field of study – from microbiology, to climate research, and even astrophysics.

What new kinds of knowledge arise through computer simulations? How do they change our understanding of the sciences?

At the Institute of Advanced Study on Media Cultures of Computer Simulation (MECS), funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), we set out to find answers to these broad questions. We seek to accomplish this in diverse ways: by analysing historical and contemporary case studies , by building an interdisciplinary network of international fellows , and by organising trans-disciplinary lectures, workshops, and conferences .

In an age of computer simulations, MECS is one of the few institutions worldwide specifically focused on understanding their wide-ranging impacts.

  1. Published

    Simulierte Unfälle: Testfahrten autonomer Autos

    Zindel, H., 2021, Autonome Autos: Medien- und kulturwissenschaftliche Perspektiven auf die Zukunft der Mobilität. Sprenger, F. (ed.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 211–228 18 p. (Digitale Gesellschaft; vol. 32).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  2. Published

    Archivreisen. Teil I: Zuhause im Archiv

    Zindel, H. & Zetti, D., 2021, In: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. 13, 2, p. 152-158 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Faktizitäten: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft 19 (10/2, 2018)

    Vehlken, S. (ed.) & Schauerte, E. (ed.), 2018, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. 100 p. (Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft; vol. 10, no. 2)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesSpecial Journal issueResearch

  4. Accepted/In press

    Ballon, Luftschiff, Flugzeug

    Zindel, H., 2021, (Accepted/In press) Handbuch Literatur und Reise. Bay, H-J., Beck, L., Hamann, C. & Osthues, J. (eds.). J.B. Metzler

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

  5. Published

    History of Embryology: Visualizations Through Series and Animation

    Wellmann, J., 27.08.2022, The Palgrave Handbook of the History of Human Sciences. McCallum, D. (ed.). Palgrave Macmillan, p. 259-290 32 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

  6. Published

    The Third Image: Contingencies and Ruptures in the Technological History of Television

    Hagen, W., 01.08.2016, German Television: Historical and Theoretical Perspectives. Powell, L. & Shandley, R. R. (eds.). Berghahn Books Inc., p. 17-32 16 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

  7. Published
  8. Published

    Quantum Computing and the Analog/Digital Distinction

    Schröter, J., Ernst, C. & Warnke, M., 23.02.2022, In: Grey Room. 86, p. 28-49 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Operative communication: project Cybersyn and the intersection of information design, interface design, and interaction design

    Vehlken, S., 09.2022, In: AI and Society. 37, 3, p. 1131-1152 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    COMMONSIM: Simulating the utopia of COMMONISM: Review of Evolutionary Political Economy

    Gerdes, L., Aigner, E., Meretz, S., Pahl, H., Schlemm, A., Scholz-Wäckerle, M., Schröter, J. & Sutterlütti, S., 2023, In: Rev Evol Polit Econ. 4, 3, p. 559-595 37 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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