Eva Buchinger

Eva Buchinger is a sociologist working at the Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT), Austria’s largest contract research organization. She specializes in social systems theory and innovation policy. Her tasks include research, teaching, research management, and policy consulting. Presently, she works on “ethics of technology” and “demand-driven innovation policy”. Her long-time experience include among other roles, thematic coordinator “societal futures” at the AIT, board member of the Austrian Journal of Sociology (ÖZS) and the Interdisciplinary Journal Science & Environment (W&U), associate editor of the journal SYSTEMA, lecturer at the Vienna University of Technology and the Vienna University of Economics, president of the Research Committee on Sociocybernetics (RC51) of the International Sociological Association (ISA), board member of the Austrian Sociological Association (ÖGS) and the Viennese Sociological Association (WGS), and serving as a consultant for the Austrian government and EU institutions (ERAC, Commission).

Ongoing; Coordinator H2020 Project TechEthos | Ethics of new and emerging technologies