Lucas Chancel

Lucas is an Associate Professor of Economics with tenure at Sciences Po, affiliated with the Center for Research on Social Inequalities and the Department of Economics. He is also Co-Director and Senior Economist at the World Inequality Lab at the Paris Scool of Economics (PSE). He was a Visiting Associate Professor at the Harvard Kennedy School, as well as a Visiting Senior Fellow at the London School of Economics. Coverage of his work can be found in Science, Nature, the New York Times, the Guardian, Le Monde, Der Spiegel, El Pais and other international publications. His work also features in the IPCC 6th assessment report. lucaschancel.com

Emma Dowling

is a sociologist and political scientist and teaches at the University of Vienna. Previously Dowling has held academic positions in Germany and the UK. Her research has covered topics such as affective and emotional labour, gender and social reproduction, as well as the financialisation of the social. Her most recent work asks what our economy looks like when viewed from the perspective of care, charting the material conditions that shape its configurations. She is the author of The Care Crisis - What Caused It and How Can We End It? (2021, Verso). emmadowling.net

Simon Ilse

Simon Ilse works on foreign &security policy with a comprehensive security understanding (integrated security, human security, feminist foreign policy) based in Vienna. His work focuses on global perspectives. He holds a B.A. in International Relations (Dresden, New Delhi) and an M.A. in Public International Law (SOAS) and worked as an advisor for the Secretary-General of the German Greens and the Prime Minister of Baden-Württemberg. He joined Heinrich Böll Foundation in its Tunis office and was office director in Belgrade from 2018 - 2022. Since 2023 he heads the Global Unit for Human Security in Vienna.
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Rebecca Mignot-Mahdavi

is an Assistant Professor of International Law at Sciences Po Law School. Her current research is situated in the fields of international law, international legal theory and digital security law and governance. Her research includes reflections on technolegal modes of governance and their evolution/proliferation in a context where risk-anticipation strategies and technology are in play. She explores these technolegal phenomena beyond rigid disciplinary boundaries. Her book, Drones and International Law: A Techno-Legal Machinery was published with Cambridge University Press in July 2023. Rebecca is an Editor for the Legal Theory section of the Leiden Journal of International Law, a co-founder of the ESIL Interest Group on International Law and Technology, and an Associate Researcher at the TMC Asser Institute, University of Amsterdam. Rebecca holds a PhD from the European University Institute and the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales.

Fabiola Noll

is a Vienna-based journalist and cultural manager with a background in political science, international development and arts & cultural management. Her work moves between cultural organizing, communication, and media production, with a focus on accessible, interdisciplinary formats. She currently works in project coordination for Never At Home, a platform for temporary cultural formats in Vienna, and has gained experience in both local and international settings – including event production in Spain and financial education for students in a museum. As a trained speaker and freelance journalist, she has produced audio and podcast formats for media outlets such as Ö1 and Kurier. Across her practice, she is interested in how stories are told, spaces are opened, and participation in culture is made possible.

Volkmar Klien

Growing up in Vienna, Volkmar Klien spent his childhood engulfed in the city’s rich musical life with all its glorious traditions and engrained rituals. Working from this background Volkmar Klien today strives to extend traditional practices of composing, producing, and listening far beyond the established settings of concert music. He works in various areas of the audible and occasionally inaudible arts navigating the manifold links in-between the different modes of human perception, the spheres of presentation and the roles these play in the communal generation of meaning. volkmarklien.com

Júlia Nueno Guitart

is a researcher and engineer whose work explores how computational systems shape life and reorganise living space. Her practice combines spatial analysis with the development of tools and methods to interrogate and intervene in digital infrastructures. She is currently a member of the investigative team at Forensic Architecture and a PhD candidate at the Centre for Research Architecture, Goldsmiths, University of London, where she also teaches on the MA programme. She has received awards and fellowships including the Open Verification PhD Fellowship at Forensic Architecture (2024-2026), Visual Arts Grant from Generalitat (2022), the Harvard Mellon Urban Initiative Fund (2021), second prize in the Barcelona Superblock Design Competition (2021), and a Latin America Verde Award (2018). Her articles and opinion columns have appeared in Der Spiegel, The Guardian, VICENews, SpringerIn, FabrikZeitung, VersoBlog, Catalunya Plural, and El Salto Diario. julianueno.xyz

Markus Passecker

is currently pursuing a PhD at the University of Applied Sciences St. Pölten, in collaboration with the Technical University Vienna. His research focuses on advancements in digital heritage and interactive storytelling.He earned an MA in Digital Media Technology and Digital Healthcare from the University of Applied Sciences St. Pölten, with a specialization in Experimental Media|Art. As an XR creator and UX designer, Markus develops applications that aim to enhance visitor experiences both in museums and in broader contexts. He has a keen interest in the interaction between the physical body and media technologies, particularly through biofeedback-controlled installations and performances. His work seeks to explore and expand the potential of XR technology to create immersive and engaging experiences. markuspassecker.com

