General

WANG Dazhou, PhD
 

Professor of Technology and Engineering Studies
Deputy Director of Center for Engineering Studies
School of Humanities & School of Engineering Sciences
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Email: dzwang@ucas.ac.cn
Tel.: 86-10-69671368 / 88256360 
Fax.: 86-10-69671368 / 88256360
Addr.: 111 Room, Humanities Building, 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing 
Postcode: 100049

Research Areas

Philosophy of technology and engineering
Engineering studies
Innovation studies and public policy

Education

PhD, Philosophy of Science and Technology, 1998, Northeastern University, China
Phil.M, Philosophy of Science and Technology, 1993, Harbin Institute of Technology, China

Experience

Professor(2002-2006), School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Professor (2006-), School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Academic Membership

Editor-in-chief, Journal of Engineering Studies, Science Press, China.

Editorial board member, Studies in Dialectics of Nature, China.

Editorial board member, Engineering Education Review, SMP, Hong Kong, China.

Vice Chairman & Secretary General, Committee for Philosophy of Engineering, China Society for Studies in Dialectics of Nature.

Vice Chairman, Committee for Science, Technology and Society, China Society for Studies in Dialectics of Nature.

Vice Chairman, Innovation Strategy Committee, Chinese Association of  Develpment Strategy Studies.

Chairman, Committee for Sociology of Engineering & Industry, Chinese Sociological Association.

Selected Publications

   
Books


Yao, Yabo; Wu, Zhihui; Wang, Dazhou; et al., 2022. Philosophy of Engineering Rooted in the Ground: The Practical Logic of Construction of Beijing Internationl Airport. Beijing: The Chinese Architecture & Building Press.  

Wang, Dazhou, 2022. A History of Large-Scale Research Facilities Development in China. Hangzhou: Zhejiang Education Press. 

Wang, Dazhou, ed., 2013. Technology, Engineering and Philosophy. Beijing: Science Press.

Wang, Dazhou, 2006. The firm's Innovative Networks: Evolution and governance. Beijing: Intellectual Property Publishing House. 

Wang, Dazhou, 2005. Knowldege, Field and Innovation. Beijing: Chinese Social Science Press.

Wang, Dazhou, 2001. Technological Innovation and Institutional Structure. Shenyang: Northeastern University Press. 

Liu, Er; Wang, Dazhou; Zhang, Yong, 2000. Manufacturing of the Life: A Reflection on Genetic Engineering. Harbin: Heilongjiang Science and Technology Publishing House.

Papers


Wang, Dazhou, 2023. Imaginary, Knowledge and Norms: Triple Essentials in Engineering Education. Engineerng Education Review, 1(1): 22-26.


Wang, Dazhou; Liang, Qinghua, 2023. From Disjunction to Synergy: An Investigation on Structural Changes of China's National Innovation System (1992-2006). Journal of Dielectics of Nature, 45 (8): 91-104.


Wang, Dazhou, 2022. How Engineering Practice Is Possible: An Extended Analysis of “I Create, Therefore I Am”.  Journal of Engineering Studies, 14(4): 286-294.


Cheng, Muyuan; Wang, Dazhou, 2022. X-Ray and Instrument Innovations of the Shimadzu Corporation from 1896 to 1945. Studies in the History of Natural Sciences, 41 (1): 115-131. 


Li, xiubo; Wang, Dazhou, 2021. The Mangle Design Method for Complex Engineering Systems: Taking the Design of California Smart Grid as an Example. Studies in Dialectics of Nature, 37(9): 42-48.


Wang, Dazhou, 2020, Technology, Innovation and Lifeworld: A Phenomenological Analysis, in Qian Wang ed. Chinese Philosophy of Technology: Classical Readings and Contemporary Work. Springer, 2020. 


Luo, Fei; Wang, Dazhou, 2019, A Survey of the History of the China Continental Scientifc Drilling Project. Journal of Dialectics of Nature, 41 (8): 71-80.


Wang, Dazhou, 2018, A social thoery of engineering innovations. Journal of Engineering Studies, 10(3): 256-265.

 

Wang, Dazhou, 2018, Toward an experimental philosophy of engineering, in Carl Mitcham et al. eds. Philosophy of Engineering: East and West, Springer. Pp.37-50.


