We are happy to invite you to our 1st talk of the Vienna STS Talk Series in 2026S:
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Best wishes,
Katrin Hackl
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Mag. Katrin Hackl
Research Support & Communication
Department of Science and Technology Studies
University of Vienna
Universitätsstraße 7 /II/ 6th floor (NIG)
1010 Vienna / Austria
Tel.: 0043-1-4277-49607
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The Department of Science and Technology Studies invites you to its lecture series in the upcoming summer term!
We present a variety of lectures by international scholars presenting their work in their respective fields. The lecture series offers a broad overview of the field of science and technology and incorporates talks related to our FFG Project LLEA and ERC Grants INNORES, FutureSpace, and ALTERBIOTIC, as well as a cooperation with IPW.
We look forward to seeing you there!
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Best wishes,
Katrin Hackl
__________
Mag. Katrin Hackl
Research Support & Communication
Department of Science and Technology Studies
University of Vienna
Universitätsstraße 7 /II/ 6th floor (NIG)
1010 Vienna / Austria
Tel.: 0043-1-4277-49607
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We are happy to invite you to the inaugural lecture
“How to know responsibly in a world in crisis?”
Maximilian Fochler
Professor for Science and Technology Studies with a Focus on Science and Knowledge Cultures
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2008 PhD at the University of Vienna. 2008–2014 postdoctoral researcher and Apart-Fellow at the University of Vienna, the University of Oslo and the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin.
2012–2018 assistant professor & 2018–2025 associate professor for science and knowledge cultures at the Department of Science and Technology Studies of the University of Vienna.
Adjunct professor at the Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture, University of Oslo from 2024. 2025<http://trail.canva.com/CL0/tel:20242025/1/0100019b092f139e-90ef73fb-67b4-42…> promotion to full professor at the University of Vienna.
Research
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Cultures of academic knowledge production
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(e)Valuation and assessment of academic practices
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Research and university governance and policy
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Responsibility and relevance in research and innovation
“I am interested in exploring what producing and sharing responsible and relevant knowledge might mean in contemporary academia, and how the spaces of academic work and their institutional environments can be structured to foster Knowledge that productively speaks to the crisis of our time.”
— Maximilian Fochler
Programme
Friday, 16 January 2026, 16:00
Main Ceremonial Hall of the University of Vienna
Universitätsring 1, 1010 Vienna
16:00
Welcome
by Manuela Baccarini
(Vice-Rector of the University of Vienna)
Opening words
Michaela Pfadenhauer
(Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences)
Inaugural lecture
Maximilian Fochler
How to know responsibly in a world in crisis?
After the lecture, we would like to invite you to a small reception.
For organisational reasons, please register for the event by Wednesday, 7 January 2026 using this link: forms.office.com/e/Z5yAzywGPV<http://forms.office.com/e/Z5yAzywGPV>
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We are happy to invite you to our 10th talk of the Vienna STS Talk Series in 2025W:
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Best wishes,
Katrin Hackl
__________
Mag. Katrin Hackl
Research Support & Communication
Department of Science and Technology Studies
University of Vienna
Universitätsstraße 7 /II/ 6th floor (NIG)
1010 Vienna / Austria
Tel.: 0043-1-4277-49607
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by Initiative to Support Women in Academic Philosophy
Dear all,
the termino has spoken and we found a date & venue for the December
Stammtisch of UPSalon - a Salon for Underrepresented Philosophers!
Please save the date:
Thursday, December 4th at 20:00, Café Weingartner. [1]
At the meeting, we will exchange our experiences, discuss our future
activites, and play a round of Billiard if we feel like it!
UPSalon are a group of students, doctoral and post-doctoral researchers
at the department of philosophy; the initiative aims at creating a space
and community in Vienna where underrepresented philosophers - such as
women, trans, inter and non-binary persons, BIPOC, socioeconomically
disadvantaged people, queer people, and people with disabilities - can
connect on a regular basis.
For more information, check out our website [2]!
We are very much looking forward to meeting all of you other
underrepresented philosophers!
Do not hesitate to get in touch with any questions you may have.
Best regards,
UPSalon
Mail: upsalon.philosophy(a)univie.ac.at
Web: https://upsalon.univie.ac.at
Links:
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[1] https://www.weingartner.co.at/
[2] https://upsalon.univie.ac.at/
We are happy to invite you to our 8th talk of the Vienna STS Talk Series in 2025W:
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Best wishes,
Katrin Hackl
__________
Mag. Katrin Hackl
Research Support & Communication
Department of Science and Technology Studies
University of Vienna
Universitätsstraße 7 /II/ 6th floor (NIG)
1010 Vienna / Austria
Tel.: 0043-1-4277-49607
[cid:image002.jpg@01DC5E0C.C0BC59E0]<https://sts.univie.ac.at/>
We are happy to invite you to our 9th talk of the Vienna STS Talk Series in 2025W:
[cid:image001.png@01DC5D3C.F8FD8F20]<https://sts.univie.ac.at/en/news-events/details-news-events/news/vienna-sts…>
Best wishes,
Katrin Hackl
__________
Mag. Katrin Hackl
Research Support & Communication
Department of Science and Technology Studies
University of Vienna
Universitätsstraße 7 /II/ 6th floor (NIG)
1010 Vienna / Austria
Tel.: 0043-1-4277-49607
[cid:image002.jpg@01DC5D3C.F8FD8F20]<https://sts.univie.ac.at/>
Liebe alle,
es ist eine große Freude, euch zur nächsten Trans*Formations
Veranstaltung am Institut für Philosophie einzuladen.
