INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES ON SCIENCE: fellowship programme 2006-2007]

[Nagy Beáta]

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> INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES  ON SCIENCE;
> TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY
> (IAS-STS),
> GRAZ -  AUSTRIA
>
> Dear Madam or Sir,
> we would like to announce the
>
> IAS-STS Fellowship Programme 2006-2007
>
> The IAS-STS in Graz, Austria, promotes the
> interdisciplinary investigation
> of
> the links and interactions between science,
> technology and society,
> technology
> assessment, 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
> 2006 and 30 June 2007 as
>
> - Research 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:
>
> The fellowship programme 2006-2007 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 and
> philosophy 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 as well as
> empirical case studies and implementation research.
>
> 4. Information and Communication Technologies
> A focus of the fellowship programme will be put on
> novel developments based
> on information and communication technologies (ICT)
> from an STS point-of-
> view. Topics like embedded systems, ubiquitous
> computing or ICT applications
> in traffic systems shall be analysed with respect to
> their wider social and
> political implications. Further issues of interest
> are the social shaping of
> new
> ICT developments and participative approaches to the
> design of ICT systems
> and applications.
>
> Applications must be submitted to the IAS-STS by 31
> December 2005.
>
> For application forms and further information:
> Please visit our website: 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
>
>