[Equal] Stellen transdisciplinary gender studies

[Katharina von Salis]

liebe equals,
hier mal einige spannende Stellen - bitte weiterleiten, bittet Dr. 
<margarete.maurer at univie.ac.at>
Have a nice week
KvS

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Liebe KollegInnen,

fuer die Mitarbeit im Forschungsprojekt  "innovations and 
transformations - perspectives of transdisciplinary gender studies" ( 
abstract siehe unten)

zwei Praktikantinnen und zwei wissl. Mitarbeiterinnen (Werkvertrag):

- eine Biologin/Genetikerin/Medizinerin (bevorzugt: spezielle 
Kenntnisse in einem oder mehreren der folgenden Gebiete, fachbezogen 
und in der gesellschaftlichen Debatte: genetische Untersuchungen, 
hormonelle Behandlungen, Fruchtbarkeitsregulation)

- eine Informatikerin (bevorzugt: Softwareentwicklung, 
userorientierte Methoden, Kenntnis der Phasen des systems design, 
systems analysis, Programmiersprachen)

Ausserdem auch an diesen Feldern interessierte Nicht-Fachfrauen fuer 
Moderation, Uebersetzungen und Administration, evtl. auch eine EDV- & 
Web-Frau.


Voraussetzungen:

- sehr gute Englischkenntnisse aktiv und passiv

- Faehigkeit, ueber die eigenen fachlichen Themen mit Fachleuten aus 
anderen Gebieten und mit Nicht-WissenschaftlerInnen erfolgreich zu 
kommunizieren und anderen zuzuhoeren

- gute Kenntnis der feministischen/gender studies oder 
Technikbewertung in ihrem Fachgebiet (gilt nur fuer wissl. Mitarb. 
und Praktikantinnen)

- hohe Teamfaehigkeit, social skills, Konflikttoleranz

- moeglichst flexible zeitliche Verfuegbarkeit entsprechend 
Anforderungen im Projektverlauf (Gesamtarbeitszeit s.u.)


Bei Bewerbungen um die wissenschaftliche Mitarbeit und um einen 
Praktikumsplatz koennen von Vorteil  sein:

- Zweit-Qualifikation in anderem Fach oder Erfahrung in 
inter-/transdisziplinaerer Taetigkeit.

- Kompetenzen / Erfahrungen in/mit Technikbewertung, 
Wissenschaftskritik, partizipatorischen / user- bzw. 
KlientInnenorientierten Methoden

- Erfahrungen in der Zusammenarbeit mit nicht-wissenschaftlichen 
sozialen Gruppen,

- Berufserfahrungen in wissenschaftlichen und/oder in Entwicklungsprojekten

- Internet-Kompetenz (Recherchen, E-mailing, up-load auf Webseite)


Rahmenbedingungen:

Arbeitssprache: bei zwei internationalen Workshops Englisch, bei zwei 
ad-hoc-Workshops deutsch; Werkvertrag mit Gesamtarbeitszeit 
entsprechend 8 Monaten durchschnittlich á 15 bis 30 Std. wchtl. 
Persoenliche Anwesenheit in Wien streckenweise, ueber mehrere Bloecke 
und bei den workshops unbedingt erforderlich, Hauptwohnsitz Wien 
nicht erforderlich.  Das Projekt ist befristet und befindet sich in 
der Anlaufphase. Arbeitsbeginn daher umgehend.


Bewerbungen an / weitere Infos bei:

Mag. Dr. M. Maurer
Wissenschaftliche Leitung
Project "Innovations & Transformations"
RLI, Rosa-Luxemburg-Institut, <http://rli.at>
Julius-Tandler-Pl. 5/24, A-1090 Wien
Tel. / Fax (13-14 h): +43/1/31 74  929
E-mail: margarete.maurer at univie.ac.at
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Ref: Program: Perspectives of Transdisciplinary Gender Research
  (funded by the Austrian Ministery of Education & Science, Vienna, Austria)


B.1. General description of the project proposed - abstract

B.1.1 Title of the project:
Gender Research as innovative ressource for a sustainable and 
socially fair and just development of information and 
knowledge-societies

Short title: "Innovations und Transformations"

B.1.2 Fields of thematic subjects
The main topic of this project is to find out the position and to 
evaluate contemporary Gender Research in the context of the 
scientifically and technically determined transformations within the 
information and knowledge society in Austria (keyword: new 
technologies). Methodologically there will be used the method of 
comparative investigations of selected European regions and 
countries, whereby  highly qualified experts and partners will be 
included for cooperation. The acceptability and the status of 
programs in Gender Research will also be analyzed with respect to its 
multidimensional connections to the existence and progress of gender 
equality policies in the particular countries or regions.

Crucial points:

*Investigation and discussion of the new technologies connected to 
the biological revolution within the fields of genetics and 
microbiology including reproductive medical technologies and their 
implications for health and a high quality of life.

*Investigation of the social transformations resulting from the 
implementation and diffusion of the new technologies of communication 
and information (NTCI).

*Based on the first two topics the innovative capacity of the Gender 
Research for the future development of knowledge and the use of the 
new technologies will be investigated.


B.1.3 Content and aims - Inhalt und Ziele

The aim of this project is to provide the Austrian Ministry of 
science and research with fundamental facts and justified reasonable 
perspectives for future science & research policies in the Special 
Research Program "Gender Studies". The focus is on the discussion of 
innovations and transformations which are knowledge- and 
technology-based, especially on the new technologies. Grounded on 
this aim the following questions are to be raised (not yet answered), 
with the intention to identify   interesting future research 
questions and needs from a feminist perspective:

What theoretical approaches, concepts, and methods are highly 
promising from the perspective of Gender Studies in order to get an 
reliable analysis of the new kinds of transformations in society?

Will it be possible to transfer the experiences with participatory 
methods of software development into other areas , e.g. into the area 
of medical technologies, or not? Or how - by which changes and 
adaptations?

Will it be possible to adapt, and to use methodologies of technology 
assessment in feminist assessments and gender research regarding 
technological and scientific innovations?

What is the connection between the up to now - at least in German 
speaking countries - two mutually exclusive fields of sociology of 
technology/technology assessment and Gender Studies, and could these 
two still opposite fields of research in the German speaking 
countries be correlated in particular ways, perhaps even combined in 
a productive manner?


Further questions are:

- Which approaches and aims of Gender Research reveal concrete 
options of improvement in the sense of gender equality policies with 
a long term or sustainable perspectives within the future development 
of science, technology, and society?

How can the relevant social problems and research questions of future 
societietal developments in Europe be identified? (Here, sustainable 
or long term perspectives include ecological, social, and economical 
aspects.).

- In the case that Gender Research  is regarded as innovative not 
just only for the analysis of the scientific-technically development 
of societies but also for the future development and structure of 
societies, how can this innovative capacity be supported?

- What is the level of Austrian research with respect to the 
international level of Gender Research in these areas, and how can 
Austrian programs in Gender Research become manifest and improved, in 
such a way that it does enter a long-term improvement - seen from a 
feminist perspective - of societies ?

- In the sense mentioned above there will be developed research 
perspectives for future European societies, and especially for the 
future society in Austria, at a very high level. These perspectives 
could serve as guideline for future public research programs in 
Gender Research and Gender Studies.


  B.1.4 Prospective value of the outcome  
The prospective value of the outcome of this project is to provide 
Austrian politics of science and research with the chance to get 
straight ahead - nationally and internationally - with a highly 
qualified research in Gender Research to top level science and 
research in that field.

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Wissenschaftliche Leitung, Mag. Dr. M. Maurer
RLI, Project "Innovations & Transformations"
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