Monika Kurath is affiliate professor in Science and Technology Studies and Dean Research & Faculty at the University of St.Gallen Switzerland.. After her master at 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, a visiting professor at the University of Vienna ‘s Department of Science and Technology Studies and a senior researcher and head of research group at the Centre for Research on Architecture, Society & the Built Environment (ETH CASE), Department of Architecture, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. Her research focuses the intersection of science and technology studies (STS), urban studies and sociology of architecture.