Personal Information

 

Full name:

Elke Lieselotte Duncker-Gassen,

Phone office:

020-8362 5000, ext.4261

E-mail:

E.Duncker@mdx.ac.uk

Fax:

020-83626411

Date of Birth:

19th of August,1955

Place of Birth:

Düsseldorf, Germany

Education

 

1966 -1973

Grammar school, "Gymnasium Clara Schumann Schule" in Düsseldorf, Germany

1974 - 1981

Study at the Technical University of Aachen/Germany, Sociology, Political Science, and Psychology,

Degree: Master of Arts in Sociology and Political Science, 1981

1985 - 1988

Study for Mathematical-Technical Assistant, theoretical studies at the Technical University of Aachen, practice at the company GEI Gesytec Aachen

Degree: MTA 1988

1993 - 1995

Graduate student at the ‘Dutch Graduate School in Science, Technology and Modern Culture’

Degree: Ph.D. In Science and Technology Studies, 1998

1999 - present

Course for obtaining the Postgraduate Certificate for Higher Education - Experienced Staff, organised by the Centre for Learning Development at Middlesex University

 

 

 

Professional experience

 

1975 - 1981

Student assistant at the Centre of Higher Education of the Technical University of Aachen, Germany

1981 - 1983

Lecturer at the Centre of Higher Education, Technical University of Aachen, Germany

1984 - 1985

Social worker at the Greek Community Association, Aachen, Germany

1985 - 1992

Systems and software engineer at GEI Gesytec, software department, Aachen, Germany

1992 - 1998

Assistant in training at the department for Philosophy of Science and Technology, Technical University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

Sept.-Nov.1995

Visiting Scholar at the School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign, USA, working with Prof. Geoff Bowker and Prof. S. Leigh Star

July 98 - June 99

Research fellow at the School of Computing Science, Middlesex University, London UK

July 99 - present

Lecturer at the School of Computing Science, Middlesex University, London UK