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Stefanie Rixecker
ECOFEM Coordinator
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Date sent: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 16:31:32 -0700
From: Judith L Poxon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: looking for: biologist/geneticist/physicist AND specialist for
systems
design: a) scientific assistance, b) trainee/volunteer - project in gender
studies/ feminist. studien, focus in biomed and informatics
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From: Margarete Maurer, Dr., M.A. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Urgent Call:
For the research project "innovations and transformations - perspectives
of transdisciplinary gender studies" ( abstract see below) the RLI is
looking for:
two trainees and two graduates/postgraduates from the following areas:
- Biology/genetics/biochemistry/medicine (preferrably with special
knowledge, "scientific" as well as in respect to societal discussions, in
one or more of the fields: genetic diagnosis, hormonal treatments,
fertility regulation)
- Computer Sciences (preferrably with special knowledge, "scientific" as
well as in respect to societal discussions, in the field of software
design, user-orientated methods, systems design, systems analysis,
programming languages)
Further we would also persons, who are interested in this fields, but not
an expert herselves, for the following functions: Moderation of workshops,
translations German-English or vice versa, and administration, perhaps also
somone for web- and computer-service.
Prior conditions:
- Speaking English and German (active and passive)
- Ability to communicate about the own field of expertise with experts from
other fields AND with laymen/laywomen, including ability to listen to their
talk
- good knowledge of feminist sciense & technology studies in her field
(only for trainees/volunteers and scientific co-workers)
- high capacity to work in a team, social skills, conflict solving abilities
- preferrably flexible in timetables due to the necessities of the project
In applying a contract as a trainee/volunteer and/or a scientific
co-workers the following factors can be evaluated as an advantage:
- Second exam in another discipline and/or experience in trans- and
interdisciplinary activities.
- Knowledge / experience in / with technology assessment, critique of
science, participatory / user- or client-orientated methods
- Experiences in cooperation with non-academics,
- Experiences in scientific and/or developmental projects
- Internet-skills (recherche, e-mailing, up-loadings to website)
Working conditions:
Two international workshops will be done in English, two ad-hoc-workshops
in German; contract as fee lancer with a total of working time that would
average to eight months Monaten á 15 - 30 hours weekly. Personal presence
in Vienna is necessary at least for several phases, especially during and
around workshops, a permanent residence in Vienna is NOT a condition. The
project is limited to a fixed time and stays in the phase of its beginning.
Adresse for applications and further informations:
Mag. Dr. Margarete Maurer
RLI, Rosa-Luxemburg-Institut
Project "Innovations & Transformations"
Wissenschaftliche Leitung
Post Box 12, A-1090 Wien
Tel. / Fax: +43/1/31 74 929
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
WWW: http://rli.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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Mag. Dr. M. Maurer
RLI, Project "Innovations & Transformations"
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Dr. Stefanie S. Rixecker, Director
Environment, Society and Design Division
Lincoln University, Canterbury
PO Box 84
Aotearoa New Zealand
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ph: 03-325-2811, x8643
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