Siebenhandl, Karin

Ph.d in Landscape Architecture and Planning (2004), studied at University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences in Vienna

Current

2002 - at Danube University Krems

Leader of KnowComm Research Team(in the department of Knowledge and Communication Management)
Project manager in research and consulting projects
Course Director of postgraduate Course “Traffic telematics”

In Past (e.g)

1997- 2002 Technical Assistant at Austrian Federal Railways Company, landscape planning and environmental safety
1995-1997 Contract for work and services at several engineering consultants (traffic management and – planning)

Research Interests

Perspectives on sustainable technology design
Information design
Usability and applications of traffic telematics
Gender and IT

Projects

MUTIK: Multiplikatorinnen in der IT Welt, 2002-2004 (Country of Lower Austria), EQUAL
SITCOM: Simulation IT Carriers for Women, 2004-2006, Socrates (Minerva) project
Gender Coordination for PROLIX, 2005-2009, 6th Framework, EU
Coordinator of ADVANCE, Science and Society, 2006-2008, 6th Framework, EU
Contribution to Work package 2 of Insafety, 2006-2008, 6th Framework, EU

Selected Publications

Karin Siebenhandl has numerous international publications, of which here mentioned only few selected ones. For more complete list, see Karin Siebenhandl's Home Page (in German)

Siebenhandl, Karin; Risku, Hanna; Brugger, Christof & Simlinger, Peter: Evaluating the comprehensibility of visualized information for the Trans-European Road Network (TERN) as part of the EU Project IN-SAFETY: INfrastructure and SAFETY. In: Proceedings of the International Conference Road Safety and Simulation 2007, November 7-9, 2007, Rome, Italy.

Siebenhandl, Karin; Risku, Hanna; Brugger, Christof & Simlinger, Peter: Evaluating the Comprehensibility of Visualized Information for the Trans-European Road Network (TERN). In: Proceedings of the 20th Enhanced Safety of Vehicles Conference, June 18-21, 2007, Lyon, France.

Karin Siebenhandl (2005): Usability Report, SITCOM: Simulating IT-Careers for Women, 114444-CP-1-2004-1-AT-Minerva-MPP.

Sabine Zauchner, Karin Siebenhandl (2006): A Game for Girls - The Development of an Interactive Career Platform in: D. Grabe & L. Zimmermann (Eds.), Multimedia Applications in Education, Conference Proceedings, MAPEC, Graz.