Maximilian Fochler

Dr. Maximilian Fochler serves as a tenure-track university assistant and deputy head of the Department of Science and Technology Studies at the University of Vienna. He was a visiting researcher in the Research Group Science Policy Studies at Berlin from April to May 2014. His research focuses on knowledge cultures, technoscience-public relations, and the socio-spatial dynamics of innovation spaces in life sciences. Currently, he leads the project Living and Working in the »Hothouses of Innovation«, funded by the Austrian Academy of Sciences, examining how researchers operate in hybrid academic-business environments.

His research interests critically analyze how knowledge is produced and circulated at the intersections of science, technology, and society. The project investigates emerging innovation spaces that blend academic and corporate frameworks, exploring implications for research practices and institutional structures.

Though no specific grants or awards are listed, his Austrian Academy of Sciences-funded project underscores his prominence in science policy and STS research. No advising relationships or lab affiliations are explicitly mentioned in the provided text.