I'm co-chairing the Society for Social Studies of Science @4sweb.bsky.social Conference in Toronto, Oct 2026. #STS #scipol #innovation Theme: "TechnoPower • Technoscientific Futures". Open panel submissions portal is open! ls! Deadline: 2nd February 2026 www.4sonline.org/about_the_co...

Digitale Daten sind Macht. Wer sie kontrolliert, bestimmt über Demokratie, Wirtschaft und Zukunft. Europa darf das nicht mehr länger nur den großen Tech-Konzernen überlassen, schreibt @bprainsack.bsky.social​ in ihrem Gastkommentar.

Join us today at 5pm at @univie.ac.at to launch the new book by Koen Bartels & @hendrikwagenaar.bsky.social: "Doing Interpretive Research: Learning and Teaching Imagination in Interpretive Research" (OUP). Emma Dowling and Yuki Seidler will comment. Registration: www.eventbrite.at/e/book-launc...

New book on #epistemicInjustice: Flear, M. L., Davies-Tyrie, C., & Wincott, D. (Eds.). (2025). Socio-Legal Studies on Epistemic Injustice and Spaces and Places. Springer Nature Switzerland. doi.org/10.1007/978-...

📘 My new book States of Solidarity: How to Build a Society is out now (OUP). 👉 academic.oup.com/book/61834 I wrote it against a background of growing inequalities, fragile democracies, climate breakdown, and technologies that too often pull us apart instead of together. 👇

On 12 Jan at 5pm CET we’ll be celebrating Koen Bartels & @hendrikwagenaar.bsky.social 's new book: "Doing Interpretive Research: Learning and Teaching Imagination in Interpretive Research" #OUP Join us for a brief book talk, reflections by Emma Dowling and Yuki Seidler, and a reception! 👇

Wien 1. Bezirk. Zwei Freunde wünschen einander ein frohes neues Jahr: Person 1: No dann, an guadn Rutsch! Person 2: Am meistens geht ma am Oasch des mit Gewalt wach bleibn. Person 1: Mir geht ois am Oasch. Person 2: Jo eh. Dir a an guadn Rutsch! Baba #Wienliebe

Autos werden auf so vielen Ebenen subventioniert. Auch deshalb sind Mieten so hoch. Etwa der Zwang, Stellplätze bereitzustellen. Super Artikel von Caterina Lobenstein in der ZEIT

We're delighted to feature the ideas of Prof @bprainsack.bsky.social for this week's #WiE - in which Barbara focusses on her key message of solidarity. 'Solidarity gets us to the places that justice does not reach.' More remarkable women, every Thursday. Stay curious. #PhilosophyMatters #ethics

Wien war europäische Demokratie-Hauptstadt 2024/25 - zum Abschluss wird der Sammelband "Stimmen unserer Stadt" mit Beiträgen von Lea Ypi, @bprainsack.bsky.social, Hosea Ratschiller, u.v.a. publiziert und heute in der Hauptbücherei präsentiert. Anmeldung unter ticket.wien.gv.at/M13STB/eu9nt/

Wenn die einzige Antwort auf unsere Anliegen ein Bot ist – wer hat dann noch das Sagen? In unserem Gastbeitrag für @derStandard zeigen @hendrikwagenaar.bsky.social und ich, warum algorithmische Automatisierung nicht nur frustriert, sondern Demokratie gefährdet. www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

Während die angeblich Mächtigen in Brasilien … noch über Ziele diskutieren, schreibt die Erde längst ihr eigenes Protokoll … in Fluten, Flammen und Fiebern. Wer wissen will, wie #Zukunft geht, sollte nicht auf Politiker hören, sondern auf Visionäre … wie in ‚Wie wir leben wollen‘. 🖖

Professor Barbara Prainsack's keynote highlighted crucial challenges for science advice integrity: transparency about uncertainties, independence from vested interests, and inclusivity of diverse perspectives. She warned that AI risks de-skilling institutions.

First insights from our workshop on integrity in scientific advice! Hosted by MTA in Budapest for their 200th anniversary. Key message: Without integrity, science advice cannot produce the independent, unbiased information policymakers need. Full recording: scadv.eu/yKkmMlU #ScienceAdvice

Nächste Woche auf der Buch Wien 👇

When trains are pricier than planes, there’s a heavy social, financial and environmental cost: Whether it’s a holiday or work trip, railway travellers find themselves burdened by astronomical prices – and the environment is left footing the bill. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Prescription drug ads were once banned on broadcasts. But companies argued that infringed on free speech, and the drugs could help people. The FDA now permits pharmaceutical ads.

My new book will be out in February! "States of Solidarity: How to Build a Society" treats solidarity not as an abstract ideal, but as a practice that can hold societies together and help with today’s defining challenges: Climate crisis, democratic erosion, and the rise of AI Link 👇

My new book will be out in February! "States of Solidarity: How to Build a Society" treats solidarity not as an abstract ideal, but as a practice that can hold societies together and help with today’s defining challenges: Climate crisis, democratic erosion, and the rise of AI Link 👇

“Alle glücklichen Familien gleichen einander,jede unglückliche Familie ist auf ihre Weise unglücklich."So ist es auch mit wohltemperierten Kampagnen des deutschen Schmuddels, die unspannender in literarischem Wert, dafür umso gewichtigerer in ihrem Ziel- zu schaden- sind. zackzack.at/2025/10/14/u...

2️⃣ @bprainsack.bsky.social (@univie.ac.at) spoke with Julie Beaucamp (@georgwinter.bsky.social's group) about engaging with colleagues & staying motivated by pursuing research topics that truly inspire you and align with your passions and interests.

