Dr Astrid Gesche
Senior Lecturer, School of Arts
Qualifications
PhD, ANU; Master of Education (Online Teaching and Learning), USQ; Postgraduate Diploma of Education (German & English as a Second Language), UNE; Bachelor of Science (Hons 1), Adel. Bachelor of Arts (Hons 1/ German Language and Literature), Adel.; NAATI 3 Accredited Translator
Contact
| Email: | agesche@une.edu.au |
| Room: | Arts (E11) 216 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 3068 (or +61 2 6773 3068 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 3735 |
Astrid has a science, humanities and education background. Her current research interests include building cross-cultural and intercultural communicative environments with particular emphasis on Web-based communication, for which she has received several awards. Astrid has also published nationally and internationally on intercultural and ethical issues related to emerging technologies and their applications, including establishing appropriate ethical frameworks, and integrating social and ethical dimensions into discourse on scientific development and risk. Astrid has provided input or advice on human cloning to the Australian Legislative Review Committee and the Australian National Health & Medical Research Council, on gene technology regulation to the Australian Biotechnology Advisory Council, and on global ethical issues related to food security, genetically modified foods and human health to the World Health Organization in Geneva.
Astrid is the co-director of Multimedia Australia Pty Ltd (ACN 096 830 394) and a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Areas of Teaching
German language and culture
Research interests
Intercultural and transcultural communication
Online learning and teaching
Nanotechnology and ethics
Biotechnology and ethics
Governance of emerging technologies (nanotechnology, biotechnology, biometrics)
History of Ideas (Intellectual History)
Recent Publications
"Taking a first step: epigenetic health and responsibility”. In: Haslberger A. And Gressler S. 2010. Epigenetics and Human Health. Wiley-Blackwell, Weinheim.
“Adapting To Virtual Third Space Language Learning Futures”. In: Rita de Cassia Veiga Marriott & Patricia Lupion Torres (eds.). 2008. Handbook of Research on E-Learning Methodologies for Language Acquisition. IGI Publishing: Hershey, Pennsylvania.
“Creating Conditions for Intercultural and International Learning and Teaching.” Co-authored with P. Makeham. In: Anna Reid & Meeri Helsteen (eds.). 2008. Researching International Pedagogies: sustainable practice for teaching and learning in higher education. Springer: New York.
“Nanotechnologie und Lebensmittelproduktion” (translated: Nanotechnology and Food Production). In: A. Gazso, Gresler S. and Schiemer F. 2007. Nano- Chancen und Risiken aktueller Technologien. Springer Verlag (with A. Haslberger and J. Schuster) (2007).
“Genetic Testing and Human Genetic Databases”, In M. Betta (ed.). 2006. The Social and Commercial Imperatives of Genetic Screening and Testing ? The Australian Case.
“Protecting the Vulnerable: Genetic Testing in the Context of Parentage Testing, Immigration and Indigenous Peoples”, In M. Betta (ed.). 2006. The Social and Commercial Imperatives of Genetic Screening and Testing ? The Australian Case.