Research Projects

During the courses in the PSTS program Victor conducted the following research projects that culminated in term papers.

  • The Technological Remediation of the Mobile Phone — An Inquiry into the Technical Remediation of the Mobile Phone Technology by the Skype Web Application
    • Course: Philosophical Anthropology and Technology
    • Instructor: Dr. Petran Kockelkoren
    • Term: Spring 2008
  • Henry Ford’s ‘T’ Model — A Post-phenomenological Methodological Analysis of Different Analytical Perspectives Concerning the Ford Motor Company in the 20th Century American Automobile Industry in terms of the Conceptualization of the Relation between Technology and Social Order
    • Course: Technology and Social Order
    • Instructors: Dr. Lissa Roberts & Dr. Albert de la Bruheze
    • Term: Spring 2008
  • Alliance Portfolio Management — A Comparative Analysis of the Cases Vredestein Banden B.V. and Biomass Technology Group (BTG) (team work)
    • Course: Organizing Innovation
    • Instructors: Dr. Dries Faems, Dr. Petra de Weerd-Nederhof, and Dr. Aard Groen
    • Term: Spring 2008
  • The Future of the Digital Divide — Two Future Scenarios of the One Laptop per Child Project as an Initiative within the Context of Bridging the Digital Divide in the Contemporary Global Information Society
    • Course: Designing the Future: Technology Assessment and Foresight
    • Instructor: Dr. Ellen van Oost
    • Term: Fall 2007
  • An Advice of the National Platform ‘Anders Betalen voor Mobiliteit’ — Alternative Ways of Paying for Mobility (team work)
    • Course: Styles of Policy Research and Advice
    • Instructor: Dr. Arco Timmermans
    • Term: Fall 2007
  • Traffic-jams as a Public Policy Problem in the Netherlands (team work)
    • Course: Styles of Policy Research and Advice
    • Instructor: Dr. Arco Timmermans
    • Term: Fall 2007
  • The Domestication of Apple and Windows Laptops in a University Environment (co-authored)
    • Course: Shaping Technology and Everyday Life
    • Instructors: Dr. Ellen van Oost & Drs. Louis Neven
    • Term: Spring 2007
  • Cyberspace and its Anglo-American Bias — A Political Philosophical Reflection on the Anglo-American Bias of the Cyberspace Technology
    • Course: Society, Politics and Technology
    • Instructor: Dr. Tsjalling Swierstra
    • Term: Spring 2007
  • Golden Rice — A Science and Technology Study to the Development and Application of Genetically Modified Rice as a Consumable Food Product (team work)
    • Course: Introduction to Science and Technology Studies
    • Instructors: Dr. Nelly Oudshoorn & Dr. Marta Kirejczyk
    • Term: Spring 2007
  • The Scientific Paradigm Shift — A Philosophical Analysis of Thomas Kuhn’s Account on Scientific Progress
    • Course: Philosophy of Science
    • Instructors: Dr. Steward Gluck & Dr. Mieke Boon
    • Term: Spring 2007
  • Investigations to the Governance of Information and Communication Technology
    • Course: Governance of Technology
    • Instructor: Dr. Marta Kirejczyk
    • Term: Fall 2006
  • The Hybrid Information-processing Unit in the Contemporary Information Society
    • Course: Philosophy of Information and Communication Technology
    • Instructors: Dr. Philip Brey & Dr. Edward Spence
    • Term: Fall 2006
  • Introduction to the Contemporary Information Society
    • Course: Philosophy of Information and Communication Technology
    • Instructors: Dr. Philip Brey & Dr. Edward Spence
    • Term: Fall 2006
  • Trust and E-Commerce — A Moral Reflection on the Role of Trust in Online Shopping
    • Course: Ethics and Technology 2
    • Instructors: Dr. Ibo van der Poel & MSc. Katinka Wealbers
    • Term: Spring 2006
  • Patent of the Diesel Engine — A Historiographical Analysis
    • Course: History of Science and Technology
    • Instructor: Dr. Lissa Robberts
    • Term: Spring 2006
  • Moral Considerations for Prenatal Screening in the Netherlands (co-authored)
    • Course: Ethics and Technology 1
    • Instructors: Dr. Marianne Boenink & MSc. Katinka Waelbers
    • Term: Fall 2005
  • To Call, or to Be Called — A Philosophical Analysis of the Mobile Phone
    • Course: Introduction to Philosophy of Technology
    • Instructor: Dr. Peter-Paul Verbeek
    • Date: Fall 2005