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Overview

Trevor Pinch is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States and has contributed to research primarily within the field of Computer Science. Their work spans several subfields including Human-Computer Interaction, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Sociology and Political Science, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Computer Science Applications.

Their research focuses on topics such as Innovative Human-Technology Interaction, Interactive and Immersive Displays, Green IT and Sustainability, Information Systems Theories and Implementation, Tactile and Sensory Interactions, and Mobile Crowdsensing and Crowdsourcing.

Recent papers by Trevor Pinch cover a range of themes and venues:

  • Technologically Dense Environments: What For? What Next? (2023), published in DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)
  • The Electronicists (2022), published in CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • SocialStools: A Playful, Socio-Spatial Interface for Fostering Togetherness Across Strangers (2022), published in CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts
  • Evaluation of communIT, a large-scale, cyber-physical artifact supporting diverse subgroups building community (2022), published in Journal of Smart Cities and Society

Trevor Pinch frequently collaborates with other researchers. Notable co-authors include:

  • Gilly Leshed
  • Laewoo Kang
  • Steven J. Jackson
  • Attila Bruni
  • Cornelius Schubert

Their contributions are regularly published in venues such as:

  • CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)
  • CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts
  • Journal of Smart Cities and Society

Best Publications

  • The Social Construction of Facts and Artefacts: or How the Sociology of Science and the Sociology of Technology might Benefit Each Other:

    Trevor J. Pinch;Wiebe E. Bijker

  • The Social Construction of Technological Systems: New Directions in the Sociology and History of Technology

    Wiebe E. Bijker;Thomas Parke Hughes;T. J. Pinch

  • Handbook of Science and Technology Studies

    Sheila Jasanoff;Gerald E. Markle;James C. Petersen;Trevor Pinch

  • How users matter : The co-construction of users and technologies

    Nelly E.J. Oudshoorn;Trevor Pinch

  • Users as agents of technological change : The social construction of the automobile in the rural United States

    Ronald Kline;Trevor Pinch

  • Analog Days: The Invention and Impact of the Moog Synthesizer

    T. J. Pinch;Frank Trocco

  • The Uses of Experiment Studies in the Natural Sciences

    David Gooding;T. J. Pinch;Simon Schaffer

  • The Golem: What Everyone Should Know About Science

    Harold Maurice Collins;T. J. Pinch

  • Frames of Meaning: The Social Construction of Extraordinary Science

    Harold Maurice Collins;T. J. Pinch

  • The Golem at Large: What You Should Know about Technology

    Harold Maurice Collins;Trevor J. Pinch

  • The Oxford Handbook of Sound Studies

    Trevor Pinch;Karin Bijsterveld

  • Confronting nature : the sociology of solar-neutrino detection

    Trevor J. Pinch

  • THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PARANORMAL: NOTHING UNSCIENTIFIC IS HAPPENING*

    Harold Maurice Collins;T. J. Pinch

  • Technology and institutions: living in a material world

    Trevor Pinch

  • The golem : what you should know about science

    Harry M. Collins;Trevor Pinch

  • Health and efficiency : a sociology of health economics

    Malcolm Ashmore;M. J. Mulkay;T. J. Pinch

  • Towards an Analysis of Scientific Observation: The Externality and Evidential Significance of Observational Reports in Physics:

    Trevor Pinch

  • Sound Studies: New Technologies and Music

    Trevor Pinch;Karin Bijsterveld

  • The Uses of Experiment

    David Gooding;Trevor Pinch;Simon Schaffer

  • The Social Construction of Technological Systems: New Directions in the Sociology and History of Technology

    Susan E. Cozzens;Wiebe E. Bijker;Thomas P. Hughes;Trevor Pinch

  • The Reflexive Thesis: Wrighting Sociology of Scientific Knowledge.

    Trevor Pinch;Malcolm Pinch

  • The Golem: What Everyone Should Know about Science.

    Michael Lynch;Harry Collins;Trevor Pinch

Frequent Co-Authors

Harold Maurice Collins
Harold Maurice Collins Cardiff University
Wiebe E. Bijker
Wiebe E. Bijker Maastricht University
Paul Drew
Paul Drew University of York
John Law
John Law The Open University
Sheila Jasanoff
Sheila Jasanoff Harvard University
Richard Swedberg
Richard Swedberg Cornell University
Michael Lynch
Michael Lynch Cornell University
Bruno Latour
Bruno Latour Sciences Po

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