[Equal] EQ-UNI: IAS-STS Fellowship Programme 2008-2009

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Dear EQUALS
> 
> We ask you to forward this information to persons, who could 
> be interested!
> 
> 
> Dear Madam or Sir,
> we would like to announce the
> 
> IAS-STS Fellowship Programme 2008-2009
> 
> 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 2008 and 30 June 2009 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 2008-2009 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 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 in the 
> medical domain 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. As a special grant within this 
> thematical focus the Manfred-Heindler-grant for research 
> projects on the increased use of renewable energies and 
> on a more efficient use of energy will be awarded.
> 
> 4. Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
> A focus of the Fellowship Programme will be put on novel 
> developments based on ICT from an STS point of view. 
> Topics like ICT and agency, ubiquitous computing or ICT and 
> mobility shall be 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 2007.
> 
> 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
>