230157 SE Gender, Science, Governance (2016W)
Knowledge production and research careers
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
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- Anmeldung von Mi 07.09.2016 09:00 bis So 25.09.2016 23:59
- Abmeldung bis So 04.12.2016 23:59
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max. 25 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch
Lehrende
Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert
- Montag 24.10. 11:30 - 12:30 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien (Vorbesprechung)
- Donnerstag 24.11. 12:00 - 14:30 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
- Mittwoch 30.11. 12:00 - 14:30 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
- Donnerstag 01.12. 14:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
- Montag 05.12. 11:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
- Mittwoch 07.12. 12:00 - 14:30 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
- Montag 12.12. 09:00 - 13:15 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
- Mittwoch 14.12. 11:45 - 14:45 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
- Donnerstag 15.12. 12:00 - 14:30 Seminarraum STS, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/6. Stock, 1010 Wien
Information
Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung
This course examines the relationships between gender, knowledge production, research careers and governance of research. Building on the early feminist activism and scholarship in the 1970s highlighting both the exclusion of women from science and technology as well as the gender blindness and stereotypes informing much research, gender and feminist research finds itself in very different conditions in the new millennium. Gender equality in research and innovation is recognized today as a policy priority in Europe and beyond. Policies, actions and initiatives have been adopted to improve the gender balance in research, as well as to address the integration of sex/gender analysis into research. This has occurred over a period of time which has also witnessed major shifts in the governance of research and higher education, including the introduction of audit and assessment practices, corporatization and marketization, increasing flexibilization and precarization of researchers, particularly in the early-career stages, and rising levels of competition.To explore these broader issues, the course will focus on three dominant issues: (1) how gender has been central to science, technology and medicine, both through the exclusion of women as well as through the ways scientific knowledge and technology are gendered. Relatedly, interrogating gender neutrality of science and technology, we will look into the ways science and technology have contributed to shaping our understandings of masculinity and femininity; (2) building on the ways cultures of science have been historically gendered, we will look into the gendered impacts of the current shifts in the governance and organization of research; and (3) we will close with looking into which imaginaries of gender equality in research get enacted in the changing governance regimes, and how the various gender equalities square with contemporary goals of research, higher education and innovation policies.
Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel
To pass the seminar, students are expected to complete the following tasks:
- Read the required literature and hand in reading responses (approx. 500 words): For each session every student has to hand in a reading response that engages with the required reading for the session. These contributions should critically engage with the readings and reflect the student’s position towards the author’s main arguments and include two questions to facilitate discussion in the session. Reading responses are to be uploaded on Moodle no later than noon of the day before the session.
- Give a presentation of the reading response: To start each session, two students will give a presentation of their response, summarizing the main arguments and responding to each other. These presentations will be max. 5 mins each.
- Active participation in discussions in all sessions.
- Oral presentation (20 min presentation + 10 min discussion) on the gender dimension of a science or technology issue (may be related to topics discussed in the class, related to your thesis or an issue identified by you), accompanied by a short paper (2,000 words). You are advised to consult the topic of your presentation with Marcela Linkova. The presentations will be delivered on December 12th and 14th.
- For the final session, choose a gender equality in research and innovation policy/action plan (can be at university, national or EU level) and prepare to discuss the imaginaries of gender equality the policy enacts OR choose a research and innovation policy/strategy (general document or specific policy such as Open Innovation, Open Science, Open to the World) and prepare to discuss whether and how gender equality is rendered in the policy and what implications the policy has for gender equality.
- Regular attendance
- Read the required literature and hand in reading responses (approx. 500 words): For each session every student has to hand in a reading response that engages with the required reading for the session. These contributions should critically engage with the readings and reflect the student’s position towards the author’s main arguments and include two questions to facilitate discussion in the session. Reading responses are to be uploaded on Moodle no later than noon of the day before the session.
- Give a presentation of the reading response: To start each session, two students will give a presentation of their response, summarizing the main arguments and responding to each other. These presentations will be max. 5 mins each.
- Active participation in discussions in all sessions.
- Oral presentation (20 min presentation + 10 min discussion) on the gender dimension of a science or technology issue (may be related to topics discussed in the class, related to your thesis or an issue identified by you), accompanied by a short paper (2,000 words). You are advised to consult the topic of your presentation with Marcela Linkova. The presentations will be delivered on December 12th and 14th.
- For the final session, choose a gender equality in research and innovation policy/action plan (can be at university, national or EU level) and prepare to discuss the imaginaries of gender equality the policy enacts OR choose a research and innovation policy/strategy (general document or specific policy such as Open Innovation, Open Science, Open to the World) and prepare to discuss whether and how gender equality is rendered in the policy and what implications the policy has for gender equality.
- Regular attendance
Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab
Grading Scheme
The grading scheme is based on a total of 100 points. These points will be awarded in relation to students’ performance in meeting the course learning aims in the different obligatory tasks.
