Once a year, the Digital Science Center (DiSC) solicits applications for the Award for Digitalization Research (DiSC Award). The awared is sponsored by BE-terna.
Eligible candidates: early-stage researchers from any scientific discipline at the University of Innsbruck.
Categories:
Master's theses or Diplom Theses; prize money: €500
Doctoral theses; prize money: €1000
Topic: The thesis must demonstrate a clear relation to digitalization, either with regard to methods or content.
The 2023 call is closed and we no longer accept your applications. The next call for the DiSC Award will be announced here and on the website of theResearch Promotion Office (Forschungsförderung).
2022 call
The following theses earned accolades in 2022...
...for the "doctoral thesis" category:
Winner
Victoria Alexandra Reibenspiess, BSc MSc PhD Topic: Digital Innovation Actors Supervisors: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Andreas Eckhardt, Associate Prof. Michelle Carter, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Ulrich Remus Research area: Management and Business Informatics
Honorable Mention
Dipl.-Ing. Dr. techn. Martin Oberascher Topic: Innovative Concepts and Applications for Smart Water Cities Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. techn. Robert Sitzenfrei Research area: Environmental Engineering
...for the "Master's or Diplom theses" category:
Winners
Nils Augustin, BA MSc Topic: Decentralized Autonomous Organizations - Community Perceptions and Insights in Decision-Making Processes Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Andreas Eckhardt Research area: Information Systems
Max Burkhardt, BSc MSc Topic: Do workers reject algorithmic control? Elucidating rejective behavior in response to algorithmically imposed control among workers on microtasking platforms Supervisors: Mag. Dr. Kathrin Figl, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Ulrich Remus Research area: Business Informatics
Julia Petz, BEd MEd Topic: Überwinden von epistemologischen Denkhürden im Bereich des Bruch- und Prozentrechnens mittels Shiny Apps Supervisor: Dipl.-Ing. Mag. Mag. Dr. Florian Stampfer Research area: Mathematical Didactics
