Philosophy of technology and engineering

Engineering studies

Innovation studies and public policy

PhD, Philosophy of Science and Technology, 1998, Northeastern University, China

Phil.M, Philosophy of Science and Technology, 1993, Harbin Institute of Technology, China

Professor (2006-), School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Visiting Scholar (2002-2003), Business School, Imperial College London, UK

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

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.

   

Bai, Chunli; Guan, Xiaowu; Guo, Jinhai; Fang, Yibing; Wang, Dazhou; Zhang, Jiuchen, 2023. An Outline of History of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China. Beijing: Science Press.

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

Wang, Dazhou, 2022. A Development History of Large-Scale Research Facilities 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.

Wang, Dazhou, 2024. Towards philosophy of engineering sciences: Research progress, key issues and research stragety. Studies in Dialectics of Nature, 40(9): 3-12.

Wang, Dazhou, 2023. Engineering ecology: Conceptual analysis and research approach. Journal of Engineering Studies, 15(5): 378-389.

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, 2023. On the construction of Chinese style philosophical discourse system from experiences of philosophy of engineering.  Studies in Dialectics of Nature, 39(3): 124-130.

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.

Wang, Yefei; Wang, Dazhou, 2022. Experiment is power: A new perspective on Francis Bacon's experimental philosophy. Journal of Dialectics of Nature, 44(9): 55-62.

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.

Rao, Wei; Li, Da; Wang, Dazhou, 2021. Flexible liquid metal materials as core technology: On the relationship between basic research and disruptive technological breakthroughs. Journal of Engineering Studies, 13(4): 303-314.

Yu, Yongyang; Wang, Dazhou, 2020. A study of the co-evolution of technology and tactics based on experimental thinking: A case study of Chinese defending against invasion of U-2 fighters. Journal of Dialectics of Nature, 42 (5): 100-108.

 

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, 2019. Reflection on humanistic connotation of engineering practices. Journal of Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Social Sciences Edition), 32 (6): 27-33.

Chen, Lina; Wang, Dazhou, 2019. Research progress in responsible innovation of brain-computer interface. Journal of Engineering Studies, 11(4): 390-399.

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. 

 

1. Major Project funded by the Ministry of Education of China: Fundamental Theoretical Issues in Philosophy of Engineering Sciences.

2. Major Project funded by the National Social Science Foundation of China: Philosophy of Technological Innovation and the Practical Logic of China's Self-Dependent Innovation.

3. Major Project funded by Chinese Academy of Engineering: A Study on Theoretical Framework of Engineering Ecology.

4. Major Project funded by Chinese Academy of Engineering: A Study on Values and Methodology in Major Engineering Project Management.

5. Major Project funded by Norway Research Council: Sociomaterial transformations in Norway and East Asia (SOMAT).