The CTS//circle.responsibleComputing is hosting the last brown bag talk of the semester on Digital Laziness: Why the Real AI Risk Is Human Surrender with Dr. Patrizia Ecker who is researcher, author, and founder of the AI Literacy Alliance.
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On May 7, 2025, the Center for Technology and Society (CTS) at TU Wien hosted a half-day workshop titled “Preventing the Malicious Use of AI”. The event welcomed 29 master’s students from the University of Twente, accompanied by Dr. Michael Nagenborg, Associate Professor of Philosophy of Technology.
Read MoreAs a recognised scientist and expert in learning technologies research, René Röpke has been invited as a keynote speaker and will open the Academic/Learning Analytics network meeting with his talk. The talk will take place on 28 May at TU Wien.Read More
We’ve done it again! The third round of the CTS//AK.designSprint has taken place. And this year, we have once again underpinned our focus on “Technology-Driven Social Innovation” with this renewed cooperation.Read More
We welcome workshop contributions to the ECSCW 2025 Pre-Conference Workshop on the Malicious Use of AI on July 1st in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Submission deadline is June 10th 2025
Read MoreThe CTS//circle.responsibleComputing is hosting our next brown bag talk on Perception vs. Reality: The Illusion of Security – Why We (Erroneously) Trust Technologies in the Age of AI Revolution with Rafael Vrecar.
Read MoreThis April, Kevin Blasiak was invited to take part in the 2025 Milton Wolf Seminar on Media and Diplomacy, hosted at the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna and co-organized by the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication, the American Austrian Foundation, and the Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation.
Read MoreIn march, there was a lot going on in the CTS meeting room at TU Wien: 15 curious girls came to visit to get to know the university and lose their shyness about a technical university.Read More
Kevin Blasiak was invited to participate in the 2025 Paris Defence and Strategy Forum as part of its academic stream, contributing to high-level discussions on the future of international security.
Read MoreExploring the Frontiers of Responsible Computing was the central theme of the CTS//circle.responsibleComputing in the academic year 2024/2025. A review and outlook on new developments.
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CTS//AK.designSprint enters the next round: Exploring Deep Tech for a Fair and Sustainable World. Design and develop - modern problems need modern solutions.Do YOU have what it takes? Then take part in the Design Sprint! Develop creative concepts that bring society to new levels.
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The CTS//circle.responsibleComputing is hosting our first brown bag talk of the year 2025 on Educational Games for Digital Education: Uncovering learners’ misconceptions with Assistant Professor Dr. rer. nat. René Röpke. Please join us in person or online.
Read MoreThe CTS//circle.responsibleComputing is hosting the last brown bag talk of the year 2024 on Unsettled Everyday Lives and Young People’s (Non)Digital Access to Urban Public Space. An Intersectional Research Project on Social Inequality with Alvie Augustin. Please join us in person or online.
Read MoreThe CTS//circle.responsibleComputing is hosting the second brown bag talk of the new semester on Relational matters: Arts-based Spatial Education & Media Ecology with Theresa Schütz. Please join us in person or online.
Read MoreThe CTS//circle.responsibleComputing is pleased to announce the recent publication of a catchword article with CTS co-authorship titled “Shadowbanning” in Business & Information Systems Engineering (BISE).
Read MoreThe CTS//circle.responsibleComputing hosted the first brown bag talk in the new semester on Perspectives on Designing Interactive Technologies for Wellbeing with Prof. tekn. dr Paweł W. Woźniak. A recording of our session is available online.
Read MoreAnna Franzkowiak (Head of CTS) and Heimo Sandtner (Rector of FH Campus Wien) welcomed guests to the joint Robotic Lunch in the newly opened FH Campus Wien building on 26 September 2024.Read More
On September the 23rd, 2024, the latest exhibition of the Cultural Collisions project was opened, among others by the Vice Rector of Teaching at TU Wien, Jasmin Gründling-Riener.
Like the activities of the CTS, this project also aims to combine critical, scientific thinking with creative approaches and thus make those involved and the stakeholders even better prepared for the challenges of the future.Read More
Exciting discussions and an insightful process lie behind the participants of the Tech Design Sprint 2024 recently organised by CTS (Center for Technology & Society) and AK Vienna.
Read MoreA week full of exciting discussions, international networking and new perspectives lies behind the participants of the 8th EUSSET Summer School. From 23 to 26 August 2024, young researchers from all over the world met at TU Wien to immerse themselves in the world of Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW).
Read MoreThis past semester, the CTS//circle.responsibleComputing hosted an engaging and thought-provoking Brown Bag Seminar Series, “Exploring The Frontiers of Responsible Computing.”
Read MoreCTS participated in the 2024 Terrorism and Social Media (TASM) international conference, held on 18-19 June at Swansea University’s Bay Campus in Wales, UK.
Read MoreThe CTS//circle.responsibleComputing is pleased to announce the recent publication of an IS Tutorial Article titled “Trigger Warning: This Study Contains Extremist Content. Research Strategies for Investigations of Online Extremism and Terrorism in the Communications of the Association for Information Systems (CAIS) by Kevin Blasiak, Marten Risius & Sabine Matook.
Read MoreOn 27 June 2024, the Center for Technology and Society (CTS) held its annual Midsommar event. Not only did we celebrate the start of summer, but also our 5th anniversary.
