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Ian Stewart

Associate Professor of Humanities

| History of Science and Technology

| Faculty Member

Ian Stewart Ian Stewart
ian.stewart@ukings.ca 902 422-1271 ext. 134

BSc (Trent), MA (Tor), PhD (Cantab)

Ian Stewart joined King’s in 1995 as a teaching fellow in the Foundation Year Program (FYP). Back in the 80s, mid-way through his undergraduate degree in physics, he realized that the sciences interested him more from the perspectives of philosophical, historical and sociological analysis. After completing his BSc (Hons) at Trent University, he studied in the field of history and philosophy of science at Toronto (MA), and at Cambridge (PhD).

Ian is an Associate Professor of Humanities, teaching in both the History of Science and Technology Program and the Foundation Year Program; his courses are usually cross-listed with several other programs and departments at King’s and Dalhousie, respectively. He is also adjunct professor at the Department of Classics, Dalhousie University, and Research Member, Environmental Information: Use and Impact (www.eiui.ca) at the School of Information Management, Dalhousie University. He is also co-lead on a pan-Canadian project building a network of social science/humanities scholars working on environmental impact assessment methodologies and policies.

Ian Stewart’s full list of publications, papers and projects [PDF]

Publications

a. Peer-reviewed articles and book chapters

  • Stewart, I., Harding, M. (2021). “One Pipeline and Two Impact Assessments: Coproduction, Legal Pluralism, and the Trans Mountain Expansion Project”. Science, Technology and Human Values. First published online, Dec. 27, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1177/01622439211057309 
  • Stewart, I.G. (2021). The unavoidable tension in the “science vs policy” divide. Review essay of Oppenheimer et al. Discerning Experts. The Practices of Scientific Assessment for Environmental Policy. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 2019. In Proceedings of the Nova Scotia Institute of Science, 51(1): 203-9.
  • Porges, K. & Stewart, I. (forthcoming, 2022) The Jena Declaration: German pedagogical responsibilties. In: Luciana Bellatalla, Piergiovanni Genovesi, Eva Matthes & Sylvia Schütze eds. Nation, Nationalism and School in Contemporary Europe / Nation, Nationalismus und Schule im zeitgenössischen Europa. Bad Heilbrunn: Klinkhardt.
  • Stewart, I.G., Cherry, J. and Harding, M., (2021). Groundwater Contamination Science and the Precautionary Principle. In Abrunhosa, M. et al. (2021). Advances in Geoethics and Groundwater Management: Theory and Practice for a Sustainable Development. Cham, SU: Springer Nature.  pp. 17-21
  • Porges, Karl, Stewart, Ian G., Hoßfeld, Uwe, & Levit, G.S. (2019a). From idea to law: Theory, concept and terminological formation in Ernst Haeckel’s works. Forthcoming in Russian Journal of Developmental Biology 50(6). [confirmation letter from the editor attached to this CV]
  • ——- (2019b) Russian translation, Т ИДЕИ К ЗАКОНУ: ФОРМИРОВАНИЕ ТЕОРИЙ, КОНЦЕПЦИЙ И ТЕРМИНОЛОГИИ В РАБОТАХ ЭРНСТА ГЕККЕЛЯ. Ontogenez 50(6), 1–15.
  • Stewart, I., Hossfeld, Uwe, & Levit, G.S. (2019). Evolutionary ethics and Haeckelian monism: The case of Heinrich Schmidt’s Harmonie (1931). Theory in Biosciences 138, 189–202.
  • Karabanow, J., & Stewart, I.G. (2019). Between policy and practice: Ethical challenges in longitudinal applied social science research. In F. McSweeney & D. Williams (Eds.), Designing and conducting research in social science, health and social care (pp. 75–89). New York: Routledge.

b. Book reviews and review essays

  • Stewart, I.G. (2019). The unavoidable tension in the “science vs policy” divide [Review essay of Discerning experts: The practices of scientific assessment for environmental policy, by Michael Oppenheimer et al.]. Proceedings of the Nova Scotia Institute of Science, 50(2). [forthcoming]
  • Stewart, I.G. (2017). L’impossible dialogue: Sciences et religions, by Yves Gingras. Isis 108(1), 103–104.

c. Non peer-reviewed publications

  • Stewart, I.G. (2019). What’s in a Word: Taking “Stock.” Blog post https://sshoresite.wordpress.com/
  • Westwood, A., et al. (2018). Strong foundations: Recap and recommendations from scientists regarding the federal environmental and regulatory reviews. Report submitted to the Government of Canada, Environmental and Regulatory Reviews.

Recent Papers and Presentations

  • (2019, June). Some perspectives on socio-epistemic challenges of impact assessment. Advancing Impact Assessment in Canada’s Natural Resources Sectors, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB.
  • (2019, June). Public engagement in oil spill preparedness and response (OSPR): Challenges and possibilities. 42nd ECCC AMOP Technical Seminar, Halifax.
  • (2019, March). Environmental assessments and co-production. Working with Co-Production Workshop, University of Ottawa, ON.
  • (2018, October). Divine providence in things human and cosmological: Plato’s Timaeus and Boethius’ Consolation of philosophy. Boethius Day Symposium, University of King’s College, Halifax, NS.

Research interests

  • Renaissance and early-modern natural philosophies
  • History of the universities
  • Public understanding of science – past and present
  • Social sciences and humanities dimensions to impact assessment theory and practice

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Courses

History of Science and Technology

Medieval Natural Philosophy: from the Roman Empire to the Age of Dante

Instructor
Ian Stewart
HSTC2002.03 / CLASS 2002.03
Winter, 2022/23
Archibald Room
TR 1435-1555
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History of Science and Technology

The Beginnings of Western Medicine: Birth of the Body

Instructor
Ian Stewart
HSTC2202.03 / CLAS2202.03
Winter, 2022/23
Seminar 7
MW 1435-1555
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History of Science and Technology

Ecology and Religion

Instructor
Ian Stewart
HSTC3202.03/ RELS3211.03
Fall, 2022/23
Seminar 7
T 1835-2125
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History of Science and Technology

Ecology and Religion

Instructor
Ian Stewart
HSTC3202.03/ RELS3211.03
Fall, 2021/22
Archibald Room
R 1735-2025
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History of Science and Technology

Engineering the Planet: the Anthropocene Era, from Prehistory to Today's Global Crisis

Instructor(s)
Ian Stewart
HSTC2210.03
Fall, 2021/22
Seminar 7
W 1735-2025
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History of Science and Technology

Engineering the Planet: the Anthropocene Era, from Prehistory to Today's Global Crisis

Instructor
Ian Stewart
HSTC2210.03
Fall, 2022/23
Scotiabank Room
W 1735-2025
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History of Science and Technology

The Beginnings of Western Medicine: Birth of the Body

Instructor(s)
Ian Stewart
HSTC2202.03 / CLAS2202.03
Winter, 2021/22
Seminar 7
T 1735-2025
View Course
History of Science and Technology

Medieval Natural Philosophy: from the Roman Empire to the Age of Dante

Instructor
Ian Stewart
HSTC2002.03 / CLASS 2002.03
Winter, 2021/22
Seminar 7
MW 1435-1555
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