Der Workshop Trans*Modernität, Trans Kolonialität? wird am 11.12.2025
von 16:45 bis 18:45 im HS 3A, NIG (Universitätsstraße 7) von Dr. Jonah
I. Garde (UBC) gehalten.
Danke an die Vienna Doctoral School of Philosophy [1] (VDP) für ihre
finanzielle Unterstützung!
Abstract:
Was hat trans* Geschichte mit Kolonialgeschichte zu tun und welche
kolonialen Spuren finden wir in heutigen Vorstellungen und Praktiken
rund um Geschlecht, Körper und Identität? Inwiefern ist die
Pathologisierung von trans* Körpern ein Produkt der Moderne und was
bedeutete es, diese Fragen im österreichischen Kontext zu stellen?
Vor dem Hintergrund der kürzlich erschienen Monographie _Trans*
Geschichten der Moderne_ (transcript, 2025), werden Teilnehmer_innen
zwei kurze Texte lesen, die sich mit den verwobenen Geschichten von
Geschlecht, (Siedlungs-)Kolonialismus und Moderne beschäftigen.
Gemeinsam werden wir diskutieren, was die Anerkennung dieser
Verflechtungen für trans Aktivismen und Politiken in der Gegenwart und
in unserem jeweiligen Kontext bedeutet.
Bio:
Dr. Jonah I. Garde ist Banting Postdoctoral Fellow am Department for
Central, Eastern, and Northern European Studies an der University of
British Columbia. Garde promovierte 2023 an der Universität Bern im Fach
Gender Studies und forscht an der Schnittstelle von Trans Studies,
Cultural Studies, Geschichte, Erinnerungspolitik und Affekten.
Der Workshop richtet sich an Studierende und Lehrende unabhängig ihres
vorherigen Erfahrungsstandes und wird auf Deutsch stattfinden. Vor dem
Workshop werden die im Abstract genannten Texte an die Teilnehmer*innen
ausgeschickt.
Anmeldung über u:rise unter diesem LINK [2].
Für Snacks und Getränke wird gesorgt!
Anbei findet sich auch ein Poster für die Veranstaltung, wir freuen uns,
wenn dieses sowie die Einladung an andere Interessierte weitergeleitet
wird!
Am 3.12. 2025 wird Jonah I. Garde außerdem um 18:30 im QWien [3], Wiens
queerem Kulturzentrum, das Buch _Trans* Geschichten der Moderne_
(transcript, 2025) präsentieren, auch hierzu eine herzliche Einladung
[4]!
Mit lieben Grüßen,
Flora Löffelmann im Namen des Organisationsteams
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Flora Löffelmann, MA MA
Stipendiat:in der Literar Mechana
Department of Philosophy
University of Vienna
Pronouns: they/them (for more info see:
https://www.mypronouns.org/what-and-why/)
Happy about a gender neutral "hello"!
Links:
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[1] https://vd-philosophy.univie.ac.at/
[2]
https://urise.univie.ac.at/mod/booking/optionview.php?optionid=1755&cmi…
[3] https://www.qwien.at/
[4] https://www.qwien.at/veranstaltungen/transgeschichten-jonah-i-garde/
by Initiative to Support Women in Academic Philosophy
Dear all,
after a productive first meeting of the semester, we would like to plan
our next Stammtisch for December!
To determine a date that works for all who are interested and could
previously not make it due to scheduling issues, we kindly ask you to
fill out this Termino [1].
This time, we want to meet at Café Weidinger [2] to first exchange
experiences & discuss our future activities, and then play a round of
Billard!
UPSalon are a group of students, doctoral and post-doctoral researchers;
the initiative aims at creating a space and community in Vienna where
underrepresented philosophers - such as women, trans, inter and
non-binary persons, BIPOC, socioeconomically disadvantaged people, queer
people, and people with disabilities - can connect on a regular basis.
For more information, check out our website [3]!
We are very much looking forward to meeting all of you other
underrepresented philosophers!
Do not hesitate to get in touch with any questions you may have.
Best regards,
UPSalon
Mail: upsalon.philosophy(a)univie.ac.at
Web: https://upsalon.univie.ac.at
Links:
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[1]
https://www.termino.gv.at/meet/p/9cf3940291b9bece05541aa72b25238f-510638
[2] https://lokalfuehrer.stadtbekannt.at/restaurants/caf-weidinger/
[3] https://upsalon.univie.ac.at/
We are happy to invite you to our 7th talk of the Vienna STS Talk Series in 2025W:
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Best wishes,
Katrin Hackl
__________
Mag. Katrin Hackl
Research Support & Communication
Department of Science and Technology Studies
University of Vienna
Universitätsstraße 7 /II/ 6th floor (NIG)
1010 Vienna / Austria
Tel.: 0043-1-4277-49607
[cid:image002.jpg@01DC5306.7D8F1330]<https://sts.univie.ac.at/>