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Matthia Link
(Circle Lead)
CTSi//circle.community
Revolutionizing Community Outreach in the Digital Age
CTSi//circle.community is a comprehensive work initiative focused on exploring the profound impact and potential of digital transformation in public relations. Building on groundbreaking work such as Castells' (2011) exploration of the rise of the network society and Boyd's (2010) theorization of social media as networked publics, this Circle offers deep insight into the revolutionized approaches to public relations in our increasingly digitized world.
The Circle focuses primarily on the role of social media and digital platforms in advancing public communication. Drawing on Bennett and Segerberg's (2012) work on connective action, it explores how these platforms enable community mobilization, foster civic participation, and spur social change.
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EUDRES “Focus on the Future Summit” at Drosendorf Castle
On September 17 and 18, 2025, CTSi represented TU Wien and EULiST at EUDRES’ inspiring Focus on the Future Summit organized by EUDRES at Drosendorf Castle . The event focused on the question of how universities can draw on the lessons of history to develop in a future-oriented way.
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CTSi//EUSSET Summer School 2025 in Vienna
From August 25 to 29, 2025, the EUSSET Summer School took place at TU Wien, an inspiring and intensive format for international doctoral students and professors in the field of Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW). The host was Univ.Prof. Hilda Tellioglu, who, with great dedication, made possible a week full of exciting lectures, project work, and exchange.
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Shaping responsibility, developing ideas: University of Twente visits CTS - an example of international exchange in action
As part of an inspiring exchange with the University of Twente, the Center for Technology and Society (CTS) at TU Wien hosted an interdisciplinary workshop on the responsible use of AI, as well as the participation of the guests in the TECH DESIGN SPRINT 2025 – two formats that exemplify international collaboration and ethics-oriented technology development in action.
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Robotics at the FH Campus Wien
Anna 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. The four presentations, accompanied by a good buffet, came from programme directors, department heads and dedicated students. The audience was also a mix of interested experts from various disciplines who were eager to discuss.
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Cultural Collision
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.
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EUSSET Summer School
A 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).
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CTS//midsommar.2024
On 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.
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YOUTH Spring School
The 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. In this regard, the YOUTH Spring School was conceived as an educational format based on the principles of academic co-production, in which the consortium partners of the project and NGOs from different regions of the world as well as international students jointly produce new forms of urban knowledge that are relevant for young people, universities and society in general. The Spring School focussed on the question of how the use of technology affects young people’s (in)equal access to and use of public space.
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Lecture by Dr Julie A. Adams at TU Wien’s HCI Group Lunchtime Series, with CTS sponsoring
This 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. Likewise, the consequences of this development could impact society and include a redefinition of work structures, adjustments to educational systems, and a broad debate on the ethical and social impacts of automation and artificial intelligence. For this reason, we are featuring a series of insights and research activities from all our CTS houses.
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CTS//midsommar.2024
The Center for Technology and Society invites you to its second annual Midsommar event. We are also celebrating our 5th anniversary.
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Call for Applications
As part of the YOUTH project sponsored by the CTS, a Spring School will be held in June
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FAKTory event inspires students and university employees
The 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).
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FIT: Women in technology
On 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.
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YOUTH
The YOUTH project examines youthfulness in the context of social inequality and social media platforms. The aim is to empower young people to gain access to public spaces and overcome disadvantages. A comprehensive methodological framework was developed for this purpose, which was refined in a joint spring school in order to continue the research.
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F&E Café at FH Campus Wien
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.
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CTS//midsommar.2023 – Gleanings
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.
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//CTS & TU Wien futureexperts
Read about the mission and guidelines of our FU[TU]RE experts, formerly known under the name “TU All Inclusive”. Additional materials, media, and information are to be found here too.
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CTS//midsommar.2023
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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Storytelling by Students
In this project, future first-year students are networked with students in order to make it easier for them to choose a degree programme and enter the world of higher education. Students talk about their experiences of choosing a degree programme and their first study experiences. The storytelling-by-students platform created in the project is a website on which students can share their content, including podcasts, text contributions and videos on the topics of choosing a degree programme, university life and life outside the university.
