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...

here is a short blog post by Aferdita Bytyqi and myself on the importance of data solidarity and data cosmopolitanism in the context of the European Health Data Space: dthlab.org/the-european...

What does data solidarity look like on a global scale? Jon Rueda and colleagues call for data cosmopolitanism: a framework to ensure digital health data benefits everyone—not just the powerful 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #DataSolidarity #GlobalHealth #DigitalEquity #DataJustice

#Technologies & scientific knowledge are all around us. In her recent book, Sarah Davies suggests a #toolkit to navigate this increasingly complex world. The most important strategy: to understand that the way that #technoscience develops is not inevitable, but the result of human choices. ⤵️🥼🧪

And yet another paper from our SolPan project! solpan.univie.ac.at/solidarity-i...

It’s an actual eraser

Please spread the word: Want to work on legal frameworks vs technological realities in S&P with @nikolausf.substack.com, @bprainsack.bsky.social & me? Apply by August 31 for a PhD in our interdisciplinary @wwtf.at funded #Vienna Doctoral College on Digital Humanism: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...

Highly recommend! I have already used some of it for teaching, and the students loved it. It does an extraordinary job of connecting dots btwn neoliberalism and modern science/tech. (I assigned the chapter on the university, which was very eye-opening, especially in the current political moment.)

Looking forward very much to reading Scott Frickel and Kelly Moore's new book as well!

Carrie Friese's fantastic new book is out! "A Mouse in a Cage: Rethinking Humanitarianism and the Rights of Lab Animals". It made me think differently about what makes us human - and humane nyupress.org/978147983348...

Highly recommended: podcasts.apple.com/at/podcast/a... #Podcast #Democracy #AutocracyInAmerica #AnneApplebaum #PeterPomerantsev