Team

Anna Franzkowiak is the organizational director at the Center for Technology and Society (CTS). She brings years of business experience from various industries to the team. For the last 10 years she has been working in the ceramics and basic materials industry in product and innovation management. She has been actively involved in many projects at national and global level and most recently implemented global innovation projects as a program manager. She completed her PhD at TU Wien in the field of advanced ceramics. In addition to her know-how, she is a passionate and creative networker and match-maker with numerous contacts in the European industrial and development landscape. She now puts her passion for new solutions at the service of CTS in order to further connect the topics of society and technology and to foster them across disciplinary and institutional boundaries.

Hilda Tellioğlu is the academic director at the Center for Technology and Society (CTS). She is Associate Professor at the Artifact-based Computing and User Research Group at TU Wien. As a computer scientist she has been involved with both research and teaching on socio-technology, software engineering, design and development of information technology in networked (work) environments, computer support for co-operative work (CSCW) in systems design, in health care work, in architectural planning and in manufacturing, gender issues in computer science, design thinking and interaction and interfaces design, practice-based research.

Kevin Blasiak supports the Team as Postdoctoral Research and leads the circle responsibleComputing. Prior to his Ph.D. in Information Systems from the University of Queensland in brisbane, Australia, he worked 3 years in management consulting in Germany. He completed undergraduate and graduate studies in Helsinki, Finland, and Warsaw, Poland. His research interests lie at the intersection of technology, society, and organizations, particularly in Critical Algorithm Studies and Trust & Safety Engineering. In doing so, he investigates phenomena such as online extremism or borderline social media content and how technologies can be used to address these societal issues. He considers the societal consequences of applying organizational or technological measures such as algorithmic content moderation, AI chatbot interventions, or algorithmic identification of social media content.

René Röpke supports the team as Assistant Professor for Learning Technologies and eDidactics and leads the Circle didactics. He is also the head of the eduLAB, an extracurricular learning space and outreach program of the Faculty of Informatics at TU Wien. Previously, he studied Computer Science and IT Security at the Technical University of Darmstadt in Germany and subsequently completed his doctorate at the Rhine-Westphalian Technical University in Aachen on personalizing game-based learning for topics of phishing and IT security education. In addition to the didactic design and technical implementation of digital learning games, his research interests include learning analytics, intelligent study planning and analysis, AI in education and computer science didactics.

Matthia Link supports the Center for Technology and Society (CTS) as a team assistant and actively helps with the organization and implementation of projects. In 2019, she completed her bachelor's degree in sociology (BA) at the University of Vienna. Since her bachelor's thesis, she focused on spaces and their impact on interaction patterns. In the last few years, she got a taste of different professional fields and gained experience abroad in Australia, Brazil, Malta, and Germany. During her stay in Berlin, she started a master's program in Gender Studies (MA) and has expanded her field of interest to intersectionality, focusing on equity in access to education.

Noah Pfander supports the Centre for Technology and Society (CTS) as a project assistant in the areas of administration, graphic design and project communication. He completed his Master's degree in Urban and Spatial Planning at TU Wien in 2024 and wrote his Master's thesis on the self-organised appropriation of space by independent artists and cultural workers in Vienna. His particular interest at CTS, with regard to the interplay between technology and society, is focused on digital tools to support participation processes in urban spaces.

Armin Marczinyas is currently working towards his bachelor's degree in Media Informatics and Visual Computing at TU Wien. During his education at the federal institute for graphic arts and media he has become familiar with a variety of design principles. He supports the Center for Technology and Society in video editing for their online content.

Maya Ducke is currently studying a bachelor's degree in civil engineering at the TU Vienna. In addition to her technical and scientific-related studies, she is also interested in topics in the humanities and social sciences. Through her professional experience in various fields, she supports the Center for Technology and Society in the organization and implementation of the Design Sprint 2024, which is planned, designed and executed together with the AK Vienna.

Rafael Vrecar is currently working towards his PhD in Computer Sciences – within the field of Human Robot Interaction – at TU Wien. He joined the Center for Technology and Society (CTS) in July 2021 and works as researcher, supports the documentation and administration process, and helps building strategic plans for the future. Rafael's main scientific interests lie in Human Robot Interaction, security and usability as well as responsible technology development.