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<tt>Dear RoboCupers,</tt>
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<div class=""><tt>please consider applying for the KoMMa.G PhD
program. </tt></div>
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<div class=""><tt>The program offers a very interesting perspective
by combining robotics (and other technical disciplines) with
gender studies. If you have a background in robotics and an
interest in gender studies or have a gender/diversity science
background with relevant capabilities to design robots, you
should apply. </tt></div>
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<div class=""><tt>One of the research threads to follow in the
program is to improve telepresence (and similar) robots by
applying results of gender/diversity research. However, you are
free to propose your own PhD project within the framework of the
overall program.</tt></div>
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<div class=""><tt>If there are any questions, please do not hesitate
to drop me an email (</tt><tt><a
href="mailto:r.gerndt@ostfalia.de" class="">r.gerndt@ostfalia.de</a></tt><tt>).</tt></div>
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<div class=""><tt>Regards</tt></div>
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<div class=""><tt>Reinhard Gerndt</tt></div>
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<p style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.33em; margin-top: 0em;
margin-bottom: 10px;" class=""><tt><strong style="font-size:
1em; line-height: 1.33em;" class="">The Doctoral Program
“Konfigurationen von Mensch, Maschine und Geschlecht”
(Gendered Configurations of Humans and Machines.
Interdisciplinary Analyses of Technology) invites
applications for </strong></tt><tt><strong
style="font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.33em;" class="">15
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg scholarships for PhD students</strong></tt><tt> </tt><tt><br
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</tt><tt><strong style="font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.33em;"
class="">Deadline: 15(!) September 2016</strong></tt><tt><br
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</tt><tt>The new interdisciplinary doctoral program
“Configurations of Humans, Machines and Gender.
Interdisciplinary Analyses of technology” funded by the
federal state of Lower Saxony is a joint program conducted
by the following institutions:</tt><tt><br class="">
</tt><tt>Braunschweig University of Technology: Institute of
Flight Guidance, Department for the History of Science and
Pharmacy, Institute for Communications Technology, Institute
of Philosophy, Institute of Psychology, Institute of Steel
Construction, Institute for Engineering Design, Ostfalia
University of Applied Sciences: Faculties of Computer
Science, Social Affairs, Electrical Engineering and
Mechanical Engineering and Braunschweig University of Art:
Institute for Media Studies. </tt><tt><br class="">
</tt><tt><br class="">
</tt></p>
<p style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.33em; margin-top: 0em;
margin-bottom: 10px;" class=""><tt><b class=""> <strong
style="font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.33em;" class="">15
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg scholarships of 1.500 EUR
per month </strong></b></tt></p>
<p style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.33em; margin-top: 0em;
margin-bottom: 10px;" class=""><tt><b class=""><strong
style="font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.33em;" class=""></strong></b></tt><tt>
are available for successful candidates.</tt></p>
<p style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.33em; margin-top: 0em;
margin-bottom: 10px;" class=""><tt><br class="">
</tt><tt>These may be awarded for a period of up to 3 years
from January 2017. The program is hosted by the institutions
listed above (Braunschweig and Wolfenbüttel).</tt><tt><br
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</tt></p>
<p style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.33em; margin-top: 0em;
margin-bottom: 10px;" class=""><tt><span class="" lang="en-US">This
collaborative program seeks to explore how
human-machine-configurations that support inequality and
injustice arise and which alternative configurations can
be envisioned and created. Gender, as an analytical
category, is placed at the center of this approach.
