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Have 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?

TU 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).

by Rafael Vrecar

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.

A 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!

This 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”.

One year ago, the extremely exciting, multi-disciplinary content session “The (R)evolution of Socio-Technical Hybrids” took place at the European Forum Alpbach 2022.

On 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.

The 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.

The 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.

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For 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.

(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.

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.

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.