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Klara joined the Action!

Life-ORIGINS (TD1308) is a Trans Domain European COST Action investigating the origins and evolution of life. Life-ORIGINS is dedicated to the scientific investigation of the origins and evolution of life on Earth and habitability of other planets. The objective of Working Group 5 (WG5) History and Philosophy of Sciences is to assess, from a philosophical…

Klara Anna Capova

March 30, 2015

news

anthropology, astrobiology, COST Action TD1308 Origins, European science, history of science, origins, philosophy of science

BBC 2 Portillo’s State Secrets

Dr. Klara Anna Capova, social anthropologist working in science & technology studies, anthropology of outerspace, and the founder of Space Cultures, will be talking about social dimension of space exploration and search for life beyond earth tonight at 6:30 pm, BBC Two, in Portillo’s State Secrets. According to the official BBC Two Portillo’s State Secrets…

Klara Anna Capova

March 26, 2015

documentaries, media appearances

anthropology of outerspace, bbc, extraterrestrial life, Portillo’s State Secrets

Habitability in the Universe Conference in Porto

Just delivered a talk on Astrobiology in the Age of Social Media: The ‘science of the unknown’ and the sociocultural dimension of transformative ideas to the participants of Habitability in the Universe: From the Early Earth to Exoplanets conference in Porto, Portugal. It’s a priviledge to be here. This conference is the first Conference and…

Klara Anna Capova

March 25, 2015

research, talks

anthropology, astrobiology, COST Action TD1308 Origins, public perception of science, space cultures

CLNR Report: Energy Practices and Flexibility

CLNR Report Domestic Customers: Energy Practices and Flexibility is now available to download. This paper provides a synopsis of the research findings produced by the social science team at Durham University in collaboration with the engineering research team at Durham and Newcastle Universities. Authors: Klara Anna Capova, Gareth Powells, Harriet Bulkeley and Steve Lyon, Durham University.

Klara Anna Capova

February 27, 2015

research reports

anthropology of science, energy practices, social science, sociotechnical study, STS

Klara on BBC World News

On Friday the 13th at 9:30am I received an email from BBC World News TV, the international rolling news channel in London, asking me to come into the studio at about 12 to talk about SETI’s initiative to send messages to any extraterrestrials who may exist in the universe. The photo below illustrates what has happened:

Klara Anna Capova

February 15, 2015

media appearances

bbc, extraterrestrial life, life beyond earth, messaging, seti

CLNR Report on Electrical Vehicle Users

This report describes the CLNR (Customer-Led Network Revolution) trial which examined electric vehicles usage patterns and expected network loading in the event of large-scale take-up of electric vehicles. The trial involved domestic customers who owned an electric vehicle and had access to a home charger, analysis being carried out by Durham University’s CLNR project engineering…

Klara Anna Capova

February 11, 2015

research reports

electric vehicles, qualitative research, social studies of science, sociotechnical study, STS, technology adoption

Should we stay or should we go …. to Mars?

I’ve always wanted to be an astronaut ever since I was in first grade. I’ve always wanted to have the same view of the Earth as seen by the Apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon. Yet, in the debate held at the Durham Union Society on Friday the 13th February 2015 I spoke against the motion “This House (as a student) would…

Klara Anna Capova

February 4, 2015

talks

mars, space exploitation, space exploration, space settlements, space travel

CLNR Summary published online: Heat Pumps

The High Level Summary of Learning: Heat Pump Customers is now free to download (pdf). This summary presents the key messages from the final analysis of the domestic heat pump group in the Customer-Led Network Revolution (CLNR) monitoring trials. It presents outputs from the largest study of household electricity use in the UK and provides integrated…

Klara Anna Capova

January 4, 2015

downloads, research reports

energy practices, interdisciplinary research, social studies of science and technology, sociotechnical analysis, STS

Klara’s Talk at a SETI Workshop

Would humans be able to decode information-rich signals from another planet? Could we create a “universal language” that would be meaningful to an independently evolved civilization? To help answer these questions, on November 10-11 the SETI Institute will convene a multidisciplinary, international workshop at its headquarters in Mountain View, California. Speakers from six countries will…

Klara Anna Capova

December 3, 2014

seti, talks, videos

anthropology of outerspace, anthropology of science, extraterrestrial intellingence, interstellar messages, universal language

SETI Institute: Communicating Across the Cosmos Final Summary

For over a half century, astronomers involved in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) have scanned the skies for signals from distant civilizations. Would humans be able to decode information-rich signals from another planet? Could we create a “universal language” that would be meaningful to an independently evolved civilization. iWhile the two-day workshop was closed…

Klara Anna Capova

December 1, 2014

talks, videos

anthropology of outerspace, extraterrestrial intellingence, interstellar messages, seti, universal language

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