Read MoreThe YOUTH Spring School took place from 10 to 14 June as part of the YOUTH project funded by the CTS. In the context of the project, the aim was to further develop the transdisciplinary and intersectional methodological framework for researching social inequality among young people and to engage in a translocal and transdisciplinary exchange with international academic partners and NGOs.Read More
The CTS//circle.responsibleComputing is hosting the third talk on “Designing and Executing User Studies: Best Practices for Responsible Computing” in their brown bag seminar series, “Exploring the Frontiers of Responsible Computing.” Join us in person or watch the livestream
Read MoreThe CTS//circle.responsibleComputing is hosting the second talk on “Co-Creation and Participation of Citizens in Urban Planningin” their brown bag seminar series, “Exploring the Frontiers of Responsible Computing.” Join us in person or watch the livestream on YouTube
Read MoreThe CTS//circle.responsibleComputing recently hosted the first talk in their new brown bag seminar series, “Exploring the Frontiers of Responsible Computing.” You can watch a recording of the talk on YouTube
Read MoreMASTERMIND TALK: Digitalization, digital change and change management (TU Vienna, Hilda Tellioglu)
Read MoreThis year, the CTS is focusing, amongst other topics, on robotics. The continued advancement of robotics technology holds the potential to revolutionize industries, enhance productivity, and transform the way humans interact with machines, leading to unprecedented levels of automation and innovation.Read More
The Center for Technology and Society invites you to its second annual Midsommar event. We are also celebrating our 5th anniversary.
The CTS//circle.responsibleComputing and the CTS is excited to announce a new brown bag seminar series starting 11.04.2024 12:00 - 13:00 in person and online to explore the ever-evolving landscape of Responsible Computing!
Read MoreDesign and Innovate - modern problems require modern solutions. You got what it takes? Join us and take part in the Design Sprint! Develop innovative ideas that will take society to new heights.
Read MoreThe FAKTory event took place on 27 February at Universitätsstraße 9, 1010 Vienna. The FAKTory was launched together with the Chamber of Labour (AK) and the Austrian Trade Union Federation (ÖGB).
Read MoreOn 31 January 2024, the info days “FIT: Women in Technology” took place at the FH Technikum Wien, among others. This event, which was organised as part of the AMS programme “Women in Trades and Technology” (FiT), aimed to get women interested in technical professions and pave the way for them into technology.
Read MoreHave you ever had your creative idea rejected because it does not fit? Did you ever experience coming up with a brilliant solution to a complex problem, only to be told that the solution will not work?
Read MoreTU Austria & CTS set an example for sustainability at TU Wien: Summer School Sustainable Futures
Vienna, 4th to 8th September 2023 - TU Austria, together with the Center for Technology & Society (CTS), has once again positioned itself as a pioneer, this time in matters of sustainability. They have initiated the “Summer School Sustainable Futures” at the Technische Universität Wien (TU Wien).
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After five intense days, the Summer School 2023 on “Sustainable Futures”, co-hosted by TU Austria and the Center for Technology & Society (CTS), came to an end last Friday. The following review looks at the event from a student’s perspective.
Read MoreA year ago was the culmination of intensive planning and preparation between CTS and AK Wien: the three-day “Hackathon of the Many” took place at TUtheSky at TU Wien. It was the ideal combination of social competences and technical know-how with the goal of digital justice!
Read MoreThis year’s TU Austria (TUA) Summer School has been held together with the Center for Technology & Society (CTS). This Summer School 2023 for pre-docs took place under the theme “Sustainable Futures”.
Read MoreOne year ago, the extremely exciting, multi-disciplinary content session “The (R)evolution of Socio-Technical Hybrids” took place at the European Forum Alpbach 2022.
Read MoreOn Tuesday, June 20, 2023, the CTS had the opportunity to present our ongoing project, “Storytelling for Students,” at the F&E Café held at FH Campus Wien.
Read MoreThe Center for Technology & Society (CTS) hosted its first annual Midsommar event on Thursday, June 22, 2023. It was an afternoon that provided a platform for knowledge exchange, project presentations, and socializing.
Read MoreThe Center for Technology & Society (CTS) invites you to its first annual Midsommar event. The program includes presentations of the “Storytelling by Students” project, sharing ideas, and celebrating a successful academic year together - and, of course, enjoying the buffet.
Read MoreFor three days, social competency and technical know-how were the focus of a hackthon hosted by the CTS and the Arbeiterkammer (AK). The goal: Social justice.
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Alpbach 2022: Rückblick
EFA 2022
(German) Im Video-Rückblick kommen die Speaker:innen und Teilnehmer:innen an der CTS Content Session zu Wort und beschreiben ihre Takeaways.
(German) Unter dem Titel „Die (R)evolution sozio-technischer Hybride“ luden die drei österr. techn. Universitäten TU Wien, TU Graz und Montanuniversität Leoben im Verbund der TU Austria zur Diskussion von Lösungsansätzen humanistischer Technologieentwicklung.
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The CTS/C!S Project „DEBIAS“ placed first in the idea competition hosted by the Co-Change Project . Representing the CTS, I was fortunate to visit Tecnalia , one of the consortial partners in the Co-Change Project in Bilbao, Spain.
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The C!S and CTS were glad to host 25 students of Philosophy of Science, Technology & Society from the University of Twente for an afternoon workshop on Critical Algorithm Studies.
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