Prof. Dr. Roy M. MacLeod

Profile

Academic positionEmeritus
Research fieldsHistory of Science
KeywordsComparative Studies, First World War, Medicine, Science, Technology

Current contact address

CountryAustralia
CitySydney
InstitutionUniversity of Sydney
InstituteSchool of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry (SOPHI)

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang U. EckartInstitut für Geschichte der Medizin, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg
Prof. Dr. Götz NeuneckInstitut für Friedensforschung und Sicherheitspolitik (IFSH), Universität Hamburg, Hamburg
Prof. Dr. Marcus PopplowInstitut für Geschichte, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Karlsruhe
Start of initial sponsorship01/04/2002

Programme(s)

2000Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor MacLeod has made outstanding contributions to the history of science, of technology and of science policy in the US and Europe as well as in Australia and the Pacific region. Especially known is his work at the intersections of science, industry and the economy as well as science, technology and the war systems. He established the journal "Social Studies of Science" which subsequently became a reference-journal in the history of science. During his stay in Germany, Professor MacLeod will explore the impact of the war of World War I on the sciences in Germany, Great Britain, and France on the basis of comparative studies.