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Philipp Budka is a Researcher (PostDoc) and Lecturer at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Vienna. He leads the North American research region for the ERC Advanced Grant project 'InfraNorth' and investigates transport infrastructures in northern Canada. Budka co-founded the Digital Ethnography Initiative and is a member of the Austrian Polar Research Institute (APRI). He holds a Mag.phil. in Cultural Anthropology and Communication Studies from the University of Vienna and Utrecht. His doctoral research focused on Indigenous digital infrastructures in northwestern Ontario, Canada. Education: Mag.phil. (2003), PhD in Cultural Anthropology (2017) Research Interests: Digital Anthropology, Infrastructure Studies, Media Anthropology, Indigenous Technologies His research explores sociotechnical systems, digital ethnography, and infrastructure sustainability in remote regions. Budka has co-edited volumes on media and conflict and ritualization, and is currently working on monographs about Indigenous online platforms and transport infrastructures in Canada. Grants: ERC Advanced Grant (InfraNorth), various teaching and research roles at FU Berlin and HMKW Berlin. He was co-leader of the Media Anthropology Network (EASA) from 2017–2024. Labs/Teams: Team of the Lehrendenvertretung (Teaching Representatives), Digital Ethnography Initiative, InfraNorth Project.

• Anthropology of Technology & Infrastructure
• Digital Anthropology
• Media Anthropology
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Penelope Harvey is a Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Manchester (2000–present), with prior roles at the University of Oslo (2012–2019) and University of Liverpool (1985–1990). Her work bridges ethnographic fieldwork with critical analyses of infrastructure, governance, and technology. PhD and MSc in Social Anthropology (London School of Economics) BA in Spanish (King’s College London) Her research spans large-scale infrastructures (e.g., roads in Peru, big data in the UK), nuclear decommissioning , and knowledge politics . Projects include grants from the ESRC and BNFL Endowment Fund. She has advised on interdisciplinary initiatives like Global Trout and Ports , and led the ESRC Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change (2006–2014). Awards include Fellowships from the British Academy and the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.

• Social Anthropology
• STS (Science and Technology Studies)
• Infrastructure Studies
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Aníbal Arregui is a Lecturer at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology within the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Vienna . He also holds a Post-Doc position at the Department of Social Anthropology , University of Barcelona (since 2019), with prior postdoctoral work at the University of Rostock and Charles University/CEFRES . Research Focus : Environmental anthropology, anthropology of the body, multi-species ethnography, and Amazonian anthropology. Key Projects : Long-term ethnographic work with Amazonian ribeirinho and quilombola communities (since 2006), and the Wild Boar Project in Barcelona (since 2017). Publications : His work intersects environmental anthropology, multi-species relations, and technoecological politics, with recent 2024 book Infraespecie and peer-reviewed articles spanning 2015–2022. Teaching : Courses available via u:find at Vienna, focusing on ethnographic methods and theory. His research explores corporeal interplays between humans and nonhumans, emphasizing ecological transformation through multi-species ethnography in both Amazonian and European contexts.

• Environmental Anthropology
• Anthropology of the Body
• Amazonian Anthropology
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Caroline Humphrey is a Professor at the Department of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge. Her career spans roles such as Rausing Professorship of Collaborative Anthropology (2006–2010), University Professor of Asian Anthropology (1998–2006), and University Reader in Asian Anthropology (1995–1998). She has contributed extensively to social anthropology, focusing on post-socialist societies, ritual studies, and cultural memory. B.A. Social Anthropology, 1965, Girton College, Cambridge M.A. in Mongolian Studies, 1971, University of Cambridge Ph.D. in Social Anthropology, 1973, University of Cambridge Humphrey's research bridges politics of memory and inequality , with fieldwork in Siberia, Mongolia, and post-Soviet Russia. Her work explores ritualization of power , barter economies , and property transformations in global contexts. Articles highlight themes like urbanization , historical analogies , and shamanic practices . Her scientific accolades include the 1990 J. I. Staley Prize , 2002 The Heldt Prize , and 2008 Henry Allen Poe Prize . She has served on editorial boards for journals like History and Anthropology and Inner Asia , and advisory panels including the MacArthur Project in Inner Asia.

