What role does gender play in scientific research and the development of technologies? The book provides interdisciplinary approaches and examples of how to apply gender in scientific research, technological development and teaching.

Waltraud Ernst (PhD), Philosopher, teaches Gender Studies at the Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria. Her research interests are feminist philosophy of science and technology, epistemology, methods and concepts of gender studies. Ilona Horwath (Prof. Dr.rer.soc.oec.), born in 1977, is a sociologist employed as a junior professor for technology and diversity in engineering at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universität Paderborn.