Great Success of the 3rd Early Career Workshop “STS: Skills, Career Trajectories and Stories”

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21.11.2024 at ÖAW

 

“How did you prepare for your job interview to convey the expertise you bring from STS?”
The reply to this question sparked my favorite moment: “Not at all, I only attended this Workshop a couple of year ago.”

The 3rd Early Career Workshop organized by STS Austria explored job opportunities for graduates in STS and was a resounding success. How can graduates apply academic knowledge? What non-academic career paths offer exciting fields of activity? And what does career development look like across various fields?

Four speakers from public administration, research, art, and industry shared their experience on job seeking, everyday work, use of STS knowledge, and work-life balance with over 30 participants attending both in-person and online. The workshop was an inspiring and engaging experience, offering new insights and networking opportunities. It highlighted the wide range of dynamic career trajectories available to STS graduates, sparking new possibilities and enthusiasm for the impact we can make also outside academia. We would like to thank all the speakers and participants!

Annual General Meeting 2024

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Dear Members of STS Austria,

We would like to invite you to the 2024 STS Austria Annual General Meeting and our Collaborative Futures Session on STS (in) Austria.

Both takes place on December 17, 15:00-17:00 in Seminarraum 2/Campus of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), Bäckerstrasse 13, 1010 Vienna. Please find the meeting agenda attached.

Three to four new board members will be elected at this meeting. In particular, we are looking for a replacement for our treasurer and a student representative. The position of president and vice president will be newly elected as well. If you are interested in joining the STS Austria board, please send us a few words about yourself and your motivation to join the board: office@sts-austria.org

We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible in Vienna! If you want to join online, please let us know.

Annual Meeting STS Austria_Agenda_2024

 

Workshop Invitation “STS: Skills, Career Trajectories and Stories” #3

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We warmly invite you to the third instalment of STS Austria’s workshop “STS: Skills, Career Trajectories and Stories” on career orientation and different professional paths for STS graduates. The workshop will take place at the Austrian Academy of Science on Thursday, Nov 21st, 2024, 15:00 – 18:00.

The workshop presents an opportunity for current students and recent graduates in STS and related fields to learn about the diverse areas and fields of work where STS-related knowledge and skills can be applied. Former STS students now working in areas such as public administration, research project management, communications, legal and art research, will share their professional experiences and stories in a “living books” format, providing room for individual questions and in-depth discussion.

We kindly ask that all participants register for the event via email to Masafumi.nishi(at)ait.ac.at. Registrations will be accepted until Tuesday 19th, 2024. (first come, first serve. Limited seats.)
Due to the high demand, this workshop will be hybrid format. The link will be sent to registered email address.
November 21, 2024, Thursday
Austrian Academy of Sciences, Dr. Ignaz Seipel-Platz 2, 1010 Vienna (room: Museumszimmer)

Schedule 

15:00 – 15:10 Welcome
15:10 – 16:00 Speaker Panel Discussion (followed by Q&A ~50 min)
16:00 – 16:15 Coffee break
16:15 – 17:45 “Living books” round table discussions with STS graduates (~25min x 3) (Museumszimmer&ITA Campus)
17:45 – 18:00 Informal exchange and finger food

Speakers:
Anna Rathmair (the Austrian Parliamentary Administration), Cyntha Wieringa (Ars Electronica), Marc Cudlik (telecommunication industry), Arianna Ferrari, PhD (Austrian Institute of Technology)

This event is organized by STS Austria. All are welcome to join the event – please feel free to forward and share with friends and colleagues!

For further information about the agenda and speakers, click the document below.
STS Austria early career workshop agenda&speaker info_final

Funding Support for STS Events

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Are you organising an event in 2024? STS Austria will again financially support 1–2 academic events this year. A total of € 1500 is available for this purpose. Only members of STS Austria are eligible to apply, but potential co-organisers of the event do not need to be members. We will fund different kinds of events (workshops, conferences, lectures, roundtable discussions, working groups) supporting the mission of STS Austria. In particular, we invite  applications for events which a) address early-career researchers, b) involve cooperation between different institutions and/or c) take place outside of Vienna.

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