Maria Pawelec
Society, Culture and Technological Change
Maria Pawelec studied Politics and Public Administration and Contemporary European Studies in Konstanz, Istanbul, Bath and Berlin. She then worked for the Robert Bosch Foundation. In 2016, she joined the IZEW as a Research Associate. She is currently working on the project "Technological Innovation: Social Science and Ethical Analyses on Governance (TANGO) ".
Career
Maria Pawelec studied Politics and Public Administration and Contemporary European Studies in Konstanz, Istanbul, Bath and Berlin. In 2014, she completed her Master's degree in Contemporary European Studies with a thesis on the EU military operation at sea to counter piracy off the coast of Somalia (Operation Atalanta). She then worked in the department for “International Relations Europe and its Neighbors” of the Robert Bosch Foundation in Stuttgart. From 2016-2019, she worked as a Research Associate at the IZEW on the project "Ethical implications of IT-export to sub-Saharan Africa (ELISA)". Additionally, she supported the project Privacy-Arena in 2016 and coordinated the preparation of an expert report on behalf of the German Bundestag on the social and psychological impact of technological surveillance in 2017. From 2020, she is working on the project "Technological Innovation: Social Science and Ethical Analyses on Governance (TANGO) ".
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Interviews and media appearances
Audio-Deepfakes: Was, wenn wir unseren Ohren nicht mehr trauen können? (Audio Deepfakes: What happens if we can no longer trust our ears?) Feature by Julius Stucke in Deutschlandfunk Kultur, 3 Dezember 2020 (with Cora Bieß).
Talks and presentations
- Encouraging the Development of Ethically and Societally ‘Desirable’ Technologies Through Innovation Governance, ECPR Virtual General Conference 2020 (European Consortium for Political Research), virtual event, 27 August 2020 (with Cora Bieß and Alexander Orlowski).
- Governing technology innovation processes for ethically “desirable” societal transformation EASST/4S 2020 conference (European Association for the Study of Science and Technology), Prague/virtual, 18 August 2020 (with Cora Bieß and Alexander Orlowski).
Completed projects
- ELISA (2016-2019): ‘Ethical Implications of IT-Exports to Sub-Sahara Africa‘
- Expert report on behalf of the German Bundestag on the social and psychological impact of technological surveillance (2017)
- Privacy-Arena (2016, BMBF): ‘Research Project for a Cartography and Analysis of the Privacy-Arena’