Daniel H. Pineda

is an artist, curator and researcher. He is involved in an array of local as well as trans-national and trans-disciplinary projects that range from research groups and artist run spaces to experimental theory and performance networks. Daniel operates mostly in and as adO/Aptive, a flexible assemblage with ever-changing members and a collective that foments critical thinking, potential action, communication and Otherness through performative adaptions. danielhuettler.com

Lisa Pölzl

Lisa has always loved serving people, mixing drinks and throwing parties. She started waitressing while she was still at school and later to finance her two degrees at the University of Vienna. After working in the social sector, she launched her first cocktail bar, Palm Beach Bar, right in the midst of the Covid pandemic in 2021. Glittering and colorful Cafe Disko followed in autumn 2023, and Cafe Negroni on New Year’s Eve 2025. Lisa loves developing new gastronomic ideas, because her passion is to create a social space where people can connect, chat, discuss, dance and party all night long. You’ll find Lisa either @palmbeach.bar, @cafe.disko, @negroni.wien.

Marit Seyer

Marit Seyer is a lawyer and founder and chairwoman of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots (KRC) Austria, the Austrian branch of the International Campaign to Stop Killer Robots. As such, she is part of a global coalition of over 250 organizations advocating for the preventive ban of fully autonomous weapon systems and working to stop the growing digital dehumanization. She previously worked in the Disarmament Department of the Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, where she was involved in Austria’s efforts to ban Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems (LAWS). Her advocacy also includes public education through graffiti, publications, and creative campaigns addressing the threat of Killer Robots. krcaustria.at

Stop Killer Robots

is a growing global coalition of civil society organizations working to prevent digital dehumanization, promote a more just society, and challenge systemic inequalities and oppression. But Stop Killer Robots is part of a shared movement that is not led by a single campaign alone, but is part of a global effort to recognize the impact of the technology we create and our responsibility to ensure it is used within limits and with accountability. This movement is everyone working to build a society in which technology is developed and used to promote peace, justice, human rights, equality and respect for law – not automate killing. stopkillerrobots.org

Felix Stalder

is a professor teaching Digital Culture at the Zurich University of the Arts. His work focuses on the intersection of cultural, political and technological dynamics, in particular on new modes of commons-based production, copyright, datafication, and transformation of subjectivity. He not only works as an academic, but also as a cultural producer, recently retired as a moderator of the mailing list ‹nettime›, a crucial nexus of critical net culture. He is a member of the World Information Institute and the Technopolitics Working Group, both based in Vienna. He is the author/editor of numerous books, among others Deep Search. The Politics of Search Beyond Google [Transaction Publishers, 2009], Digital Solidarity [PML Mute, 2014], Kultur der Digitalität / Digital Condition /字 状况 [Suhrkamp, 2016/Polity Press, 2018, School of Public Art, 2023], Aesthetics of the Commons [Diaphanes, 2021], Digital Unconscious [Autonomedia, 2021] and From Commons to NFTS [Ljubliana 2022]. felix.openflows.com

Tactical Tech is a creative international non-profit with over two decades of experience dedicated to exploring the socio-political and environmental impacts of technology on society. They work to empower individuals and communities to navigate and mitigate the ways digital technologies change their lives and transform societies. Advancing knowledge, critical thinking and capacity building are central to their work. Tactical Tech

Marek Tuszynski

Marek Tuszynski, co-Executive Director and co-founder of Tactical Tech, is an artist, designer and curator working at the intersection of technology and activism. Marek is also a filmmaker, producer, teacher and provocateur whose creative interventions span media from film and radio to television, books, exhibitions, public spaces and the web. For 30 years, he has worked at the intersection of technology and politics, information and activism, and the consequences of living in a quantified society. In 2023, Marek was recognised by Mozilla Rise25 Awards as one of the artists and visionary leaders actively shaping a more ethical, responsible, and inclusive future for the internet. Marek Tuszynski, Tactical Tech

is an independent, transdisciplinary platform of artists, journalists, researchers, and developers who jointly develop innovative formats at the intersection of art, research, science, and pedagogy. Technopolitics was launched as an online discussion group by Armin Medosch and Brian Holmes in 2009. In 2011, it was set up in Vienna as a circle that regularly meets for lectures and discussions. Technopolitics also produces interdisciplinary conferences and artistic research projects internationally. An important common objective is the investigation of large-scale historical processes structured by technoeconomic paradigms from a critical, explorative standpoint. technopolitics.info

Janina Weißengruber

is an artist based in Vienna. In her artistic practice, she primarily draws on pop-cultural and mass media aesthetics as well as its linguistic forms, opening up spaces for reflection—ranging from the state and future of the commodity world to the identity concepts enabled by it. Since 2020 she is also a main-member of the collective adO/Aptive which is dedicated to a performative, interactive, and collaborative approach to art and theory. janinaw.com