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Bianca Prietl is a scholar in Gender Studies at the University of Basel, focusing on the intersection of gender, knowledge, and technology. She studied sociology and business administration at the University of Graz, emphasizing gender sociology and science and technology studies. Her dissertation, published in 2018, reconstructs masculinity constructs among engineers in renewable energy. During her postdoctoral phase, she explored issues of digitalization and datafication, particularly how digital data technologies affect knowledge production and decision-making with gendered implications. She habilitated at TU Darmstadt in sociology, producing a cumulative habilitation on 'Datafication and Power/Knowledge in the Digital Age.' She has been involved with various universities and research institutions, including renowned centers for Science and Technology Studies. Additionally, she serves as the deputy speaker of the Department of Social Sciences and co-chair in the leadership group of the research network 'Responsible Digital Society' at the University of Basel. Her research interests include feminist science and technology studies, gender sociology, and feminist theories.
Institute of Sociology, JKU Linz • Linz, Austria
Involved in research on the social implications of digitalization.
The University of Basel generally requires C1 level proficiency in the language of instruction. For most English-taught Masters, TOEFL (min 92-95) or IELTS (min 7.0) is the standard.