] FW: Urgently looking for a feminist computer scientists or software engineer

[Szabó Erzsébet]

FYI.
Üdv,
Szabó E.


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Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 6:35 PM
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Subject: FWD: Urgently looking for a feminist computer scientists or
software engineer


Contact:
Mag. Dr. M. Maurer
Project "Innovations & Transformations"
RLI, Rosa-Luxemburg-Institut, <http://rli.at> Julius-Tandler-Pl. 5/24,
A-1090 Wien Tel. / Fax (13-14 h): +43/1/31 74 929
E-mail: margarete.maurer at univie.ac.at

Dear collegues,
for an actual research team we urgently need a feminist omputer
scientist or software engeneer - ENGLISH abstract see below. There are
two international workshops to be planned and organized (working
language english). As German is also necessary we send the call in
German. margarete
>>
>> Liebe KollegInnen,
>>
>> fuer die Mitarbeit im Forschungsprojekt "innovations and
>transformations -
>> perspectives of transdisciplinary gender studies" (abstract siehe
>> unten) suchen wir
>>
>>      eine Informatikerin (bevorzugt: Softwareentwicklung,
userorientierte
>> Methoden, Kenntnis der Phasen des systems design, systems analysis,
>> Programmiersprachen)
>>
>> Voraussetzungen:
>>
>> - sehr gute Englischkenntnisse aktiv und passiv
>>
>> - Faehigkeit, ueber die eigenen fachlichen Themen mit Fachleuten aus
>> anderen Gebieten und mit Nicht-WissenschaftlerInnen erfolgreich zu
>> kommunizieren und anderen zuzuhoeren
>>
>> - gute Kenntnis der feministischen/gender studies oder
>> Technikbewertung
>in
>> ihrem Fachgebiet (gilt nur fuer wissl. Mitarb. und Praktikantinnen)
>>
>> - hohe Teamfaehigkeit, social skills, Konflikttoleranz
>>
>> - moeglichst flexible zeitliche Verfuegbarkeit entsprechend
>Anforderungen
>> im Projektverlauf (Gesamtarbeitszeit s.u.)
>>
>>
>> Bei Bewerbungen um die wissenschaftliche Mitarbeit und um einen
>> Praktikumsplatz koennen von Vorteil sein:
>>
>> - Zweit-Qualifikation in anderem Fach oder Erfahrung in
>> inter-/transdisziplinaerer Taetigkeit.
>>
>> - Kompetenzen / Erfahrungen in/mit Technikbewertung,
>Wissenschaftskritik,
>> partizipatorischen / user- bzw. KlientInnenorientierten Methoden
>>
>> - Erfahrungen in der Zusammenarbeit mit nicht-wissenschaftlichen
>sozialen
>> Gruppen,
>>
>> - Berufserfahrungen in wissenschaftlichen und/oder in
>> Entwicklungsprojekten
>>
>> - Internet-Kompetenz (Recherchen, E-mailing, up-load auf Webseite)
>>
>>
>> Rahmenbedingungen:
>>
>> Arbeitssprache: bei zwei internationalen Workshops Englisch, bei zwei

>> ad-hoc-Workshops deutsch; Werkvertrag mit Gesamtarbeitszeit
>entsprechend 8
>> Monaten durchschnittlich · 15 bis 30 Std. wchtl. Persoenliche
>Anwesenheit
>> in Wien streckenweise, ueber mehrere Bloecke und bei den workshops
>> unbedingt erforderlich, Hauptwohnsitz Wien nicht erforderlich. Das
>Projekt
>> ist befristet und befindet sich in der Anlaufphase. Arbeitsbeginn
>> daher umgehend.
>>
>>
>> Bewerbungen an / weitere Infos bei:
>>
>> Mag. Dr. M. Maurer
>> Project "Innovations & Transformations"
>> RLI, Rosa-Luxemburg-Institut, <http://rli.at> Julius-Tandler-Pl.
>> 5/24, A-1090 Wien Tel. / Fax (13-14 h): +43/1/31 74 929
>> E-mail: margarete.maurer at univie.ac.at
>> ************************************
>>
>> Ref: Program: Perspectives of Transdisciplinary Gender Research
>> (funded by the Austrian Ministery of Education & Science, Vienna,
>Austria)
>>
>>
>>
>> B.1. General description of the project proposed - abstract
>>
>> B.1.1 Title of the project:
>> Gender Research as innovative ressource for a sustainable and
>> socially fair and just development of information and
>> knowledge-societies
>>
>> Short title: "Innovations und Transformations"
>>
>> B.1.2 Fields of thematic subjects
>> The main topic of this project is to find out the position and to
>evaluate
>> contemporary Gender Research in the context of the scientifically and