• Social Anthropology
• Politics of Memory
• Inequality and Exclusion
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Alberto Corsín Jiménez is a Senior Scientist (Investigador Científico) in the Department of Social Anthropology at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), where he has been employed since 2009. He previously held academic positions at the University of Manchester (2003–2009) and the University of Oxford (2001–2003). He also has extensive administrative experience, including roles as Head of the Department of Social Anthropology at CSIC (2021–present), Secretary of the European Association of Social Anthropologists (2013–2019), and Head of the Social Sciences Board at the Spanish National Agency for Research Evaluation (2010–2013). Education: PhD (DPhil), Social Anthropology, University of Oxford (2001) MSc, Social Anthropology, London School of Economics and Political Science (1996) Research Interests: Corsín’s work lies at the intersection of anthropology and social studies of science and technology (STS). He focuses on the history and ethnography of scientific and technological designs, particularly prototypes and interfaces as systems bridging nature and culture. His recent research examines how social movements construct infrastructures for habitation and autonomy within urban governmentality regimes. Scientific Honors: 2022: Co-editor of Cultural Anthropology 2021: Keynote speaker at the International Symposium on Discourse and Society (EDiSo) 2018: Invited Seminarian at the School for Advanced Research (SAR) and Keynote at the Danish Association for Science and Technology Studies 2016: David Schneider Lecturer, Society for Cultural Anthropology 2013: Mellon Foundation John E. Sawyer Seminarian 2001: British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow Advisory and Evaluation Roles: Corsín has served as an external assessor for appointment committees at Harvard University (2019), University of California, Berkeley (2014), and University of Barcelona (2017). He has also participated in examining boards for graduate, postgraduate, and PhD programs at institutions including the University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, and Aarhus University.

• Urban anthropology
• Science and technology studies
• Anthropology of science and technology
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Marta Luciani is an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Prehistoric and Historical Archaeology , University of Vienna. Her research focuses on the archaeology of Arabia and the Ancient Near East, with particular emphasis on Bronze and Iron Age societies, funerary practices, and oasis urbanization. She leads the Saudi Arabian-Austrian Archaeological Project at Qurayyah, exploring ancient settlements and material culture in northwest Arabia. Teaching includes courses like Thesis Seminar and Introduction into the Archaeology of Western Asia . Her work integrates interdisciplinary methods, such as geochemical analysis and hydroarchaeology, to study ancient technologies and environmental adaptation. Key projects include investigations at Qurayyah, Nuzi, Qatna, and Chemchemal, emphasizing Bronze Age transitions and cultural connectivity. Publications highlight topics like oasis sustainability, palatial architecture, and ritual practices. She participates in international conferences and edited volumes, contributing to discussions on ancient urbanism and material culture. Ongoing research bridges archaeological fieldwork with lab-based analyses to reconstruct past human-environment interactions.

• Prehistoric Archaeology
• Historical Archaeology
• Near Eastern Archaeology
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Jana Herwig serves as a Lecturer at the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) of the University of Vienna, where she teaches courses including Development of Media and Forms of Communication and Didactics: Teaching and Learning with Media . The CTL provides university-wide support for educational media production and teaching innovation. Her research critically examines digital media through interdisciplinary lenses, prioritizing Media Studies , Digital Humanities , and Educational Technology . Key focal points include accessibility in higher education ( Disability Studies ), algorithmic power structures ( Critical Algorithm Studies ), and sensory perception in media interfaces ( Sensory Studies ), with particular emphasis on haptic media and touch. Analysis of her recent publications reveals consistent exploration of how media technologies shape human experience and social structures. Recurring themes include digital proximity in virtual communication, self-service automation, disability representation, and historical-contemporary media transitions. Her work bridges critical theory with practical educational applications, advocating for inclusive, alternative media practices. Within the CTL, she actively supports faculty through the service desk for producing teaching videos and audio materials, integrating her scholarly research on media into practical educational infrastructure development.

