Ina Wagner (born 1946) is an

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and

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. She is an emeritus professor of

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(

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), where she was active from 1987 until 2011. Wagner completed a

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at the

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in 1972. In 1979 she received her

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from the

University of Klagenfurt The University of Klagenfurt (german: Universität Klagenfurt or ''Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt'', AAU) is a federal Austrian research university and the largest research and higher education institution in the state of Carinthia. It has i ...

, and in 1998 completed a second habilitation in "multidisciplinary design and

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" in Vienna. In 1987 she became the TU Wien's second ever female professor and the first to be appointed from outside the university, and led the ''Institute for Design & Assessment of Technology'' until her retirement in 2011. In 2011 Wagner received the Gabriele Possanner State Prize, an award given by the Austrian science ministry for

gender studies Gender studies is an interdisciplinary academic field devoted to analysing gender identity and gendered representation. Gender studies originated in the field of women's studies, concerning women, feminism, gender, and politics. The field ...

, and the city of

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's Women's Award. She is a current member of the Austrian Chancellery's

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commission and a former member of the ''European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies''.

References

External links

Ina Wagner's personal website
Austrian women scientists Academic staff of TU Wien 1946 births Living people University of Klagenfurt alumni University of Vienna alumni {{sociologist-stub