Stefano Crabu
Tenure Track Assistant Professor
University of Padua- Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Pedagogy and Applied Psychology (FISPPA)
Stefano Crabu, Ph.D. in Social Sciences (2014 – University of Padova), is a Tenure Track Assistant Professor (RTD-B).
He carries out his teaching duties within the Bachelor’s Degree programs in “Sociological Sciences” and “Communication.” He is a member of the Ph.D. School in “Social Sciences” (Department of FISSPA – University of Padua).
In terms of research, Stefano Crabu is involved in various research projects with the aim of investigating the social, cultural, and epistemological dimensions of the scientific and technological innovation processes required in biomedicine, life sciences, and the field of ICT.
As member of the Research Unit Pa.S.T.I.S (Padua Science Technology and Innovation Studies), he undertakes scientific research and third mission initiatives – both at the national and international levels – on the relationships between science, technology, and society, with a particular focus on the fields of health, biomedicine, and responsible innovation.
Recent Publications:
(2024) Crabu, S., Neresini, F., Agodi, M.C., and Tosoni, S., (Eds.), Manufacturing Refused Knowledge in the Age of Epistemic Pluralism: Discourses, Imaginaries, and Practices on the Border of Science, London, Palgrave Macmillan.
(2024) Crabu, S., Challenging the institutional politics of life in the making of refused knowledge, in Neresini, F., Agodi, M.C., and Tosoni, S., (Eds.), Manufacturing Refused Knowledge in the Age of Epistemic Pluralism: Discourses, Imaginaries, and Practices on the Border of Science, London, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 169-193.
(2024) Crabu, S. and Neresini, F., Is It Really Possible to Take the Floor (Agnostically) About Refused Knowledge?, in Neresini, F., Agodi, M.C., and Tosoni, S., (Eds.), Manufacturing Refused Knowledge in the Age of Epistemic Pluralism: Discourses, Imaginaries, and Practices on the Border of Science, London, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 285-297.
(2023) Crabu, S., Picardi, I., and Turrini, V., Science Refused-knowledge during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Mobilising Experiential Expertise for Care and Well-being, in “Science as Culture”, 32 (1), pp. 132-155. DOI: 10.1080/09505431.2022.2138309.
(2021) Crabu, S., Giardullo, P., Sciandra, A., and 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, in “Rassegna Italiana di Sociologia”, 17 (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”, 40 (1), pp. 58-72. DOI: 10.1080/14636778.2021.1882839.
(2020) Crabu, S. and Magaudda, P., Cosa possiamo imparare dal science-related populism per rilanciare la sfida al populismo culturale, in “Studi Culturali”, 17 (3), pp. 391-398. DOI: 10.1405/99456.
(2019) Crabu, S., Learning and Shaping Expert Knowledges: The Case of Precision Medicine, in “Sociologica”, 13 (3), pp. 107-118. DOI: 10.6092/issn.1971-88