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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.
