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Graz, Austria
perioada: 1 October 2007 - 30 June 2008

Institute for Advanced Studies on Science, Technology and Society
FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME 2007/2008

Grants for researchers
http://www.ifz.tugraz.at/index_en.php/article/arti

The IAS-STS in Graz, Austria, promotes the interdisciplinary investigation
of the links and interactions between science, technology and society as
well as technology assessment and research into the development and
implementation of socially and environmentally sound technologies. The
IAS-STS invites researchers to apply for a stay between 1 October 2007 and
30 June 2008 as
• Research Fellow (up to nine months) or as
• Visiting Scholar (shorter period, e.g. a month).
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 (up to EUR 1,000 per month) for
long-term Research Fellows (up to nine months) at the IAS-STS.

The Fellowship Programme 2007-2008 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 – as users and consumers
or 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. New Genetics and Modern Biotechnology
A main focus of the Fellowship Programme lies on research providing a
critical analysis either of human genetic research or of modern
biotechnology. Researchers investigating either ethical, legal and social
aspects of genetic testing or risk policy and wider governance issues
related to agricultural 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.


data limita: 31/12/06 (submission)

Kontakt:
Institute for Advanced Studies on Science, Technology and Society
Attn. Günter Getzinger
Kopernikusgasse 9
A-8010 Graz
Austria
tel: +43 (0) 316 812661-32
fax: +43 (0) 316 812661-11
info la sts.tugraz.at
www.sts.tu-graz.ac.at
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