Stefan Selke

Prof. Dr. Stefan Selke is a Research Professor for Transformative and Public Science at the University of Furtwangen, where he holds a professorship in Societal Transformation since 2008. He founded the Public Science Lab, focusing on methods, theories, and applications of public science across academic and non-academic boundaries.

• Education: Aerospace Engineering, Sociology, Philosophy, Anthropogeography, and Literature (Portuguese/Spanish)
• Doctorate: Sociology (2001)

Research Interests include:

• Societal and civilizational transformations
• Techno-utopian narratives and space exploration
• Digitalization, Artificial Intelligence, and their societal implications
• Transformative and public science practices

Article Trends reveal a focus on:

• AI as comfort mechanism in societal exhaustion
• Digital self-tracking in metric cultures
• Utopian futures and leadership dynamics
• Technological promises and their social functions
• Societal adaptation to digital realities

Grants & Projects include ongoing initiatives like Explorative Moderne (2025) and Der editierte Mensch (2024), with completed projects such as KI.Me.Ge (2021-2023) and Digitaldialog 21 (2019-2022). He has served as an expert reviewer for institutions like the Swiss National Fund and German Federal Ministry of Health.