Ruth Müller

Ruth Müller is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Research Policy Group, Lund University. Her research focuses on the relations between research policy, institutional frameworks and scientific work practices, currently in the fields of climate science and epigenetics. Dr Müller has an (inter)disciplinary background in science & technology studies, sociology, molecular biology and gender studies. Her PhD work has explored how academic career rationales in life sciences shape the social and epistemic relations of postdocs in research labs in Austria. Her methodological expertise is qualitative, with a particular emphasis on interview work, focus groups and participant observation. She is interested in critical reflection of contemporary academic work practices and social movements in this area, such as e.g. the 'slow science' movement. Dr. Müller teaches at Lund University and at the University of Vienna.