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400017 SE Current advanced in digital humanism: Building a bridge between the social sciences and ICT (2026S)

Theorieseminar

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 40 - Doktoratsstudium Sozialwissenschaften
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
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Details

max. 15 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Dienstag 10.03. 09:45 - 11:45 Seminarraum 11 Vernetzungsraum für Vienna Doctoral School of Social Sciences, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
  • Dienstag 17.03. 09:45 - 14:45 Seminarraum 17, Kolingasse 14-16, OG02
  • Dienstag 21.04. 09:45 - 13:45 Seminarraum 17, Kolingasse 14-16, OG02
  • Dienstag 19.05. 09:45 - 14:45 Hörsaal 7 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Dienstag 16.06. 09:45 - 13:45 Seminarraum 17, Kolingasse 14-16, OG02
  • Dienstag 30.06. 09:45 - 11:45 Seminarraum 15, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

Digital technologies shape every dimension of contemporary life--communication, governance, education, and the economy--raising profound theoretical and ethical questions about their role in human societies. This doctoral seminar focuses on advancing your understanding of the theoretical frameworks and empirical paradigms that critically engage with the societal implications of digital transformation.

Building on the mission of the new Vienna Doctoral College on Digital Humanism, the seminar invites both the members of the Doctoral College and other interested doctoral candidates to explore and develop new conceptual models that articulate how digital technologies can be aligned with human values, democratic principles, and social responsibility.

We will discuss interdisciplinary literatures bridging computer science, the social sciences, and the humanities, and will interrogate foundational theories of technology, ethics, and society. The goal is to help you contribute to the development of novel paradigms for understanding digital change.

The seminar should be one step on your way to transcend disciplinary boundaries. This means that all participants will be expected to engage critically with questions of power, agency, and sustainability in digital contexts beyond what they have studied so far.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Students are expected to attend all sessions and participate actively in all course activities. Active participation entails continuous contributions to class discussions, which requires critical engagement with preparatory reading materials.

The final grade will be composed as follows:

· Individual oral presentation: 40%

· Peer feedback and discussion moderation: 10%

· Final essay: 50%

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Individual performances are graded using marks/percentage points according to the following table, and an overall mark is calculated based on the specified weighting. All individual works must be completed for a passing grade.

Very good (1): 87 - 100%
Good (2): 75 - 86.99%
Satisfactory (3): 63 - 74.99%
Sufficient (4): 50 - 62.99%
Insufficient (5): <50%

Prüfungsstoff

See above

Literatur

Araujo, T., Helberger, N., Kruikemeier, S., & De Vreese, C. H. (2020). In AI we trust? Perceptions about automated decision-making by artificial intelligence. AI & society, 35(3), 611-623.

Boyd, D. (2023). The structuring work of algorithms. Daedalus, 152(1), 236-240.

Coeckelbergh, M. (2024). What is digital humanism? A conceptual analysis and an argument for a more critical and political digital (post) humanism. Journal of Responsible Technology, 17, 100073.

Cooper, A. F., Choquette-Choo, C. A., Bogen, M., Jagielski, M., Filippova, K., Liu, K. Z., ... & Lee, K. (2024). Machine Unlearning Doesn't Do What You Think: Lessons for Generative AI Policy, Research, and Practice. arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.06966.

Helberger, N. (2021). On the democratic role of news recommenders. In Algorithms, automation, and news (pp. 14-33). Routledge.

Serrano, G., Striano, F., & Umbrello, S. (2024). Digital humanism as a bottom-up ethics. Journal of Responsible Technology, 18, 100082.

Sundar, S. S., & Lee, E. J. (2022). Rethinking communication in the era of artificial intelligence. Human Communication Research, 48(3), 379-385.

Werthner, H., Prem, E., Lee, E. A., & Ghezzi, C. (2022). Perspectives on digital humanism (p. 342). Springer Nature.

Vienna Manifesto on Digital Humanism: https://caiml.org/dighum/dighum-manifesto/

Additional literature may be assigned once the seminar has started.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Letzte Änderung: Mi 18.03.2026 09:48