EPoS „Economy, Politics & Society“ versteht sich als interdisziplinärer Schwerpunkt, in dem wirtschaftliche, organisationale, politische und gesellschaftliche Strukturen, Zusammenhänge und Entwicklungen erforscht werden.
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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)
„Postliberale" Selbsttransformation
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.
EPoS Winter Summit - artificial intelligence
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!
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Leitung
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Andrea Hemetsberger
Stellvertretung
Ass.-Prof. Dr. Dominik Duell
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Markus Walzl
Koordination
Dr. Eva Zipperle-Mirwald
Sabine Hofer Brigo










