Monika Kurath is a senior researcher and a head of research group at the Centre for Research on Architecture, Society & the Built Environment (ETH CASE), Department of Architecture, ETH Zurich, Switzerland and a Lecturer in Science and Technology Studies at the University of Vienna, Austria. Monika is also the director for Research & Faculty at the University of St. Gallen. After her master at the ETH Zurich and her PhD at the University of St.Gallen, she was a candidate at the graduate school Collegium Helveticum ETH Zurich, a research associate at the Office for History of Science and Technology at the UC Berkeley, a post doctoral researcher at the Program for Science Studies at the University of Basel, a fellow at the Harvard Kennedy Schools Program on Science, Technology & Society and a visiting professor at the University of Vienna ‘s Department of Science and Technology Studies. Her research focuses the intersection of science and technology studies (STS), urban studies and sociology of architecture.