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. Journal articles › Research › Peer-reviewed
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    Technik ǀ Intimität: Einleitung in den Schwerpunkt

    Andreas, M., Kasprowicz, D. & Rieger, S., 2016, In: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. 15, 2, p. 10-17 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    The display makes a difference: A mobile eye tracking study on the perception of art before and after a museum's rearrangement

    Reitstätter, L., Brinkmann, H., Santini, T., Specker, E., Dare, Z., Bakondi, F., Miscená, A., Kasneci, E., Leder, H. & Rosenberg, R., 19.06.2020, In: Journal of Eye Movement Research. 13, 2, 29 p., 6.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    The Great Pacific Garbage Catch: Müll als Medium einer ›Plastic Oceanography

    Vehlken, S., 10.2020, In: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. 23, 2, p. 84-98 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    The Practice of Naturalness: A Historical-Philosophical Perspective

    Borrelli, A. & Castellani, E., 01.09.2019, In: Foundations of Physics. 49, 9, p. 860-878 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    The uses of isospin in early nuclear and particle physics

    Borrelli, A., 11.2017, In: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B - Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics. 60, p. 81-94 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Towards Computer Simulations of Virtue Ethics

    Lasquety-Reyes, J. A., 26.09.2019, In: Open Philosophy. 2, 1, p. 399-413 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Traffic Life: Temporal Dynamics and Regulatory Dimensions in Agent-Based Transport Simulations

    Vehlken, S., 2020, In: Mobilities. 15, 5, p. 725-739 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Transparenz und Geheimnis

    Beyes, T. & Pias, C., 2014, In: Zeitschrift für Kulturwissenschaften. 8, 2, p. 111-117 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Vom Wahn- und Wahrsprechen des technologisch Unbewussten

    Apprich, C., 01.01.2018, In: Le Foucaldien. 4, 1, 20 p., 7.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Von Schmetterlingen und Atomreaktoren: Medien und Politiken der Resilienz am IIASA

    Schrickel, I., 2014, In: Behemoth : a Journal on Civilization. 7 , 2, p. 5-25 21 p.

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  12. Published

    Warm, lively, rough? Assessing agreement on aesthetic effects of artworks

    Specker, E., Forster, M., Brinkmann, H., Boddy, J., Immelmann, B., Goller, J., Pelowski, M., Rosenberg, R. & Leder, H., 13.05.2020, In: PLoS ONE. 15, 5, 16 p., e0232083.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Werkzeug Windkanal: Simulationen in der Stadtklimaforschung

    Zindel, H., 2018, In: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. 19, 2, p. 54–67 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Wissenschaftsgeschichte zwischen Digitalität und Digitalisierung

    Borrelli, A., 27.06.2018, In: Zeitschrift für digitale Geisteswissenschaften - ZfdG. Sonderband 3, 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Witless slaves or lively artifacts? A debate of the 1960s

    Müggenburg, J. K. & Pias, C., 08.11.2017, In: arq: Architectural Research Quarterly. 21, 1, p. 33–44 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    Zum Lachen in den Keller: Die Heimbar als Heterotopie

    Vehlken, S., 2015, In: Figurationen. Gender, Literatur, Kultur. 16, 2, p. 45-61 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  17. Journal articles › Research › Not peer-reviewed
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    Atomic Animals: Tiere als Medien nuklearer Forschung

    Vehlken, S., 26.10.2020, In: Tierstudien. 18, p. 45-56 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Der Rest ist Papier: Mediale Infrastrukturen der Finanzmärkte

    Ambroschütz, J., Dommann, M. & Hoof, F., 12.04.2018, In: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. 10, 18-1, p. 87-96 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  20. Published

    Die Farm der Daten: Über den Auszug des Digitalen ins Grüne

    Engemann, C., 2015, In: Zeitschrift für Ideengeschichte. 9, 2, p. 47-52 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  21. Published

    Faktizitäten: Einleitung in den Schwerpunkt

    Vehlken, S. & Schauerte, E., 10.2018, In: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. 19, 2, p. 10-20 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  22. Published

    Gluing life together. Computer simulation in the life sciences: An Introduction

    Wellmann, J., 01.12.2018, In: History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences. 40, 4, 10 p., 70.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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