A call for abstracts has been issued for a conference on science and technology, organized by the Institute for Advanced Studies on Science, Technology and Society in Graz, Austria. The conference will focus on the themes of gender, technology and environment. Sessions will be organized on the following issues, among others:

• Mobile learning and working – how ‚smart technologies‘ change our lives

• Queerness in science and technology studies

• Ethical, Legal and Social Aspects of Human Genetics and Agricultural Biotechnology

• Knowledge Brokerage as participatory interaction processes linking research, policy and civil society

• Sustainable Consumption and Production

• Energy and Climate

The 11th IAS-STS conference invites interested researchers (especially postgraduates and young researchers) in the areas of science and  technology studies and sustainability studies to give presentations. The conference provides a forum to discuss on a broad variety of topics in  these fields – especially papers are encouraged which include some aspects of the above mentioned conference themes.

Abstracts should include no more than 250 words, comprising detailed contact information, affiliation and specification of the conference  theme you are referring to. Submission of abstracts should please be send to Thomas Berger (conference@ifz.tugraz.at ) by 30 January, 2012.