Helene Götschel

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Helene Götschel (* 1963 in Bayreuth ) is a German physicist, science historian and gender researcher. She holds a " Maria-Goeppert-Mayer " professorship for gender in engineering and computer science at the University of Hanover .

life and work

Götschel studied physics in Hamburg and Tübingen from 1983 to 1990 and did her doctorate as a social and economic historian. She also studied history of science, university didactics and gender research in Tübingen and Hamburg.

She was visiting professor at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg , the Technical University of Kaiserslautern and the Technical University of Darmstadt. In 2015 she was appointed Maria Goeppert Mayer Professor for "Gender in Engineering and Computer Science" at the University of Hanover . In 2020 she will be a KI²VA visiting professor at the Technical University of Darmstadt at the Institute for General Education and Vocational Education.

Götschel is primarily concerned with gender research in the natural sciences and with the history of physics.

She is a member of the board of directors of the Women in Science and Technology Association .

Publications (selection)

  • Natural sciences and gender in universities: current research and successful implementation in teaching . Talheimer-Verlag, Mössingen-Talheim 2009, ISBN 978-3-89376-132-6 , p. 190 .
  • Scientists and Technicians on the Move: On the History of the Congress Women in Science and Technology 1977 to 1989 . Dissertation . 2002, ISBN 3-89376-095-4 , pp. 400 .
  • Change of perspective: Women's and gender studies on mathematics and natural sciences . Talheimer Verlag, Mössingen-Talheim 2001, ISBN 3-89376-040-7 , p. 224 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Press release on the appointment to the University of Hanover . Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  2. ↑ Helene Götschel's curriculum vitae . Retrieved February 13, 2015.
  3. ↑ Competence development through interdisciplinary and international networking from the start: Dr. Helene Götschel. Retrieved March 20, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Götschel, Helene
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physicist, social scientist and professor at the University of Hanover
DATE OF BIRTH 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Bayreuth