Sven Widmalm
Professor at Department of History of Science and Ideas
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 15 81
- E-mail:
- sven.widmalm@idehist.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Engelska parken, Thunbergsvägen 3P
- Postal address:
- Box 629
751 26 UPPSALA
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Publications
Recent publications
The macroethics of science in a time of risis: Nobel Symposia, 1969‒1978
Part of Notes and records of the Royal Society of London, p. 1-24, 2025
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2024
Part of Public History in Action, p. 49-64, Department of History, Uppsala University, 2023
Part of Isis, p. 467-468, 2023
The art of gathering: histories of international scientific conferences
Part of British Journal for the History of Science, p. 423-433, 2023
All publications
Articles in journal
The macroethics of science in a time of risis: Nobel Symposia, 1969‒1978
Part of Notes and records of the Royal Society of London, p. 1-24, 2025
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The art of gathering: histories of international scientific conferences
Part of British Journal for the History of Science, p. 423-433, 2023
Part of British Journal for the History of Science, p. 535-551, 2023
- DOI for ‘Super Bowl of the World Conference Circuit’?: A Network Approach to High-Level Science and Policy Conferencing
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No amount of technologycan replicate the magicof in-person conferences
Part of The Times Higher Education Supplement, p. 25, 2022
Conferences: constructingknowledge and communities
Part of Viewpoint: Magazine of the British Society for History of Science, p. 6-7, 2022
Part of Sans, p. 26-30, 2022
Normal Science Prizes in the Swedish Academy of Sciences before Nobel
Part of Nuncius, p. 356-376, 2019
Att mäta impact kan leda till sänkt kvalitet
Part of Curie, 2019
The Nobel science prizes and their constituencies
Part of Public Understanding of Science, p. 397-404, 2018
Part of Lychnos, p. 191-193, 2016
Idéhistoria förr och nu: Utveckling eller avveckling?
Part of Kungl. Humanistika vetenskaps-samfundet i Uppsala, årsbok, p. 221-228, 2015
Part of Kungl. vetenskapssamhällets i Uppsala årsbok, p. 181-203, 2014
Part of Science in Context, p. 249-274, 2014
Upptäckten av norrskenets magnetiska natur: En forskningspolitisk episod från frihetstiden
Part of Kungl. humanistiska vetenskapssamfundets i Uppsala årsbok, p. 59-77, 2013
Science in transit: Enlightenment research policy and astronomy in Sweden
Part of The journal of astronomical data, p. 21-32, 2013
MOOCs-studenter bildar B-laget
Part of Upsala Nya Tidning, 2013
Auroral Research and the Character of Astronomy in Enlightenment Sweden
Part of Acta Borealia, p. 137-156, 2012
Hotet mot det breda universitetet
Part of Upsala Nya Tidning, 2012
Bordlägg ny fördelning av resurser
Part of Upsala Nya Tidning, 2012
Demokratisäkra forskningspolitiken
Part of entré, p. 24-24, 2012
Enkla kvalitetsmått kväver tanken
Part of Respons, p. 34-39, 2012
Selling Eugenics: The Case of Sweden
Part of Notes and records of the Royal Society of London, p. 379-400, 2010
Books
Liber, 2011
Chapters in book
Part of Public History in Action, p. 49-64, Department of History, Uppsala University, 2023
Part of Svenska begreppshistorier, p. 699-713, Fri tanke förlag, 2022
Part of Svenska begreppshistorier, p. 699-713, Fri Tanke, 2022
Tanke och kunskap genom tid och rum: Om idé- och lärdomshistoria
Part of Människan i centrum, p. 39-55, Votum förlag, 2022
The place of humanities in a world of science: Nobel Symposium 14 and the vanishing humanist
Part of The humanities and the modern politics of knowledge, p. 179-204, Amsterdam University Press, 2022
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Introduction: Audiences and stakeholders in the history of science
Part of Communicating the history of medicine, p. 1-17, Manchester University Press, 2020
Collaboration and normalization
Part of Intellectual Collaboration with the Third Reich, p. 1-20, Routledge, 2019
Hitler’s Boycott: Cultural Politics and the Rhetoric of Neutrality
Part of Attributing Excellence in Medicine, p. 59-77, Brill Academic Publishers, 2019