• Media Studies
• Digital Humanities
• Educational Technology
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Prof. Judith Bovensiepen is Director of the Institute for Social Anthropology at the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OEAW) and Honorary Professor at the University of Vienna's Institute for Cultural and Social Anthropology. She holds a PhD from the London School of Economics and has conducted postdoctoral research at the Musée du quai Branly in Paris (2010-2011). Her research focuses on animism, human-environment relations, and natural resource extraction in Southeast Asia, particularly Timor-Leste. She has led major projects such as the ERC Co-G grant on animism and extractivism (2025-2030) and an ESRC grant on petroleum industry impacts (2015-2019). She has published extensively including monographs like The Land of Gold (2015) and edited volumes on Timor-Leste's development politics. Her work explores how political, economic, and religious regimes reshape animist orientations, emphasizing knowledge-production dynamics in energy-society relations. Recent research examines oil infrastructure development's sociocultural impacts, blending ethnographic methods with critical theory. Awards include the Nadel Essay Prize (2014) and Philip Leverhulme Prize (2020). Prof. Bovensiepen's work connects post-conflict recovery, environmental governance, and colonial legacies. She co-edits special issues on topics like 'Wilful Blindness' in Critique of Anthropology and 'Megaprojects in Timor-Leste' in TAPJA. Current projects investigate extractivism's ontological dimensions and future energy transitions.

• animism
• human-environment relations
• natural resource extraction
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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jakkrit Sangkhamanee is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. Holding a PhD in Anthropology from the Australian National University, he serves as Deputy Dean of his faculty and Director of the Politics and Global Studies (PGS) Program. Expertise: His research spans Science & Technology Studies (STS), environmental anthropology, infrastructure studies, and multispecies ecologies. He examines intersections between urban sustainability, political ecology, and Anthropocene challenges in Southeast Asia, focusing on Bangkok's atmospheric politics, Mekong hydropower conflicts, and techno-maternal ontologies. Key Contributions: Through ethnographic works on the Chao Phraya Dam, Ari Ecowalk, and Benjakitti Urban Forest Park, he investigates how materiality, non-human agency, and multisensory methodologies reshape urban-environmental dynamics. His forthcoming 2025 chapter explores hybrid spatial methods in transdisciplinary Bangkok sustainability studies. Networks: Collaborates with scholars like Casper Bruun Jensen and Erin Joakim, contributing to Environmental Infrastructures: Comparative Ethnographic Study on Nature, Technology and Environmental Change . His work appears in journals such as EASTS, TRaNS, and Engaging Science, Technology and Society.

• Science, Technology, and Society (STS)
• Anthropology of Infrastructure
• Spatial Mobility
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Anna Weichselbraun is a researcher in the Faculty of History and Cultural Studies at the University of Vienna , specializing in the Institute for European Ethnology . Her work bridges political and legal anthropology , linguistic anthropology , and Science and Technology Studies (STS) , focusing on global technology governance through projects like nuclear regulation and cryptocurrency. Education : PhD in Sociocultural and Linguistic Anthropology (University of Chicago, 2016), Postdoctoral Research (Stanford University, 2016-2018), MA and BA in Interdisciplinary Anthropology, Sociology, and Gender/Media Studies (EHESS/ENS and NYU). Research : Explores knowledge practices in institutions like the IAEA, blockchain verification , and language ideologies in AI regulation . Her book manuscript on the IAEA is under review at Cornell University Press. Her recent work examines Large Language Models (LLMs) through language ideologies, funded by an ERC Consolidator Grant submission. She has held fellowships at Stanford and the Berggruen Institute, with field research in Vienna, SF Bay Area, and UN headquarters. Scientific Awards : ERC Consolidator Grant (submitted) Nuclear Security Postdoctoral Fellowship, Stanford University USC-Berggruen Fellowship Anna actively engages in public discourse via Bluesky, advocating against far-right policies in Austria and critiquing technocratic governance. Her publications appear in Cultural Anthropology , PoLAR , and Signs and Society .

• Political Anthropology
• Legal Anthropology
• Linguistic Anthropology
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Christof Lammer is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Society, Knowledge and Politics at the University of Klagenfurt. Previously, he held a postdoc position at the Institute for Technology and Science Studies (AAU) and was a Fellow at the Käte Hamburger Kolleg (Berlin) and the Max Planck Institute for Ethnological Research (Halle). He specializes in political and economic anthropology, Science and Technology Studies (STS), and China studies. His research focuses on state boundaries, food networks, and the intersections of kinship, measurement systems, and value infrastructures in China. Lammer’s 2024 book Performing State Boundaries challenges conventional categorizations of the Chinese state through an ethnographic lens. He co-edited special issues on 'Measuring Kinship' (2021) and 'Infrastructures of Value' (2024), and organizes the DFG-funded 'Anthropology and China(s)' research network. Education: PhD in Cultural and Social Anthropology (University of Vienna, 2018 with highest honors), MA in Sinology (University of Vienna), and extensive fieldwork in China (18+ months). Awards include the prestigious 'Promotion sub auspiciis praesidentis' for doctoral excellence. His work combines ethnography with STS to analyze how metrics, infrastructures, and standards shape social inclusion/exclusion. Recent research explores 'Panda Heritage' conservation and the role of digital welfare in redefining statehood. Lammer advises doctoral candidates on topics like algorithmic fairness and digital welfare systems. Awards include fellowships from the Humboldt University, Max Planck Society, and DFG. He actively contributes to academic networks like CaSt, DGSKA, and LOST.