Wang, Dazhou, 2017, An analysis on methodology of social assessment of engineering. Studies in Dialectics of Nature, 33(10): 39-44.

 

Wang, Dazhou; Wang, Kaixi, 2016, Paradise, panopticon, and laboratory: A tale of the internet in China. in J.L.Garcia ed., Pierre Musso and the Network Society, Springer, 2016. Pp. 155-186.

 

Wang, Dazhou; Zhang Tao, 2015, Engineering accidents in society: A comparison of Chinese and American railway accident investigation. Technology in Society, 43: 69-73.

 

Zhang, Bin; Wang; Dazhou, 2015, On the phenomenological analysis of artifacts: A new framework. Philosophical Researches, 113-119.

 

Zhang, Tao; Wang, Dazhou, 2013, On the learning process from the engineering accidents and the relevant institutional arrangements. Journal of Engineering Studies, 5(3): 309-317.


Li, Xiubo; Wang, Dazhou, 2012, A review of researches on the self-organization issue concerning complex engineering systems. Journal of Engineering Studies, 4(2): 181-189.


Wang, Dazhou, 2011, High time to reconsider the project-oriented research system for the sake of scientific innovations. Science and Culture Review, Vol.8, No.4, 99-103. 

Xu, jing and Wang, Dazhou, 2010, An analysis of unitilization of large scientific instruments and equipment in China. Journal of Engineering Studies, Vol.2, No.2, 216-226.

Gong, Yuhuan, and Wang, Dazhou, 2007, Between academic and business: A comparison of MIT and HIT. Journal of Dialectics of Nature (A Comprehensive, Theoretical Journal of the Philosophy, History and Sociology of Natural Science), Vol.29,No. 3, 36-42.

Wang, Dazhou, 2006, On the nature of engineering innovation. Scienific Chinese, 2006(5), 31-34.
 
Wang, Dazhou, 2005, Between engineering and philosophy. Studies in Dialectics of Nature (Journal of Philosophy of Science and Technology; Science, Technology and Society), Vol.21, No.7, 38-41. 

Wang, Dazhou and Guan,Shixu, 2004, Philosophy of technology, technological practice and technological rationality. Philosophical Researches, 2004 (11) ,55-60.
 
Wang, Dazhou and Guan,Shixu, 2003, Towards an epistemology of technology.   Studies in Dialectics of Nature (Journal of Philosophy of Science and Technology; Science, Technology and Society), Vol.19, No.2

Wang, Dazhou, 2001, The evolution and governance of the firm’s innovation networks: A review of the literature, Scientific Research Management, Vol.22, No.5, 96-103. 

Wang, Dazhou, 2001, The use of knowledge in the process of technological innovation: A comparison between China and the West, Scientific Management Research, Vol.19, No.4, 1-4. 

Wang, Dazhou and Guan, Shixu, 2001, An institutional analysis of the relationship among science, technology and economy, Studies in Dialectics of Nature (Journal of Philosophy of Science and Technology; Science, Technology and Society), Vol.17, No.1, 29-32,42. 

Wang, Dazhou and Guan, Shixu, 2001, A study of the mechanism of interactions between technological and institutional innovations, Journal of Dialectics of Nature (A Comprehensive, Theoretical Journal of the Philosophy, History and Sociology of Natural Science), Vol.23, No.1, 54-63.

Wang, Dazhou and Guan, Shixu, 2000, An analysis of the status quo of technological and organizational innovations in China's state owned large and medium enterprises, China Soft Science, No.4, 32-37. 

Wang, Dazhou, 1998, The knowledge dimension of the firm's technological innovation, Studies in Dialectics of Nature(Journal of Philosophy of Science and Technology; Science, Technology and Society), Vol.14, No.6, 42-46. 

Wang, Dazhou and Guan, Shixu, 1998, Technological knowledge and organizing for innovation, Journal of Dialectics of Nature(A Comprehensive, Theoretical Journal of the Philosophy, History and Sociology of Natural Science), Vol.20, No.1, 31-39. 

Wang, Dazhou and Guan,Shixu, 1996, Institution, technology, and innovation: A new perspective for the studies of technological innovation, Journal of Dialectics of Nature(A Comprehensive, Theoretical Journal of the Philosophy, History and Sociology of Natural Science), Vol.18, No.6, 24-30.