>> technically determined transformations within the information and
>> knowledge society in Austria (keyword: new technologies).
>Methodologically
>> there will be used the method of comparative investigations of
>> selected European regions and countries, whereby highly qualified
>> experts and partners will be included for cooperation. The
>> acceptability and the status of programs in Gender Research will also

>> be analyzed with respect to its multidimensional connections to the
>> existence and progress of gender equality policies in the particular
>> countries or regions.
>>
>> Crucial points:
>>
>> *Investigation and discussion of the new technologies connected to
>> the biological revolution within the fields of genetics and
>> microbiology including reproductive medical technologies and their
>> implications for health and a high quality of life.
>>
>> *Investigation of the social transformations resulting from the
>> implementation and diffusion of the new technologies of communication
>and
>> information (NTCI).
>>
>> *Based on the first two topics the innovative capacity of the Gender
>> Research for the future development of knowledge and the use of the
>> new technologies will be investigated.
>>
>>
>> B.1.3 Content and aims
>>
>> The aim of this project is to provide the Austrian Ministry of
>> science
>and
>> research with fundamental facts and justified reasonable perspectives
>for
>> future science & research policies in the Special Research Program
>"Gender
>> Studies". The focus is on the discussion of innovations and
>> transformations which are knowledge- and technology-based, especially

>> on the new technologies. Grounded on this aim the following questions

>> are
>to
>> be raised (not yet answered), with the intention to identify
>> interesting future research questions and needs from a feminist
>> perspective:
>>
>> What theoretical approaches, concepts, and methods are highly
>> promising from the perspective of Gender Studies in order to get an
>> reliable analysis of the new kinds of transformations in society?
>>
>> Will it be possible to transfer the experiences with participatory
>methods
>> of software development into other areas , e.g. into the area of
>> medical technologies, or not? Or how - by which changes and
>> adaptations?
>>
>> Will it be possible to adapt, and to use methodologies of technology
>> assessment in feminist assessments and gender research regarding
>> technological and scientific innovations?
>>
>> What is the connection between the up to now - at least in German
>speaking
>> countries - two mutually exclusive fields of sociology of
>> technology/technology assessment and Gender Studies, and could these
>> two still opposite fields of research in the German speaking
>> countries be correlated in particular ways, perhaps even combined in
>> a productive manner?
>>
>>
>> Further questions are:
>>
>> - Which approaches and aims of Gender Research reveal concrete
>> options
>of
>> improvement in the sense of gender equality policies with a long term

>> or sustainable perspectives within the future development of science,

>> technology, and society?
>>
>> How can the relevant social problems and research questions of future

>> societietal developments in Europe be identified? (Here, sustainable
>> or long term perspectives include ecological, social, and economical
>> aspects.).
>>
>> - In the case that Gender Research is regarded as innovative not just
>only
>> for the analysis of the scientific-technically development of
>> societies but also for the future development and structure of
>> societies, how can this innovative capacity be supported?
>>
>> - What is the level of Austrian research with respect to the
>international
>> level of Gender Research in these areas, and how can Austrian
>> programs
>in
>> Gender Research become manifest and improved, in such a way that it
>> does enter a long-term improvement - seen from a feminist perspective

>> - of societies ?
>>
>> - In the sense mentioned above there will be developed research
>> perspectives for future European societies, and especially for the
>future
>> society in Austria, at a very high level. These perspectives could
>> serve as guideline for future public research programs in Gender
>> Research and Gender Studies.
>>
>>
>> B.1.4 Prospective value of the outcome
>> The prospective value of the outcome of this project is to provide
>> Austrian politics of science and research with the chance to get
>straight
>> ahead - nationally and internationally - with a highly qualified
>research
>> in Gender Research to top level science and research in that field.
>>
>> *************************************
>> Research director, Mag. Dr. M. Maurer margarete.maurer at univie.ac.at
>> RLI, Project "Innovations & Transformations"
>> ************************************




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