• Economic Anthropology
• China Anthropology
• Political Anthropology
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Ekaterina Osipova is a PreDoc Researcher at the Human Computer Interaction group (E193-05) within the School of Informatics at Vienna University of Technology. With research interests spanning Human-Computer Interaction, Gender Studies, Disability Studies, and Science and Technology Studies, she focuses on critical and queer approaches to technology design, accessibility, and socio-technical systems. Core research areas: Queer HCI, Critical Disability Studies, Participatory Design Current projects: ACCESSTECH (2024–2029) Contact: ekaterina.osipova@tuwien.ac.at Her recent work explores intersections of sexuality and technology, with publications at CHI, DIS, and interdisciplinary conferences. She investigates systemic biases in 3D model databases, chronically inaccessible systems, and subversive approaches to data/AI design. Notable collaborations include analyses of interactive sex toys and their digital limitations, as well as developing cripistemologies for STS and feminist approaches to hormonal knowledge systems.

• Gender Studies
• Qualitative Research Methods
• Disability Studies
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Anna Maria Echterhölter is Professor of Modern History: History of Science at the Department of History, University of Vienna, a position she has held since March 2018. She also serves as spokesperson of the key research area History of Science at the Faculty of Historical and Cultural Studies since March 2019. Previously, she was Visiting Professor of History of Technology at Technische Universität Berlin (2018) and Visiting Professor of Cultural History at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin (2017). Her academic journey includes fellowships at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science and the German Historical Institute Washington DC. Echterhölter's educational background includes a Magister programme in literature and cultural studies from Freie Universität Berlin (1994-2001), with additional studies in physics. Her academic credentials were solidified with her dissertation on "Epistemic values in obituaries on scientists 1711–1860" (2009) and her habilitation thesis defended in February 2017. Her international academic experience includes semesters at Goldsmiths College London (1998), summer school at the University of Silesia in Katowice (1999), and the Goethe-Institute in Manila (1996). As a historian of science, Echterhölter specializes in social histories of quantification, particularly focusing on the measurement of resources and how units of measurement interact with patterns of justification in allocation schemes. Her research spans history of science (18th and 19th century) , historical-political epistemology , epistemic decolonisation , and the history of quantification and modern data technologies . She has made significant contributions to understanding colonialism, measurement and quantification in Oceania , technologies of money , and the history of auxiliary sciences and historical methods including metrology and chronology. Her work on Pacific perspectives through the lens of epistemic decolonization has been particularly influential in challenging colonial narratives. Echterhölter's recent publications reveal a clear trajectory toward examining the intersections of historical quantification practices with contemporary AI and data technologies. Her work increasingly focuses on how historical measurement systems inform current data practices, particularly in colonial contexts. A notable trend is her exploration of "enquétes" (colonial surveys) as serialized forms of knowledge production that shaped scientific fields and colonial administration. Her scholarship bridges historical analysis with critical examinations of modern computational methods, demonstrating how historical patterns of quantification continue to influence contemporary data practices and epistemological frameworks. Editor of Science in Context (since 2022) Editor of Historische Wissensforschung book series Founding member of ilinx magazine Reviews for ISIS, N.T.M., Centaurus, and other prestigious journals Supervisor in two sections of the Vienna Doctoral School of Historical and Cultural Studies Professor Echterhölter leads the key research area History of Science at the University of Vienna, which includes the MA History program and the joint MA programme "Epistemologies of Science and Technology." She has organized numerous significant conferences and workshops, including "Beyond Quantity: Research with Subsymbolic AI" (2022), "The Metrics of Energy: Accounting for Nature in the History of Social Sciences and Ecological Economics" (2023), and "Scales, Norms, Limit Values in Times of (Digital) Change" (2021). Her collaborative work with institutions like the Institute for Historical Research London on "Anthropocene Histories" demonstrates her commitment to international scholarly exchange and interdisciplinary approaches to the history of science.

