Sabine Theresia Köszegi
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Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Sabine T. Köszegi
Head of the Institute "E330-Institut of Management Science"
Head of the Research Unit "Labor Science and Organization"
- Full Professor for Labor Science and Organization
- Member of the Advisory Board of AlienTT
- Member of the Scientific Advisory Board Cogniman
- Member of the AI Advisory Board of the Austrian Government
- Chair of the Advisory Board on Ethics in Artificial Intelligence of the UNESCO Commission Austria
- Guest-Professor of Gender Studies at the University of Bielefeld, Germany
- Academic Director of the MBA Program Innovation Innovation, Digitalisation & Entrepreneurship (IDEa) (Watch Interview)
- Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Art
- Member of the Special Interest Group AI Ethics
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Research Profile
Sabine Köszegi has twenty years of experience in interdisciplinary research at the intersections of technology, work, and organization and published more than 100 peer reviewed papers. Together with her team she develops technology support for conflict resolution and negotiation, analyzes aspects of the New World of Work, as well as the impact of Robotics and AI an work environments, within socio-technical systems and on society in general.
Selected projects are:
- Caring Robots/Robotic Care: Coordinator of #ConnectingMinds project funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
- Trust in Automated Personal Assistants (APA): Principal investigator in research project funded by Mercedes Benz AG
- Trust in Robots/Trusting Robots (TrustRobots): Coordinator of the Internal Doctoral College TU Wien, funded by TU Wien
- Integrative Social Robotics (INSOR): Collaborator and key researcher, funded by the Carlsberg Foundation, Denmark; project leader: Johanna Seibt, University of Aarhus, DK.
Sabine Köszegi is also a dedicated feminist and has published several gender-related research papers. Sabine Köszegi was awarded the Käthe Leichter Staatspreis 2020 for excellence in gender research.
Since 2017, Sabine Köszegi is also engaging in policy advice work. She was member of the AI HLEG of the European Commission, opens an external URL in a new window and chair of the Austrian Council on Robotics and AI, opens an external URL in a new window. Since 2021, she is a visiting fellow at the renown European Thinktank Bruegel AISBL, opens an external URL in a new window in Brussels, Belgium, where she analyzes gender issues in the project Future of Work and Inclusive Growth. Among others, she has contributed significantly to the following policy papers:
- Policy and Investment Recommendations for Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence, June 2019
- Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy AI, April 2019
- Die Zukunft Österreichs mit Robotik und Künstlicher Intelligenz positiv gestalten: White Paper des Österreichischen Rats für Robotik und Künstliche Intelligenz, Nov. 2018
Prices and Awards (Selection)
- 2024 Leadership Excellence Award in Research - Experienced Leaders
- 2023 Digital Pioneer, awarded for lifetime achievements by Oberösterreichische Nachrichten & Partners and the Regional government of Upper Austria
- 2023 Finalist for Best Teaching Award for Gender Sensitive Teaching
- 2022 Gregory Kersten GDN Journal Best Paper Award
- 2020 Käthe Leichter-Staatspreis for extraordinary achievements in gender research
- 2017 Finalist for the Best Teachers Awards TU Wien 2017
- 2010 Award for Innovative Teaching of TU Wien
- 2007 Best Paper award of the EURO/ INFORMS Section on Group Decision and Negotiation
- 2001 Award for Innovative Teaching of the University of Vienna
- 2001 Silbermayr-Price of the University of Vienna for the dissertation „Trust in Virtual Organizations“
- 1994 Ranking No.4, best graduates of the Economic University of Vienna