I am deeply honored to have received the “Wissen der Vielen – Citizen Science Research Award” (3rd place) for my article: Melike Şahinol (2022): 3D-printed children’s prostheses as enabling technology? The experience of children with upper limb body differences. Journal of Enabling Technologies, 16 (3), 204–218. https://doi.org/10.1108/JET-02-2022-0017 This article was developed as part of my […]
Month: September 2025
Call for Papers: Disability, Technology and Change
Open Collection in NanoEthics – Submissions Now Open I am delighted to announce that I am co-editing an Open Collection in the journal NanoEthics on the topic “Disability, Technology and Change.” Together with Robert Stock (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) and Magdalena Zdrodowska (Jagiellonian University, Kraków), we invite submissions that explore the complex and multifaceted relationships between […]
Circulating Instruments, Situated Contexts: Reflections from 4S Seattle
I had the pleasure of presenting our paper “Circulating Instruments, Situated Contexts” at the #4S2025 conference in Seattle in the panel “Imagination, Design, and Repercussions of Medical Technologies.” Our research looks at the global circulation of surgical instruments, tracing how materials, knowledge, and expertise move between Samsun (Türkiye), Tuttlingen (Germany), and Sialkot (Pakistan) and how […]