Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture
The Department of interdisciplinary studies of culture was established January 1st 1999, when Center for Women’s Research and Center for Technology and Society were merged. Presently, the department has a staff of about forty employees, of which the majority is research fellows, post-doctoral research fellows or members of the scientific staff.
The department’s research focuses on gender and feminist studies, and science and technological studies, using a variety of interdisciplinary methods and theories. The department also offers a master’ degree and a PhD programme in Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture.Center for Women’s Research and Center for Technology and Society was established in the 1980s as research centers. When the two centers were merged, they became the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture and organized under the Faculty of Arts.
The staff consists of researchers that have their background from the Humanities and social science. The department has several research groups within gender studies, ICT, energy consumption and health issues to name a few. All these topics are approached with interdisciplinary theories and methods originating from both the Humanities and social sciences.
A large part of this research is funded by The Research Council of Norway, or other external funding. The department has a broad international network in research communities across the world.
Besøksadresse:
Department of Interdisciplinary studies of Culture
The University Centre of Dragvoll
Building 5 and 6, level 4
Telefon:
+47 73 59 17 88
Faks:
+47 73 59 13 27
E- post:
kari.bergheim@hf.ntnu.no
Web:
www.ntnu.no/kult
Postadresse:
Department of Interdisciplinary studies of Culture
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
N-7491
Trondheim
Norway
Nye vitenskapelige artikler:
Wendy Faulkner and Merete Lie: Gender in the Information Society: Strategies of Inclusion. Gender, Technology and Development, Vol. 11, No. 2 (2007).
Kristin Spilker, Merete Lie: Gender and Bioethics Intertwined: Egg Donation within the Context of Equal Opportunities. The European Journal of Women's Studies, Volume 14, Number 4/November 2007.
Vivian Anette Lagesen: The Strength of Numbers: Strategies to Include Women into Computer Science. Social Studies of Science, Volume 37, Number 1 (February 2007).
Artiklene er tilgjengelige fra datamaskiner ved NTNU eller annen institusjon med tilgangsrettigheter.
NTNU, 7491 Trondheim, tlf. 73 59 50 00.
Kontakt oss
Ansvarlig redaktør: Informasjonssjef Christian Fossen
