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
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
