Gender - Technology - Environment

[Katalin Fabian]

Dear Madam or Sir,we would like to announce the

IAS-STS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME 2005-2006

1. Gender - Technology - Environment
2. Ethical, Legal and Social Aspects of Human Genetics and
Biotechnology
3. Technology Studies and Sustainability

The IAS-STS in Graz, Austria, promotes the interdisciplinary
investigation of the links and interactions between science,
technology
and society as well as research on the development and
implementation of socially and
environmentally sound technologies.
For this the IAS-STS invites researchers to apply for a stay
between
1 October 2005 and 30 June 2006 as

Fellows (up to nine months) or as
Visiting Scholars (up to one month)

We also encourage senior scientists - working within the
framework of
the issues listed below - to apply as Guest Lecturers.

The IAS-STS offers excellent research infrastructure. Close co-
operation with researchers at the IFZ (Inter-University Research
Centre
for Technology, Work and Culture; see: www.ifz.tugraz.at), guest
lectures, workshops and conferences provide an atmosphere of
creativity and scholarly
discussion.

Furthermore we can offer five grants (EUR 1,000 per month) for
long term Fellows (nine
months) at the IAS-STS in Graz starting 1 October 2005, ending
30 June 2006.

The fellowship programme 2005-2006 is dedicated to projects
investigating the following issues:

1. Gender - Technology - Environment
Women with their various interests, competencies and potentials
play an important part
in the process of shaping socially sound and
environmentally friendly sustainable technologies - be it as
users and
consumers, or as experts. Applications should focus on research
in the
field of women in traditionally male fields of engineering, on
ways of
creating cultures of success for women engineers (students,
graduates), and on
masculinity and the culture of engineering.

2. Ethical, Legal and Social Aspects of Human Genetics and
Biotechnology
A main focus of the fellowship programme lies on research
projects
providing a better understanding of human genetics or
biotechnology in
the context of fabrication, application and regulation.
Researchers
investigating socio-cultural aspects of genetic testing or risk
issues
in biotechnology are especially encouraged to apply.

3. Technology Studies and Sustainability
Fellowships will be awarded for research projects contributing
to the
issue of sustainable development from the perspective of social
studies
or the history of science and technology. Projects should aim at
socio-
economic aspects of environmental technologies or at strategies
of
environmental technology policy, such as user participation,
strategic
niche management or ecological product policy. We encourage both
theoretical analysis and practically oriented case studies.

Applications must be submitted to the IAS-STS together with a
research proposal by 15
January 2005.

Prof. Arno Bammé, Director of the IAS-STS, decides on the
awarding of fellowships and
grants in consultation with the Scientific Advisory Board.

For application forms and further information:
Please visit our website: http://www.sts.tugraz.at
Institute for Advanced Studies on Science, Technology and Society
(IAS-STS)
Attn. Guenter Getzinger
Kopernikusgasse 9
8010 Graz - Austria
E-mail: info at sts.tugraz.at




Location: Austria
Deadline: Jan 15, 2004
Website: http://www.sts.tugraz.at
-- 
Katalin Fabian
Lafayette College
Department of Government and Law
Kirby Hall 103
Easton, PA 18042-1780

Tel: (610) 330-5392
Fax: (610) 330-5397