Yearbook 2010 of the Institute for Advanced Studies on Science, Technology and Society
Edited by Arno Bammé Edited by Günter Getzinger Edited by Bernhard Wieser
Paperback (Published)
(June 2011)
ISBN: 9783890196596
5.87 x 8.31 inches
Price: $116.00
On back order
The Yearbook 2010 contains contributions by the Research Fellows, Visiting Scholars and Guest Lecturers of the Institute for Advanced Studies on Science, Technology and Society (IAS-STS) in Graz, Austria. It also constitutes the annual report of IAS-STS for the academic year 2008/2009. Der Band enthält die Ergebnisse der jährlich am Interdisziplinären Kolleg für Wissenschafts- und Technikforschung der Universität Klagenfurt, einem internationalen Wissenschaftskolleg, durchgeführten Vorträge internationaler Nachwuchswissenschaftler aus unterschiedlichen Bereichen der Technik- und Wissenschaftsforschung.
Contents
Arno Bammé: Science, Technology, Society: Prologue
Gender and Technology
Jenny Käfer, Anita Thaler, & Christine Wächter: More and ›Other‹ Students! How Interdisciplinarity Influences Students’ Populations in IT Study Programmes in Austria
Birgit Hofstätter, Birgit Gasteiger, Sonja Deutschmeister, & Johanna Nather: Let’s Play Air Piano! Participatory Technology Design. Using Nintendo® Wii Technology
Helen Peterson: One of the Boys or Never Just Right? Women’s In/Visibility in Engineering
Genetics and Biotechnology
Muthukumar V. Bagavathiannan, Armin Spök, & Rene C. Van Acker: Deregulation of GE Alfalfa: Mounting Challenges for Risk Assessors and Policy Makers
Anna Milena Zivian: Land Ho! Austrian Subnational Policy Networks on Genetically Modified Organisms
Energy, Climate, and Sustainability
Kolya Abramsky: Energy, Crisis and World-Wide Production Relations
Senem Deviren: Can Energy Efficient Architecture Create Eco-Urbanity? Rethinking the Role of Landscapes In-Between
Jan Fischer: Translating from Politics: The Definition of Zero Carbon Buildings
Matthias Naumann: Empty Pipes in Empty Regions? Water Networks in Peripheral Rural Eastern Germany
Sulfikar Amir & Neo Shar Ni: Nuclear Risk and Civic Engagement in Southeast Asia
Information and Communication Technologies, and Science Policy
Franc Mali: Intermediary Structures as Part of R&D Policy Efforts to Increase Commercialization and Commodification of Academic Science. The Case of Slovenia.
Giuseppina Pellegrino: Connecting STS to Mobility Studies: Sociotechnical Mobile Practices
Jaakko Suominen: The Computer as a Tool for Love – A Cultural History of Technology
Review 2008/2009 – A Report on Fellowships and Events
- Edited by Arno Bammé
- Edited by Günter Getzinger
- Edited by Bernhard Wieser
Other Titles in this Series
Geschlechtergerechtigkeit in Technischen Hochschulen
Theoretische Implikationen und Erfahrungen aus Deutschland, Österreich und Schweiz
Volume 55
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