| Time: | April 21, 2023 |
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On 21 April 2023 the seminar “Early Career meets Visiting Professor Chris Harty” took place at the IntCDC Laboratory for Large-Scale Construction Robotics in Waiblingen.
Chris Harty is visiting IntCDC from London South Bank University, where he is Dean of Built Environment and Architecture and Professor of Technology and Organisation. He previously spent many years at the University of Reading, most recently as Head of the School of Built Environment. He is also Chair of the Building Services Research and Information Association (BSRIA), where he has been a non-executive director since 2019.
Chris Harty gave an overview of his research interests, particularly the interactions between organisations, people and technology in the AEC sector, and the impact of new technologies on industry practices. Professor Harty is an expert in understanding cultural and strategic change in organisations, the implementation of new technologies and work practices, future scenarios, and the connections between physical space and organisation.
While for the participating social scientists, the focus was on disciplinary exchange about their research topics, for the doctoral students from other disciplines, it was Chris Harty's explanations and personal experiences of career planning after the doctorate that were of particular interest. Chris Harty's first-hand information on the differences between the British and German science systems and their impact on career planning was met with great interest.
The participants were then given a tour of the LCRL, where Mark Burkhardt and Anja Lauer presented their work on two automated cranes, and Felix Amtsberg demonstrated the Cyber-Physical Wood Fabrication Platform. During the tour, issues of human-technology interaction were examined and discussed in more detail.
The unanimous opinion that input from people outside the Cluster is always enriching and helps to integrate new perspectives into one's own research was again confirmed at this seminar. We would like to thank Professor Harty for providing his expertise and suggestions, and for the opportunity to have a rich dialogue!