The maximum number of points to be acquired for each task is:Active contribution and involvement in discussions: 20 points, assessed individually
Reading responses: 35 points, assessed individually
Oral presentation: 15 points, assessed individually
Short paper accompanying the oral presentation: 15 points, assessed individually
Final session presentation: 15 points, assessed individuallyMinimum requirements
A minimum of 50 points is necessary to successfully complete the course. Failure to meet the attendance regulations, to deliver course assignments on time or to adhere to standards of academic work may result in a deduction of points.Grades
100-87 points: Excellent (1)
86-75 points: Good (2)
74-63 points: Satisfactory (3)
62-50 points: Sufficient (4)
49-0 points: Unsatisfactory (5) (fail)Attendance
Presence and participation is compulsory. Absences of four hours at maximum are tolerated, provided that the lecturer is informed about the absence. Absences of up to eight hours in total may be compensated by either a deduction of grading points or/and extra work agreed with the lecturer. Whether compensation is possible is decided by the lecturer.
Absences of more than eight hours in total cannot be compensated. In this case, or if the lecturer does not allow a student to compensate absences of more than four hours, the course cannot be completed and is graded as a ‘fail’ (5), unless there is a major and unpredictable reason for not being able to fulfil the attendance requirements on the student’s side (e.g. a longer illness). In such a case, the student may be de-registered from the course without grading. It is the student’s responsibility to communicate this in a timely manner, and to provide relevant evidence to their claims if necessary. Whether this exception applies is decided by the lecturer.Important Grading Information
If not explicitly noted otherwise, all requirements mentioned in the grading scheme and the attendance regulations must be met. If a required task is not fulfilled, e.g. a required assignment is not handed in or if the student does not meet the attendance requirements, this will be considered as a discontinuation of the course. In that case, the course will be graded as ‘fail’ (5), unless there is a major and unpredictable reason for not being able to fulfill the task on the student's side (e.g. a longer illness). In such a case, the student may be de-registered from the course without grading. It is the student’s responsibility to communicate this in a timely manner, and to provide relevant evidence to their claims if necessary. Whether this exception applies is decided by the lecturer.
If any requirement of the course has been fulfilled by fraudulent means, be it for example by cheating at an exam, plagiarizing parts of a written assignment or by faking signatures on an attendance sheet, the student's participation in the course will be discontinued, the entire course will be graded as ‘not assessed’ and will be entered into the electronic exam record as ‘fraudulently obtained’. Self-plagiarism, particularly re-using own work handed in for other courses, will be treated likewise.
The grading scheme is based on a total of 100 points. These points will be awarded in relation to students’ performance in meeting the course learning aims in the different obligatory tasks.
The maximum number of points to be acquired for each task is:Active contribution and involvement in discussions: 20 points, assessed individually
Reading responses: 35 points, assessed individually
Oral presentation: 15 points, assessed individually
Short paper accompanying the oral presentation: 15 points, assessed individually
Final session presentation: 15 points, assessed individuallyMinimum requirements
A minimum of 50 points is necessary to successfully complete the course. Failure to meet the attendance regulations, to deliver course assignments on time or to adhere to standards of academic work may result in a deduction of points.Grades
100-87 points: Excellent (1)
86-75 points: Good (2)
74-63 points: Satisfactory (3)
62-50 points: Sufficient (4)
49-0 points: Unsatisfactory (5) (fail)Attendance
Presence and participation is compulsory. Absences of four hours at maximum are tolerated, provided that the lecturer is informed about the absence. Absences of up to eight hours in total may be compensated by either a deduction of grading points or/and extra work agreed with the lecturer. Whether compensation is possible is decided by the lecturer.
Absences of more than eight hours in total cannot be compensated. In this case, or if the lecturer does not allow a student to compensate absences of more than four hours, the course cannot be completed and is graded as a ‘fail’ (5), unless there is a major and unpredictable reason for not being able to fulfil the attendance requirements on the student’s side (e.g. a longer illness). In such a case, the student may be de-registered from the course without grading. It is the student’s responsibility to communicate this in a timely manner, and to provide relevant evidence to their claims if necessary. Whether this exception applies is decided by the lecturer.Important Grading Information
If not explicitly noted otherwise, all requirements mentioned in the grading scheme and the attendance regulations must be met. If a required task is not fulfilled, e.g. a required assignment is not handed in or if the student does not meet the attendance requirements, this will be considered as a discontinuation of the course. In that case, the course will be graded as ‘fail’ (5), unless there is a major and unpredictable reason for not being able to fulfill the task on the student's side (e.g. a longer illness). In such a case, the student may be de-registered from the course without grading. It is the student’s responsibility to communicate this in a timely manner, and to provide relevant evidence to their claims if necessary. Whether this exception applies is decided by the lecturer.
If any requirement of the course has been fulfilled by fraudulent means, be it for example by cheating at an exam, plagiarizing parts of a written assignment or by faking signatures on an attendance sheet, the student's participation in the course will be discontinued, the entire course will be graded as ‘not assessed’ and will be entered into the electronic exam record as ‘fraudulently obtained’. Self-plagiarism, particularly re-using own work handed in for other courses, will be treated likewise.
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Literatur
Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis
Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.09.2020 15:39