Roland Wittje

About

Roland Wittje is Associate Professor in History of Science at the Museum of University History of the Univerity of Oslo, Norway. He has studied physics and history of science at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, and taught history of science and technology at the University of Regensburg, Germany, and the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in Chennai.

Research focus

• History of physics in the nineteenth and twentieth century
• Scientific instruments and university collections
• History of acoustics
• History of science and technology education
• Techno-scientific collaboration between India and Europe during the Cold War
• History of science

Memberships

• President of the Scientific Instrument Commission of the of the IUHPST / DHST