• history of science (18th and 19th century)
• historical-political epistemology
• epistemic decolonisation
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Beja Protner is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Vienna. She works with Dr. Monika Palmberger (PI) and Adnan Smajić on the FWF-funded project "Enacting (digital) citizenship from below," studying care and digital infrastructure use by refugees in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Her research focuses on migration, borders, political exile, and digital technologies in Southeastern Europe and the Middle East context. Dr. Protner earned her PhD from the University of Cambridge (2024), where her thesis examined multiple spatiotemporalities inhabited by political exiles in protracted transit. She completed her MA at Sabancı University in Istanbul (2017) with a thesis on "Perpetrator Graffiti," and her undergraduate studies at the University of Ljubljana, where she researched statelessness in post-Yugoslav Slovenia. Protner's research explores the intersection of migration, borders, and digital technologies, with a focus on care, injury, solidarity, and political exile. Her work examines how global migrants build relationships of care and belonging across online/offline spaces, particularly among Kurdish and left-wing political refugees from Turkey in Greece. She investigates spatiotemporal experiences of exile, political violence subjectivity, memory, and emotions within Southeastern European and Middle Eastern contexts. Her publications reveal a consistent focus on forced migration, border regimes, political violence, and digital citizenship. Protner examines how marginalized communities navigate statelessness, political exile, and border violence through both physical and digital spaces. Her work consistently bridges academic and activist knowledge production, focusing on grassroots politics and decolonial methodologies in migration studies. Dr. Protner has conducted long-term ethnographic research with Kurdish and left-wing political refugees from Turkey in Greece, working with the Border Violence Monitoring Network (BVMN) and participating in grassroots struggles against border violence. Her current FWF-funded project explores digital citizenship from below, examining care relationships built by refugees using digital infrastructure in Bosnia and Herzegovina. She has been an associate editor of the Kurdish Studies Journal since 2019. Protner collaborates with activist communities in her research, particularly with Kurdish and Turkish collaborators in Athens. Her work with the Border Violence Monitoring Network and grassroots migrant rights organizations demonstrates her commitment to engaged, participatory research that bridges academic and non-academic knowledge production through decolonial methods and alternative forms of ethnographic writing.

• Migration Studies
• Anthropology of Borders
• Digital Technology and Citizenship
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Ernst Gerhard Eder serves as a Senior Lecturer (Univ.-Doz.) at the Department of Economic and Social History, University of Vienna, where he has maintained a continuous academic presence since completing his habilitation in 2012. His position reflects a distinguished career rooted in Austrian historical scholarship with a focus on socio-technological intersections. His academic credentials include a Mag. phil. (1984), Dr. phil. (1992), and Habilitation (2012), all awarded by the University of Vienna, demonstrating deep institutional affiliation and scholarly progression within the Austrian academic system. Dr. Eder's research centers on the dynamic relationships between human societies, natural environments, technological systems, and economic structures, with particular emphasis on labor organization, professional cultures, and historical material practices. His work consistently examines Vienna as a microcosm of broader Central European transformations, spanning from the 18th to 20th centuries across environmental history, urban development, and body politics. This interdisciplinary approach bridges economic, social, and cultural history through meticulous analysis of everyday practices and technological transitions. His publication trajectory reveals a sustained engagement with Vienna's urban ecology, evolving from early studies of street life and Danube fishing toward contemporary explorations of gender economics and Nietzschean environmental philosophy. The corpus demonstrates methodological consistency in examining how technological choices reflect and reshape social hierarchies, with recurring themes of bodily autonomy, energy transitions, and civilizational critique forming a cohesive scholarly narrative across four decades. No scientific awards or major fellowships are documented in the available sources. While the provided materials indicate active scholarly output through 2013, specific details regarding student supervision, research grants, or laboratory leadership remain unreported in the institutional documentation. His collaborative work with Petra Schneider on youth movements suggests engagement with interdisciplinary research teams, though formal advisory roles are not enumerated. Dr. Eder's scholarly identity is characterized by institutional longevity at the University of Vienna and a distinctive focus on the material dimensions of historical experience, particularly the embodied interactions between Viennese society and its technological-environmental context across centuries of modernization.

• Human-Environment Relations
• Work and Technology
• Natural Resources and Economy
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