How did the IAEA, a diplomatic and political international organization, come to dominate scientific institutions with a long tradition in radiation protection?

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“The Traveling Atomic Exhibition in Cold War Italy” – guest lecture by Dr. Donatella Germanese

The second guest lecture in our STGS Colloquium series will be held by Dr. Donatella Germanese (Max Planck Institute for History of Science, Berlin) on Thursday, February 24, at 18:00 CET: The Traveling Atomic Exhibition in Cold War Italy The mobile atomic exhibition of the United States Information Service was launched in Italy in June 1954 and […]

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Diplomacy in the Time of Cholera

While keeping your distance has become the order of the day, it is also for sure that the only way to deal with the pandemic is through solidarity and cooperation of local governments and international health organizations. However, the different handling of an unprecedented situation has also revealed one thing: how controversial the mixing of […]

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Dr. María J. Santesmases

María Jesús Santesmases visited the STGS at FAU in November 2021, supported by the international guest professorships program at FAU. María Jesús Santesmases, PhD in Chemistry (University of Madrid), is Research professor at the Spanish National Research Council’s Institute of Philosophy. Her research focuses on the history of the biomedical sciences, science policy, and gender […]

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International History of Radiation Protection

As a unique technoscientific and diplomatic organization, the IAEA embodies the defining feature of post-WWII nuclear research: political collaboration on an international level became the precondition for any international scientific cooperation.

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The Historical Relations of the IAEA to Other Regulatory Agencies

In the late 1950s the UN started to develop an international regulatory system for managing ionizing radiation risks based heavily on the geopolitical division of the world.

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Standardization and Implementation

The conceptual analysis of standardization is key to understanding scientific work at the interface of laboratory and clinical or industrial practice.

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