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Etienne Benson
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Stanford University
Harvard University
Scientific career
InstitutionsMax Planck Institute for the History of Science
Websitewww.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/de/people/ebenson

Etienne S. Benson is a historian specializing in the intersections of science, politics, and the environment, with a focus on the United States and Europe from the eighteenth century to the present. Together with Jurgen Renn and Dagmar Schäfer, he currently serves as a Director at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin. His department "Knowledge Systems and Collective Life" examines the interplay between knowledge systems, political structures, and societal dynamics, focusing on how knowledge shapes collective decision-making and governance, particularly in the context of environmental challenges and sustainability.[1]

Benson earned his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2008 and has held academic positions at institutions such as Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Chicago (Wolf Humanities Center). Prior to that, he received an AB in cognitive neuroscience from Harvard College in 1999 and an MA in psychology from Stanford University in 2001.[2][3]

He is the author of Wired Wilderness: Technologies of Tracking and the Making of Modern Wildlife, Johns Hopkins University Press, (2010)[4][5][6] and Surroundings: A History of Environments and Environmentalisms (2020),[7][8] which examine the intersections of technology, environmentalism, and wildlife conservation.

He serves on the advisory boards of several committees and journals, including The Journal of the History of Biology and Osiris, and is a member of the executive council of the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT)[9]. Through his interdisciplinary scholarship published in various academic journals and through his public engagement, Benson has made significant contributions in exploring human-animal relations, conservation history, environmentalism, and the development of Earth and environmental sciences[10].

References

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  1. ^ "New Research Department "Knowledge Systems and Collective Life" to Explore Environment, Politics, and Society".
  2. ^ "Anthropocene Curriculum".
  3. ^ "Etienne Benson".
  4. ^ Mitman, Gregg (2012). "Wired Wilderness: Technologies of Tracking and the Making of Modern Wildlife (Review)". Technology and Culture. 53 (1): 242–243. doi:10.1353/tech.2012.0028.
  5. ^ Bocking, Stephen (2011). "Etienne Benson. Wired Wilderness: Technologies of Tracking and the Making of Modern Wildlife . (Animals, History, Culture.) ix + 251 pp., illus., figs., bibl., index. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010. $55 (Cloth)". Isis. 102 (4): 799–800. doi:10.1086/664890.
  6. ^ Papworth, Sarah (2012). "Wired Wilderness: Technologies of Tracking and the Making of Modern Wildlife by Etienne Benson (2010), ix+251 pp., the John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA. ISBN 9780801897108 (HBK), USD 55.00/GBP 28.50". Oryx. 46: 155. doi:10.1017/S0030605311002225.
  7. ^ Selcer, Perrin (2021). "Etienne S. Benson. Surroundings: A History of Environments and Environmentalisms". The American Historical Review. 126 (4): 1619–1620. doi:10.1093/ahr/rhab544.
  8. ^ Warde, Paul (2023). "Etienne S. Benson, Surroundings. A History of Environments and Environmentalisms". Social History of Medicine. 36 (3): 573–574. doi:10.1093/shm/hkac028.
  9. ^ https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/sites/default/files/2023-05/benson-etienne-cv-press-2023-2.pdf
  10. ^ "Etienne Benson – Society of Fellows".