Agnes Bauer

Agnes Bauer is a lecturer at Helmut Schmidt University / University of the Federal Armed Forces (HSU) in Hamburg and an associated PhD candidate at the Leibniz Center for Contemporary History in Potsdam (ZZF). Her research focuses on the history of psychological vocational testing in Germany from the 1920s to the 1960s, particularly examining the relationship between motor skills and cognition.

• Studied history of science and technology at Technische Universität Berlin (MA) and carpentry in Garmisch-Partenkirchen
• Current research explores instrumental practices in 20th-century psychotechnology

Her publications analyze material culture through lenses like the Winterthur model and SCOT theory, with notable works on the Galton Whistle and Franz Ritter's astrolabe treatises. She contributes to journals such as HoST – Journal of History of Science and Technology and presents at conferences including the Society for the History of Technology (GTG). Agnes Bauer's work bridges history of science, gender studies, and technological impact on human performance assessment.

At HSU, she teaches courses like "History of Technology Based on Objects" and "Materiality in Psychotechnology." She serves in academic organizations like the German Society for the History of Science (GWMT) and GTG, where she presented her research on practical intelligence and technological emotion.

Her dissertation project at University of Potsdam investigates how 20th-century German psychotechnology transformed motor-cognitive relationships into performance metrics. She employs interdisciplinary methodologies combining history of science, material culture analysis, and gender studies to examine technological artifacts as historical sources.