New publication out in #IJPP! 📑 We study how audience expectations of journalism 📰 shifted during COVID-19 in Austria 🇦🇹 – showing both short-term rally effects & longer-term recalibration 🔄. Led by @clmron.bsky.social & @danielwiesner.bsky.social , w/ @andreasriedl.bsky.social & me. 1/n

Scope & limits ⚖️: Austria 🇦🇹 case; single-item role measures; #expectations (not #performance). Still, the crisis pattern – rally 🤝, recalibrate 🔄, reassert oversight 👀 – likely travels 🌍. Comparative work needed. 📊Data: Austrian Corona Panel Project via @aussda.bsky.social 10/n.

Interesting discussion of Clemens Auer’s #EHFG2025 keynote - in which the dots were joined unequivocally between #AI and #populism as threats to #solidarity and #European #SocialContract

Excellent plenary yesterday on "Rethinking Solidarity in health: healing Europe's fractured social contract" #EHFG2025 (1/n)

But what of #solidarity preconditions? Undoubtedly #trust #transparency are takeaways from the vaccine success stories (Emer Cooke) and civil society (Mikael Leyi). Also looking at different levels - person-level solidarity needs support #solidarityinfrastructures @bprainsack.bsky.social #EHFG2025

Interested in #migration research policy relations, and the role of evidence in policy making? Join us tomorrow 6 pm CET in person or online. nccr-onthemove.ch/news-events/ #UniversityofNeuchatel #NCCR

Silicon Valley saying the quiet part out loud again. This is fine...

Muntosh was six when his brother died in a cobalt mine. Today, his labor powers your ChatGPT queries. #AI aylgorith.com/cobalt-chatg...

@sam1267.bsky.social @louiseholly.bsky.social @bprainsack.bsky.social

Join us at @worldhealthsummit.bsky.social Side Event! in #Berlin on 14 Oct 2025 for “Building Healthier Digital Futures with Information Integrity” 🕘09:00–10:30 CET. #WHS2025 hosted by @bertelsmannst.bsky.social & @dthlab.bsky.social - Details: dthlab.org/world-health...

Great Podcast dealing with the gender aspect of violent extremists and online hate. Binge-listened it.

join us on 3 November at 5pm for a lecture by Jenny Reardon: *The Birth of scientific Anti-Racism* Location: Franz-König-Saal (H6), Main building of the University of Vienna Registration Link: forms.gle/fRLPmaXM8pj3... Abstract👇

This is well worth listening to - also in the context of the recent UK-US tech deal 👇 🙏Joseph

Can anyone recommend a good podcast episode on digital sovereignty? 🙏 in advance!

#EHDS is still in formation. Will it be a collective resource for fairness & inclusion – or a tool of exclusion for the powerful? #Blog by @bprainsack.bsky.social & Aferdita Bytyqi respond to Jon Rueda’s Nature piece on #DataGovernance. 📘 https://loom.ly/DQDKMyM

📣 CfP: Immunity & Resistance workshop, Univ. of Vienna, 15–16 Dec: Exploring how vaccines & antibiotics are (re)valued in global health. Keynotes: Claas Kirchhelle & Janina Kehr. 📝 Abstracts (≤300 words) due 12 Sept 2025 Details 👉 politikwissenschaft.univie.ac.at/fileadmin/us...

join us on 3 November at 5pm for a lecture by Jenny Reardon: *The Birth of scientific Anti-Racism* Location: Franz-König-Saal (H6), Main building of the University of Vienna Registration Link: forms.gle/fRLPmaXM8pj3... Abstract👇

[email protected]‬ and Jenny Reardon have a fascinating CfP out: "The Public's Science–A New Social Contract for American Research Policy", seeking papers that develop scholarship and policy insights to advance a new social contract for American research policy 👇

Just out: Elias Weiss expands Sally Scholz’s work on “parasitical solidarity”—showing different ways in which solidarity can be misappropriated, from Brexit to GameStop. 🕊️🦠 Read here: www.aup-online.com/content/jour...

Barbara’s right - this is an awesome article. Starts with AI and the techno-rational approach to democratic decision-making (eek) but goes on to tell us why the political insights of pragmatists like Dewey and Addams remain hugely relevant today.

everyone who believes that AI will fix democracy: Read this piece by @himself.bsky.social‬ ‪@hahrie.bsky.social‬ knightcolumbia.org/content/ai-a...

Kickbusch, I., @bprainsack.bsky.social , & Holly, L. (2025). New rules are required for #WHO ’s engagement with #BigTech. BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.), 390, r1718. www.bmj.com/content/390/...

Just heard Future Tense: “The Truth About AI and Productivity” — sharp reality check on the hype. From skill erosion to smarter regulation, it’s not about AI doing more, but about us being able to choose what and why. 🎧 #FutureTense #AI #Productivity #TechEthics www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

I have a new article out: "Do artifacts have political economy?" It's a riff on an old argument by Langdon Winner about the embedding of politics in technology #STS #sociology #technoscience #technology #innovation journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Really recommend this from two of the most thoughtful writers on these topics. I made time to read it before my day of reviewing and today's reviews are better for it.

Happy to see this out in one of my fave journals - led by @crismontenegro.bsky.social We unpack distinct contributions of PPIE & qual sociology, suggest why they are at times conflated, and why they shouldn't be.

Data cosmopolitanism draws and expands on data solidarity. So take a look at the excellent piece by @bprainsack.bsky.social‬ and Aferdita Bytyqi at DTH-Lab. "The European Health Data Space: why data solidarity matters now more than ever" dthlab.org/the-european...