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      • Astrobiology Conference AbSciCon 2017 in Mesa, Arizona

        Excited to be at the Astrobiology Conference AbSciCon 2017 in Mesa, Arizona and ready to present my recent work during the poster session. Many thanks to the Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies, Lund University for making this trip possible. A PDF of the AbSciCon Program is available online. Conference Information AbSciCon 2017 is the next in […]

        Klara Anna Capova

        April 22, 2017
        astrobiology, conference reports, postdoctoral, talks
        AbSciCon, astrobiology, nasa, poster
      • Visiting Researcher Fellowship with Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies at Lund University

        I am very pleased to accept the position of Visiting research fellow with the Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies at Lund University in Sweden. I am looking forward to joining ‘A Plurality of Lives’ research group in April and to working on societal aspects of astrobiology and current concepts of life beyond Earth. Theme A […]

        Klara Anna Capova

        March 21, 2017
        astrobiology, postdoctoral, research
      • Klara joined the Working Group on Astrobioethics

        I feel very privileged to have been given the opportunity to become one of the SOC members of the International WG on Astrobioethics. One of the main tasks of the Working Group will be to analyse the potential societal and ethical implications related to astrobiology, taking into account the complexity of the connections between its […]

        Klara Anna Capova

        February 18, 2017
        astrobiology, environment, ethics, news, outer space
        anthropology of science, astrobioethics, astrobiology, ethics of science, history of astrobiology
      • Klara’s dissertation now available online

        The abstract and full-text of my doctoral dissertation, ‘The Charming Science of the Other: The cultural analysis of science in search for life beyond earth‘ is now available to download from Durham e-Theses. Abstract: This dissertation presents the cultural study of scientific search for extraterrestrial life conducted over the past sixty years by the scientific community. […]

        Klara Anna Capova

        January 26, 2017
        charming science, doctoral research, downloads
        anthropology of outerspace, anthropology of science, astrobiology, cultural analysis, doctoral dissertation, exploring, listening, messaging, search for life
      • Klara’s Undergraduate Dissertation

        Albína Dratvová: Life and Work – In Search of the Lost Cosmos is now available to download (PDF, Czech version). My final year undergraduate project submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Bachelor’s degree (Bc. of Liberal Arts and Humanities) to Charles Faculty of Humanities, University in Prague, 2005. The thesis ‘Albína Dratvová: Life and Work – In Search […]

        Klara Anna Capova

        November 30, 2016
        publications, research
        history of science, philosophy of science, social studies of science, worldview
      • Report on Klara’s Master’s Dissertation

        What a lovely surprise. Just found out that the ‘Report on Klara Anna Capova’s Master’s dissertation on Voyager Message’ is available for download (.pdf) from the Charles University in Prague website. Have not seen this document since 2008!

        Klara Anna Capova

        October 11, 2016
        research, research reports
        anthropology of science, research, sociocultural anthropology, visual analysis, Voyager Message
      • Deathless Hopes: Reinventions of Afterlife and Eschatological Beliefs

        The ‘Deathless Hopes’ conference will examine the subject of eschatology in Jewish and Christian traditions from an international and interdisciplinary perspective. Issues such as the hope of resurrection, apocalyptic scenarios, and cosmic redemption have been a hotbed of religious invention, renewal, and innovation with significant social consequences. Hosted by Oranim Academic College of Education in Tivon, […]

        Klara Anna Capova

        May 30, 2016
        downloads, talks
        afterlife, anthropology of science, cultural analysis, cultures of science, interdisciplinary research, scientific culture, STS, technoscience
      • Talks from the 1st ORIGINS Astrobiology Conference

        All talks from the 1st ORIGINS Conference Habitability in the Universe: From the Early Earth to Exoplanets held in Porto in March are now available to watch online. Enjoy!

        Klara Anna Capova

        May 19, 2016
        talks
        astrobiology, COST Action TD1308 Origins, origins
      • The New Space Age in the making

        I am pleased to announce that my recent paper ‘The New Space Age in the making: Emergence of exo-mining, exo-burials and exo-marketing’ was published by International Journal of Astrobiology, Cambridge (DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1473550416000185) Abstract: At the beginning of the 21st century we witness considerable global developments in space exploration and a new era has begun: the New Space […]

        Klara Anna Capova

        March 12, 2016
        publications
        asteroid mining, extraterrestrial marketing, outer space economy, space age
      • Grand Challenges Seminar, Oxford University

        Oxford Talks, part of: Grand Challenges Seminar Series University of Oxford, T. S. Eliot Lecture Theater Are We Alone? Discourse on extraterrestrial research 26 January 2016, 17:00 ‘Are We Alone?’ is a public seminar on the existence of extraterrestrial life, and the implications for our society. Questions posed during ‘Are We Alone?’ will include: is […]

        Klara Anna Capova

        January 26, 2016
        talks
        astrobiology, extraterrestrial life, grand challenges, oxford
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