Vad vi talar om när vi talar om samverkan
Part of Kampen om kunskap, p. 31-38, Santérus Förlag, 2019
Part of Kunskap i rörelse, p. 619-627, Makadam Förlag, 2018
Part of Kunskap i rörelse, p. 526-531, Makadam Förlag, 2018
Part of Kunskap i rörelse, p. 570-575, Makadam Förlag, 2018
Part of Kunskap i rörelse, p. 538-543, Makadam Förlag, 2018
De intellektuellas förräderi?: Inledning
Part of De intellektuellas förräderi?, Arkiv förlag & tidskrift, 2016
Part of De intellektuellas förräderi? , Arkiv förlag & tidskrift, 2016
Forskning och framtid: Ett historiskt perspektiv
Part of Det forskningspolitiska laboratoriet, Nordic Academic Press, 2016
Från vision till innovation: Perspektiv på den svenska biokemins framtid under nittonhundratalet
Part of Det forskningspolitiska laboratoriet, Nordic Academic Press, 2016
Vetenskap som propaganda: Akademiska kontakter mellan Sverige och Tyskland under Tredje riket
Part of De intellektuellas förräderi? , Arkiv förlag & tidskrift, 2016
Part of Det hotade universitetet, p. 29-44, Dialogos Förlag, 2016
The Laboratory Society: Science and the Family in Sweden, c. 1900-1950
Part of Domesticity in the Making of Modern Science, p. 215-240, Palgrave Macmillan, 2016
Part of Value Practices in the Life Sciences and Medicine, p. 71-95, Oxford University Press, 2015
Part of Neutrality in twentieth-century Europe, p. 1-16, Routledge, 2012
"A superior type of universal civilization": Science as politics in Sweden, 1917-1926
Part of Neutrality in twentieth-century Europe, p. 65-89, Routledge, 2012
Part of Jordpäron, p. 289-354, Atlantis, 2011
Selbstporträt eines Weggefährten: Hans von Euler-Chelpin (1873-1964) und das Dritte Reich
Part of "Fremde" Wissenschaftler im Dritten Reich, p. 438-460, Wallstein Verlag, 2011
Part of Sammanvävt, p. 188-207, [Tema Teknik och Social förändring, Linköpings universitet], 2011
Part of Allt som tänkas kan, p. 76-87, Makadam förlag, 2010
Astronomy as a Military Science: The Case of Sweden, c. 1800-1850
Part of The Heavens on Earth, p. 174-198, Duke University Press, 2010
Part of Vetenskapens sociala strukturer, p. 9-23, Nordic Academic Press, 2008
Efterord: vetenskapshistoriens forskningspolitiska relevans
Part of Vetenskapens sociala strukturer, p. 258-271, Nordic Academic Press, 2008
Forskning och industri under andra världskriget
Part of Vetenskapens sociala strukturer, p. 53-95, Nordic Academic Press, 2008
Forskning och politik före forskningspolitiken
Part of Kunskapens kretsar, p. 191-203, Signum, 2008
Kulturhistorisk medieforskning: Ett strategiskt alternativ?
Part of Mediernas kulturhistoria, p. 333-342, Statens ljud- och bildarkiv, 2008
Part of Signums svenska kulturhistoria, p. 207-237, Signum, 2008
Part of Forska lagom och vara världsbäst, p. 108-133, SNS förlag, 2008
History of Science in the Age of Policy
Part of Aurora Torealis, p. 259-275, Science History Publications, 2008
Collections (editor)
Communicating the History of Medicine: Perspectives on Audiences and Impact
Manchester University Press, 2020
Intellectual Collaboration with the Third Reich: Treason or Reason?
Routledge, 2019
Det forskningspolitiska laboratoriet
Nordic Academic Press, 2016
De intellektuellas förräderi? : Intellektuellt utbyte mellan Sverige och Tredje riket
Arkiv förlag & tidskrift, 2016
Routledge, 2012
Vetenskapens sociala strukturer: Sju historiska fallstudier om konflikt, samverkan och makt
Nordic Academic Press, 2008
Other
2024
Part of Isis, p. 467-468, 2023
Fascinerande om västerlandet: Recension av Peter Luthersson, "Erfarenhetsunderskott"
Part of Upsala nya tidning, 2017
Fox R., Science without frontiers
Part of Centaurus, p. 156-157, 2017
Cataloging the World: Paul Otlet and the Birth of the Information Age.
Part of Isis, p. 874-876, 2016
Science After the Practice turn in the Philosophy, History, and Social Studies of Science
Part of Science & Education, p. 943-946, 2016
Legitimizing ESS: Big Science as a Collaboration across Boundaries
Part of Isis, p. 868-869, 2014
Om universitetet blir aktiebolag
2013
Review: Science for Welfare and Warfare: Technology and State Initiative in Cold War Sweden
Part of Isis, p. 807-808, 2012
Turbulence and the power of thought: The Story of the NTNU
Part of Historisk Tidsskrift, p. 453-457, 2012