Sen. Scientist Dr. Nikolaus Pöchhacker, B.A. MA

Research Fellow

Universität Klagenfurt

P: +43 463 2700 3719

E: nikolaus.poechhacker@aau.at

Nikolaus Poechhacker is a postdoctoral researcher at the research group Complex Social & Computational Systems of the IDea_Lab, University of Graz.  Prior to that, he was a researcher the Institute for Public Law and Political Science at the University of Graz in the team of Prof. Eisenberger and the Digital Age Research Center (D!ARC) at the University of Klagenfurt. He received his PhD in Sociology from the Technical University of Munich and graduated from the University of Vienna in Science and Technology Studies (MA) and Sociology (BA), during which he also took courses in Computer Science (EC). During his studies he was also a research assistant at the Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna, in the group Science, Technology, and Societal Transformation.

His work explores the relationship between democratic institutions, law, social order, and algorithmic systems in various domains, bringing together perspectives from media theory, STS, computer science, and sociology of law and technology. 

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