FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME 2004/2005
deadline for applications: 15 January 2004

The Institute for Advanced Studies on Science, Technology
and Society (IAS-STS) offers five grants (EUR 1,000.- per
month) for fellowships at the IAS-STS in Graz starting 1
October 2004, ending 30 June 2005.

The IAS-STS promotes the interdisciplinary investigation of
the links and interactions between science, technology and
society as well as research on the development and
implementation of socially and environmentally sound
technologies.

The IAS-STS provides the necessary research infrastructure,
while a number of guest lecturers and workshops foster an
atmosphere of creativity and scholarly discussion.

The grants of the fellowship programme 2004/2005 are
dedicated to projects investigating the following issues:

A. Gender Technology Environment

Women with their various interests, competencies and
potentials play important parts in the process of shaping
socially sound and environmentally friendly, sustainable
technologies be it as users and consumers, or as
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.

B. Ethical, Legal and Social Aspects of Genome Research and
Biotechnology

A main focus of the grant scheme lies on the analysis of
ethical, legal and social aspects of genome research. Research
projects are expected to provide a better understanding of
life sciences in concrete socio-cultural contexts of their
fabrication, application and regulation. Researchers
investigating risk issues are especially encouraged to apply.

Technology Studies and Sustainability

Grants will be awarded for research projects contributing
to the issue of sustainable development from the
perspective of social studies or the history 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 and practically
oriented case studies.

The grant application must be submitted together with an
application for a fellowship to the IAS-STS.

Prof. Arno Bamme, Director of the IAS-STS, decides on the
awarding of fellowships and grants in consultation with the
Scientific Advisory Board.

Please note that it is also possible to apply for a
fellowship without a grant or to apply for a short-term
fellowship without grant (not longer than one month:
Visiting Fellows). We also encourage senior scientists to
apply as guest lecturers.

Closing date for applications is 15 January 2004.

For application forms and further information:
Please visit our website: www.sts.tu-graz.ac.at
Institute for Advanced Studies on Science,
Technology and Society (IAS-STS)
Attn. Guenter Getzinger
Kopernikusgasse 9
A-8010 Graz Austria
E-mail: info@sts.tu-graz.ac.at