Desirable research projects include specific case studies
and technology development projects informed by critical
reflections on gender. The disciplines in which the
projects will be situated are either science and
technology (or related) studies or technical and
engineering disciplines, but the researchers will be
required to cooperate across the boundaries of these two
types of disciplines. Ideal candidates would already have
experience in this kind of cooperation.</span></tt><tt><br
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</tt><tt>The program focuses on four research fields, in which
the Ph.D. candidates and their supervisors will work across
the boundaries of the social sciences, media studies, the
humanities and the natural and engineering sciences:</tt></p>
<ul style="font-size: 13px;" class="">
<li style="line-height: 1.33em; margin-top: 0em;
margin-bottom: 0.5em; list-style-image:
url(https://www.tu-braunschweig.de/icons/tubsdesign/quadrat.jpg);
list-style-type: square;" class=""><tt>Abstraction and
Modelling</tt></li>
</ul>
<ul style="font-size: 13px;" class="">
<li style="line-height: 1.33em; margin-top: 0em;
margin-bottom: 0.5em; list-style-image:
url(https://www.tu-braunschweig.de/icons/tubsdesign/quadrat.jpg);
list-style-type: square;" class=""><tt>Creativity and Design</tt></li>
</ul>
<ul style="font-size: 13px;" class="">
<li style="line-height: 1.33em; margin-top: 0em;
margin-bottom: 0.5em; list-style-image:
url(https://www.tu-braunschweig.de/icons/tubsdesign/quadrat.jpg);
list-style-type: square;" class=""><tt>Materialising/
Virtualising / Representation</tt></li>
</ul>
<ul style="font-size: 13px;" class="">
<li style="line-height: 1.33em; margin-top: 0em;
margin-bottom: 0.5em; list-style-image:
url(https://www.tu-braunschweig.de/icons/tubsdesign/quadrat.jpg);
list-style-type: square;" class=""><tt>Networks and
Emotions.</tt></li>
</ul>
<p style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.33em; margin-top: 0em;
margin-bottom: 10px;" class=""><tt><br class="">
</tt><tt>The doctoral program is chaired by Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Corinna Bath (speaker, TU Braunschweig and Ostfalia
University of Applied Sciences) and Prof. Dr. Bettina Wahrig
(co-speaker, TU Braunschweig). For the research program, the
supervisors and their topics as well as grant conditions
see </tt><tt><a href="https://www.tu-braunschweig.de/kommag"
target="_blank" title="Konfigurationen von Mensch,
Maschine und Geschlecht" style="color: rgb(190, 30, 60);
padding-left: 16px; background-image:
url(https://www.tu-braunschweig.de/icons/tubsdesign/neue-icons/interner-link-14.png);
background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat
no-repeat;" class="">https://www.tu-braunschweig.de/kommag</a></tt><tt>.
Informal inquiries can be directed at: </tt><tt><a
href="mailto:c.bath@tu-braunschweig.de" target="_blank"
style="color: rgb(190, 30, 60); padding-left: 16px;
background-image:
url(https://www.tu-braunschweig.de/icons/tubsdesign/neue-icons/email-14.png);
background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat
no-repeat;" class="">c.bath@tu-braunschweig.de</a></tt><tt>. </tt><tt><br
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</tt><tt><strong style="font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.33em;"
class="">Requirements</strong></tt><tt>: Applicants should
have an above-average degree (generally master’s) in a
related discipline. We expect you to be able to communicate
in German and/or English and to be prepared to engage with
topics and methods of gender studies within the context of
the research training group. We welcome graduates eager to
engage in interdisciplinary work that transcends the
boundaries between technical disciplines and the humanities,
and to get access to methods and concepts outside their core
disciplines.</tt><tt><br class="">
</tt><tt><br class="">
</tt><tt><strong style="font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.33em;"
class="">Please submit your application</strong></tt><tt> by
15(!) September 2016 (in the form of a C.V., cover letter,
scans of degree certificates and other certificates of
employment,) as well as an outline of your proposed Ph.D.
project, including a preliminary timetable (maximum 5
pages), preferably in a single pdf file, to </tt><tt><a
href="mailto:komma-g@tu-braunschweig.de" target="_blank"
style="color: rgb(190, 30, 60); padding-left: 16px;
background-image:
url(https://www.tu-braunschweig.de/icons/tubsdesign/neue-icons/email-14.png);
background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat
no-repeat;" class="">komma-g@tu-braunschweig.de</a></tt><tt>.</tt><tt><br
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</tt><tt>Please try to align your proposed project with on of
the research fields outlined on the website, noting that
some of the projects have specific requirements. You can
find details on our website:</tt><tt><br class="">
</tt><tt><a href="https://www.tu-braunschweig.de/kommag"
target="_blank" title="Konfigurationen von Mensch,
Maschine und Geschlecht" style="color: rgb(190, 30, 60);
padding-left: 16px; background-image:
url(https://www.tu-braunschweig.de/icons/tubsdesign/neue-icons/interner-link-14.png);
background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat
no-repeat;" class="">https://www.tu-braunschweig.de/kommag</a></tt></p>
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