[Wigsat-l] Fellowship Programme 2010-2011

[Christine Waechter]

INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES 

 ON SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND  
 SOCIETY (IAS-STS), GRAZ, AUSTRIA  

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 Dear Colleague,  
 we would like to announce the  

 IAS-STS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME 2010-2011  

 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 is broadly speaking, an institute for  
 the enhancement of science and technology studies.  

 The IAS-STS invites researchers to apply for a stay  
 between 1 October 2010 and 30 June 2011 as a  

 - RESEARCH FELLOW (up to nine months) or as a  
 - 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  
 at the IAS-STS.  

 The Fellowship Programme 2010-2011 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. GENETICS AND BIOTECHNOLOGY  
 A focus of the Fellowship Programme lies on  
 research providing a critical analysis either of  
 human genetics or of biotechnology. 
Researchers investigating either ethical, legal 
and social aspects of genetic testing in the 
medical domain or risk and wider  
 governance issues related to agricultural  
 biotechnology are especially encouraged to apply.  

 3. SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION AND  
 PRODUCTION (SCP)  
 SCP seeks to promote social and economic  
 development within the carrying capacity of  
ecosystems. New strategies and concrete tools  
 are needed to change individual and institutional  
 patterns of consumption and to enhance corporate  
 responsibility (CR) of organisations. Researchers  
 investigating patterns of consumption and  
 intervention strategies to promote sustainable  
 lifestyles among both public and private consumers  
 or working within the thematic field of ecological  
 product policy are encouraged to apply.  
 Research projects integrating product assessment  
 tools such as LCA, carbon footprint, MIPS or  
 related methods are also of special interest.  

 4. ENERGY AND CLIMATE  
 Projects in this field should aim at socio-economic  
 aspects of environmental technologies or at  
 strategies of environmental technology policy,  
 such as user participation or strategic niche  
 management. They should develop measures  
 and strategies for the promotion of renewable  
 energy sources and for the transition to a  
 sustainable energy system. Regional governance,  
 climate policy strategies, innovation policy and the  
 role of users in the area of energy technologies  
 play an important role. In addition, the Manfred  
 Heindler Grant is awarded for research projects  
 on the increased use of renewable energies and  
 on a more efficient use of energy.  

 5. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION  
 TECHNOLOGIES (ICTS)  
 A focus of the Fellowship Programme will be put  
 on novel developments based on ICT from an  
 STS point of view. Topics like ICTs and agency,  
 ubiquitous computing or ICTs and mobility are 
analysed with respect to their wider social  
 and political implications. Further issues of interest  
 are the social shaping of ICT developments,  
 innovation policies, risk management and  
 participatory approaches to the design of ICT  
 systems and applications.  

 Applications must be submitted to the IAS-STS  
 by 31 DECEMBER 2009.  

 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 
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