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EPoS YOUNG SCHOLAR RESEARCH FUNDING 2026
Deadline for submission is December 15, 2025
Possible funding: Costs of € 2.500,- at maximum - total of € 25.000 is available.

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26. 11. 2025 | Fabio Wolkenstein (Universität Wien)

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16.45 - 18.15 | Seminarraum VI (Theologie) | Karl-Rahner-Platz 3

Vortrag von Anjan Chakravartty: "Science Education and Epistemic Autonomy in an Open Society"

Am 12. November 2025 hielt Anjan Chakravartty (University of Miami) im Rahmen der Vortragsreihe Truth, Trust, and Democracy einen Gastvortrag unter dem Titel "Science Education and Epistemic Autonomy in an Open Society" an der Katholisch-Theologischen Fakultät.

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EPoS Winter Summit - artificial intelligence

Wednesday, 17.December2025 @ 9:00h

Aula, SoWi, Universitätsstr. 15, Innsbruck

9.00 Welcome: Andrea Hemetsberger, Head of EPoS

9.15 Invited Talk: "The Wordlessness of ChatGPT: Can Dialogue with AI Chatbots Facilitate Learning as a Worlding Practice?"
Ernst Schraube, Roskilde University, Denmark

9.40 Invited Talk: “I dont understand what it says, but I think it is correct:Parasocial Mechanisms and Epistemic Orders in Human-AI Interaction"
Johanna Degen, social psychology scholar, Europa-Universität Flensburg

10.00 Discussion: "Digitalisation & AI between utopia and dystopia"
Panelists: Ernst Schraube, Johanna Degen, Severin Hornung, Andrea Hemetsberger

10.45 Coffee Break & Poster Session: Presentations of our Young Scholar Research Funding Projects
& SDG exibition: "Data Stories We Care About - Exploring the World Through SDG-Inspired Data" by Lisa Lechner, Department of Polictical Science

11.30 Invited Talk: "From Cyber Risk to AI Risk"
Rainer Böhme, Universität Innsbruck

12.15 Methods Session
„I’m on social media to relax, not to play detective – young people’s perception of mis- and disinformation on Instagram and TikTok"
Susanne Reitmair-Juárez, Department of Polictical Science

"Political Identity and Consumer Behavior: Musk and Tesla in Germany"
Johannes Buggele, Department of Public Finance

"LLMs as annotators!? Findings and Frontiers"
Hauke Licht, Department of Polictical Science

13.15 Lunch

Summit & Lunch Registration till 12.12.2025!