I am a white, cisgender, queer-identified, rural working class, able-bodied, first generation college graduate from Austria, Europe. I live in Ohio since Fall 2017 in order to live with family (I created a daughter with an US American, she is wild, wonderful, and 4 years old). I have a strong interest in queer STS but […]

I have studied sociology at University of Graz and currently I am a Phd candidate at the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences in Graz and external Phd candidate at the RWTH Aachen University. My pdh thesis is about ‘Gendering of Academic Cultures in Natural Sciences’ where I analyze the co-construction of science and […]

He received his degree in Sociology at the University of Graz and gained his PhD in science and technology studies at Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt/Wien/Graz. Main research interests: – Sustainable energy practices – Social justice and intersectionality – Energy poverty  Short bio: From 2004 till 2007 he worked as a freelancer for the University for Health Sciences, […]

Magdalena Wicher studied psychology at the Karl-Franzens-University Graz with a special focus on gender studies and environmental psychology. Her (research) interest lie within the following topics: Feminist and queer science and technology studies Gender aspects in science and technology Gender and technology in the media Environmental psychological questions on environmental behaviour and behavioural change, human […]

Jenny Schlager (former Kaefer) has studied sociology at the Karl-Franzens-University of Graz. She worked in different projects e. g. EU-FP-7-project `HELENA – Higher Education Leading to ENgineering And scientific careers’ (2011) and ‘FEMTEC Styria’ (2007-2008) at the IFZ Graz.   Publications (for Queer-STS Publications click here) Käfer, Jenny Maria; Thaler, Anita & Wächter, Christine (2011). More […]

My research interest derives from the field STS (Science-Technology-Studies). Based on work in  ELSA (ethical,legal and social aspects) Research of Genomics, lately my research has additionaly focused on Gender- identity, -roles, -balance, – in educational settings, -diversity. Furthermore my media education has broadened my research focus towards Science-to-Public communication, particularly on publishing research results and […]

Birgit Hofstätter is an amalgam of researcher and activist, lecturer and learner, managing director of Frauenforum Salzkammergut, local politician and yoga guide in a small town community. They hold a teaching degree in English, Philosophy, Psychology and Pedagogics for high school, a master degree in Interdisciplinary Gender Studies and a PhD in Science, Technology and […]

Julian Anslinger is researcher in the department of Gender, Science and Technology at the Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Technology, Work and Culture (IFZ)and member of the work group Queer STS. Julian Anslinger wrote his PhD thesis in social psychology at the Center of Excellence for Cognitive Interaction Technology (CITEC) in the work group applied social psychology […]

Publications (for Queer STS publications click here) Scheer, Lisa und Alexandra Dorfer-Novak (2015): Forschung trifft Lehre trifft Forschung. Eine Ziel- und Maßnahmendiskussion zur Qualität in forschungsgeleiteter Lehre. In: Dorfer-Novak, Alexandra, Doris Pany und Lisa Scheer (Hrsg.): Forschung im Hörsaal – Methoden und Modelle forschungs-orientierter Lehre. Sammelband zum Tag der Lehre 2012 der Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz. Graz: Leykam, […]

Dr. Anita Thaler has studied psychology (certified as work psychologist), education science, and women’s and gender studies at the Karl-Franzens-University of Graz and the Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt. Her professional portfolio comprises: Research Social and education scientific research with focus on queer-feminist and transdisciplinary science and technology studies Evaluations Process and impact evaluation of gender equality and […]