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Lectures for Future: 2nd Level
Christian Peer and Helena Bernhardt speak about their CTS Project “Lectures for Future: 2nd Level”
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GoDataSpace
GoDataSpace was an exploratory research project on the governance of Urban Data Space. The aim of the project was to assess the emerging technology of Urban Data Space (U/DS) and provide the basis for future research projects and technology development in this area. The results of a series of workshops with stakeholders from research, policy, civil society and industry provide an exploratory assessment of U/DS and its governance to guide future research and inform policy.
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Tradition in Transformation: The Cultural Landscape of Cellar Lanes
The project focussed on the cultural landscape of the Kellergassen, their development potential and the options for long-term preservation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The result of this project is a basic document for achieving World Heritage status for the Kellergassen. In addition, the definition of the parameters for monument preservation requirements was discussed and a practical application of structural measures for cellar restoration was carried out.
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New Mobilities of post-traditional communities: P2P carsharing in rural and urban neighbourhoods
This project aimed to investigate the impact of peer-to-peer (P2P) car sharing in different neighbourhoods and to identify differences in the perceptions of those who offer/use car sharing and those who do not. To this end, a comparative analysis was carried out in three different neighbourhoods.
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Digital Literacy in Robotics
Dipl.-Ing.(FH) Georg Jäggle presents his CTS-funded project “Digital Literacy in Robotics”.
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Lectures for Future
Dr. Christian Peer (Raumplanung, TU Wien) talks about the CTS-cofunded project “Lectures for Future”.
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Minister Fassmann
The Federal Minister for Education, Science and Research, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Heinz Faßmann, sends his well-wishes to the CTS and speaks about the importance of interdisciplinary work.
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muco
The project combined computer science and music in an interdisciplinary approach that piqued the students’ interest, with potential for further research. MUCO was a feasibility study in the field of STEM and art, in the context of which a musical programming learning application was created for independent learning outside of formal lessons. The aim of the implemented learning app is to impart programming knowledge and skills in a musically orientated development and learning environment.
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Digital Participation
Prof. Simon Güntner (TU Wien) talks about his project on “Digital Participation”.
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Digital Literacy in Robotics & Informatics – for underprivileged people
The aim of the project was to identify digital education barriers (especially for underprivileged people) and to identify possible solutions. The focus was on promoting an understanding of technology in relation to digitalisation and robotics. Through research and development work, a universal design was created that reduces complexity in the digital space and makes it understandable, while also driving social and technical innovation.
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Lectures for Future 2nd level
The Lectures for Future (L4F) are an interdisciplinary lecture series offered at various universities. Researchers provide insights into their current scientific and artistic work on the topics of the climate crisis and sustainable development. The design of the teaching and communication format was scientifically monitored in the “Lectures for Future 2nd level” project. The study confirmed the added value of the Lectures for Future for society as a whole as well as the positive response from course participants and guest lecturers.
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SAVEing SPACES
The SAVEing SPACES project sees itself as an activating project. As a safe, physical, digital and social learning space, the series of workshops carried out as part of the project was intended to promote critical exchange and offer teachers and students the opportunity to test theories, formats and tools together while learning new things and thinking about new learning. The project has provided important insights into the learning cultures of the participating disciplines and universities. In addition, a network of practice-orientated disciplines was created and the materials and data developed were made available as a multimedia resource and knowledge pool on the save-ing.space website
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Participation and Visibilty in Hybrid Realities
This transdisciplinary project investigated how socio-technical realities are negotiated and (re-)produced in digitally expanded public spaces. The CTS funding provided the framework for an innovative project idea for a systematic examination of social norms and power in hybrid realities. Based on questions of social participation and visibility, digital interventions were designed in transient physical spaces. These enabled the participants to explore digital realities and their reciprocal relationships with physical spaces.
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Participation in the Digital Space
The project consortium analysed existing participatory online platforms (such as the “SagsWien” app) in the context of digital governance and community interaction. The aim was to better understand citizen interaction and the reaction of platform operators and to consider critical aspects in the development of new digital tools for community interaction.
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