Fields of work

‘Sociology of Expectations’-based analysis of socio-technical developments
Participatory design processes of Large Technical Systems (e.g. energy infrastructure, urban infrastructure) and related trust constellations
Politics of innovation and its institutional dimensions

Current projects

Professional background

since 2022	Scientific staff member at ITAS
2022	Staff member in the project “Digitalized & App-based Assistance for Recent Migrants”, Municipality of Mannheim
2021	Research fellow at the Regional Academy on the United Nations (RAUN), “COVID-19 recovery: towards more resilient and inclusive solutions”
2019 - 2020	Memorial service at museum “Jews in Latvia” (Riga, Latvia), as well as at the Memorial at the Wolfenbüttel penitentiary (Wolfenbüttel, Germany)
2017 - 2019	Teaching / Research assistant, Department of Science and Technology Studies, University of Vienna
2016 - 2021	M.A. Science-Technology-Society, Department of Science and Technology Studies, University of Vienna
2012 - 2016	Bachelor of Mass Media and Communication Science (bakk. phil.), University of Vienna

Selected publications

Ackerl, C.; Poloni, M.; Zwettler, C. (2021)
Human Rights & Decent Work Reporting by Developing Regions’ SMEs in Times of COVID-19: A Qualitative Study. RAUN Research Paper
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Publications

2024

Presentations

Ackerl, C.
Technikfolgenabschätzung (TA) & ihr Verhältnis zur Antizipierbarkeit von Zukünften
2024. Ethik des Human Enhancement - am Beispiel Neurotech. Pilot Modul "Technikfolgenabschätzung, Nachhaltigkeit und Resposible Innovation", Studiengang Human-Centered Computing, FH Hagenberg (2024), Hagenberg im Mühlkreis, Austria, November 16, 2024

Ackerl, C.
"Talking ‘bout methods": Reflecting choices, pathways and limitations
2024. KLIREC (Klima, Ressourcen und Circular Economy) Colloquium on Research Design and Methods "Kooperatives Promotionskolleg KLIREC" (2024), Pforzheim, Germany, June 10, 2024

Ackerl, C.
Vorausschauende Praktiken (Anticipatory practices) in der Energiewende als sozio-technische Transformation: Konzeptionelle Verflechtungen von Vertrauen, KI-/ML-basierten Praktiken & Flexibilität
2024. Fachsymposium ITAS-BAuA “KI in der Arbeitswelt: Systematiken zur Gestaltung und Technikfolgenabschätzungen“ (2024), Dresden, Germany, October 24–25, 2024

Ackerl, C.
Closing the gap between acceptance and acceptability? Conceptualising the role of trust via the example of the energy transition as socio-technical transformation
2024. European Association for the Study of Science and Technology and the Society for Social Studies of Science: Conference Making and Doing Transformations (EASST/4S 2024), Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 16–19, 2024

Ackerl, C.
Anticipatory Practices within the Development of Smart Grids: Conceptual Entanglements of Trust, AI, & Flexibility
2024. Interdisciplinary International Graduate Summer School "The transformation challenge: Re-Thinking cultures of research" (2024 2024), San Sebastian, Spain, July 1–5, 2024

Ackerl, C.
In den Prozess vertrauen? Konzeptionelle Verflechtungen von künstlicher Intelligenz, Flexibilität und Vertrauen in der Infrastrukturtransformation des Energienetzes als sozio-technisches System
2024. Tagung des DGS-Arbeitskreises „Soziologie der Nachhaltigkeit“ (SONA) und der DGS-Sektion Umwelt- und Nachhaltigkeitssoziologie (2024), Universität Stuttgart, June 6–7, 2024

Ackerl, C.
Anticipatory Practices within the Development of Smart Grids: Conceptual Entanglements of Trust, Artificial Intelligence, and Flexibility
2024. The EU-SPRI Forum Annual Conference "Governing technology, research, and innovation for better worlds" (2024), Enschede, Netherlands, June 5–7, 2024

Ackerl, C.
Trust (in) the process? Accounting for trust dimensions within urgent socio-technical transformation processes as a challenge for both policymakers and transdisciplinary TA
2024. 11. Konferenz des Netzwerks Technikfolgenabschätzung "Politikberatungskompetenzen heute" (NTA 2024), Berlin, Germany, November 18–20, 2024