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STEFANO CRABU

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Position

Professore Associato

Structure

Dipartimento di Filosofia, Sociologia, Pedagogia e Psicologia Applicata - FISPPA

Address

VIA M. CESAROTTI, 10/12 - PADOVA

Telephone

0498274321

E-mail

stefano.crabu@unipd.it

Stefano Crabu holds a Ph.D. in Social Sciences (2014 - University of Padova) and is an Associate Professor at the University of Padova – Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education, and Applied Psychology (FISSPA Department - Sociology Section) – in the academic field GSPS-05/A - General Sociology. He teaches courses in the Bachelor's programs in Sociological Sciences and Communication, as well as in the Master's program in Social, Work, and Communication Psychology. Within the Bachelor's program in Communication, he is a member of the GAV (Accreditation and Evaluation Group) and serves as the coordinator for internship and traineeship activities.

He is also a member of the Doctoral Board in Social Sciences (FISSPA Department - University of Padova).

Stefano Crabu is a member of the research unit Pa.S.T.I.S. (Padova Science, Technology, and Innovation Studies), where he conducts scientific research and third-mission initiatives—both nationally and internationally—focusing on the interplay between science, technology, and society. His research interests include health, biomedicine, responsible innovation, and public communication of science. Over recent years, he has published a monograph (From Molecule to Patient: Biomedicine in Contemporary Society - Il Mulino), book chapters, and articles in both Italian and international journals, including Social Theory and Health, Social Science & Medicine, New Genetics and Society, Science as Culture, Rassegna Italiana di Sociologia, Sociologica, PLOS ONE, Studi Culturali, and Salute & Società.

He is Co-Editor-in-Chief of the journal Tecnoscienza: Italian Journal of Science & Technology Studies (ranked in Class A; Scopus; Web of Science) and a member of the editorial board of Studi Culturali (Class A; Scopus; Web of Science). From 2019 to 2021, he served as Secretary of the scientific association STS Italia (Italian Society for Science and Technology Studies). He is a member of national and international scientific associations, including the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST), STS Italia, and the Italian Sociological Association (AIS).

He has obtained the National Scientific Qualification for the role of Associate Professor in General Sociology (14/C1 - General Sociology, academic field 14/GSPS-05) valid from September 11, 2019, to September 11, 2028

Notices

Office hours

  • Monday from 10:00 to 13:00
    at Via Cesarotti, 12 - 2° piano, studio
    - Per concordare un appuntamento (in presenza oppure in modalità online) scrivere una mail al docente: stefano.crabu@unipd.it - To arrange an indivudual meeting, please send an email to stefano.crabu@unipd.it

Teachings

Publications

BOOKS

- 2017: Crabu S., Dalla Molecola al paziente. La Biomedicina nella società contemporanea, Bologna: Il Mulino.

- 2017: Crabu S. (a cura di, con Giardullo P., Miele F. e Turrini, M.), Sociotechnical Environments. Proceedings of the 6th STS Italia Conference, Milano: STS Italia Publishing.


BOOKS CHAPTERS

- 2022: Crabu S. (con Mariani, I. e Schmittinger, F.), “Framing Real-Life Experimentations as Case Studies”, in A. Deserti, M. Real, F. Schmittinger (a cura di) Co-creation for Responsible Research and Innovation. Experimenting with Design Methods and Tools: Cham: Springer, pp. 25-35.

- 2020: Crabu S., “Salute, cura e biomedicina”, in P. Magaudda e F. Neresini (a cura di) Gli studi sociali sulla scienza e la tecnologia, Bologna: Il Mulino, pp. 159 – 173.

- 2017: Crabu S. (con Giardullo P., Miele F. e Turrini, M.), “Performing Sociotechnical Environments : intersections of bodies, knowledge, artefacts and politics”, in S. Crabu (a cura di, con Giardullo P., Miele F. e Turrini, M.) Sociotechnical Environments. Proceedings of the 6th STS Italia Conference, Milano: STS Italia Publishing, pp. 11 –15.

- 2015: Crabu S. (con Magaudda P.), “Le reti wireless comunitarie: infrastrutture distribuite, processi di innovazione, attivismo tecnoscientifico”, in R. Caso e F. Giovanella (a cura di), Reti di libertà. Wireless Community Networks: un'analisi interdisciplinare, Napoli: Editoriale Scientifica, pp. 57 –102.

- 2014: Crabu S., “Give us a protocol and we will rise a lab. The shaping of the infra-structuring objects”, in A. Mongili and G. Pellegrino (a cura di), Information Infrastructure(s): Boundaries, Ecologies, Multiplicity, Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 120 – 165.


SELECTED PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES

- 2021: Crabu S. (con Giardullo, P., Sciandra, A. e Neresini, F.), “Politics overwhelms science in the Covid-19 pandemic: Evidence from the whole coverage of the Italian quality newspapers”, in PLOS ONE, e0252034. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0252034

- 2021: Crabu S., “Exploring the constitution of biomedicine through the lens of science and technology studies: from local ethnographies to computational sociology and back. A dialogue with Alberto Cambrosio”, Rassegna Italiana di Sociologia, Vol. LXII, N. 1, pp. 197 – 217.

- 2021: Crabu S., “Organizing the precision clinic: arranging expertise, knowledge and technologies in cancer precision medicine clinical trials”, in New Genetics and Society, Vol. 40, N. 1, pp. 58 – 72. DOI: 10.1080/14636778.2021.1882839.

- 2020: Crabu S. (con Magaudda P.), “Cosa possiamo imparare dal science-related populism per rilanciare la sfida al populismo culturale”, in Studi Culturali, Vol. XVII, N. 3, pp. 391 – 398. DOI: 10.1405/99456.

- 2019: Crabu S., “Learning and Shaping Expert Knowledges: The Case of Precision Medicine”, in Sociologica, Vol. 13, N. 3, pp. 107 – 118. DOI: 10.6092/issn.1971-88

Research Area

- Socio-technical dimensions of biomedical innovation, and post-genomic sciences;
- Technoscientific innovation from below, with particular attention to the role of citizens and patients in biomedical innovation;
- Processes and practices of contesting the epistemic authority of science and scientific institutions;
- Reconfiguration of scientific expertise and lay epistemology;
- The public construction of technoscience and media representations;
- The governance of technoscience, and Responsible Research and Innovation: institutions and practices.

Thesis proposals

I'm available to supervise thesis projects focussed on my current research activities (see the section "Research areas).