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Isabel Rodenas and Patrick Rupprecht from the Institute for Digital Transformation & Strategy (IDS) investigated the impact of different role distributions in the design thinking process on efficiency, workload and human control. They presented their findings at the 18th International Conference on Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies 2026 in Venice. […]Read more on How should humans and generative AI collaborate in the innovation process?

Experts Christina Schweiger, Cornelia Dlabaja and Marian Adolf analyze the impact of digital technologies in recent media reports. In an interview on Ö1’s “Mittagsjournal”, the Head of the Human Resources & Organization Study Programs, explains how AI is changing the job application process. The Endowed Chair for Sustainable Urban Tourism highlights the impact of short-term tourist rentals as featured in… […]Read more on FHWien Expertise on Digital and Urban Challenges

How can academic achievement be assessed reliably when generative AI can produce convincing academic texts? At DESRIST 2026 in Münster, Sylvana Kroop from the Department of Digital Economy at FHWien der WKW presented an initial, deliberately experimental approach to redesigning master’s theses. […]Read more on More Process, Fewer Pages: Redesigning Master’s Theses in the Age of AI

How are tourism destinations perceived on social media? A recent study by Ilona Pezenka from the Marketing & Sales Management Study Programs, conducted in collaboration with international research partners, demonstrates how the image of travel destinations can be automatically analyzed and compared using AI and text mining. […]Read more on Using AI to analyze the image of travel destinations on social media

Gerald Schneikart, Project Leader & Senior Researcher at the IDS at FHWien der WKW, was awarded the “Best Presentation Award” at the “International Conference on Management of Technology and Sustainable Production” (MOTSP 2026) in Zadar. The award recognized his presentation on the impact of generative AI on logistics organizations and their employees. […]Read more on Award-Winning Research on AI and Logistics at the Institute for Digital Transformation and Strategy (IDS)

In April 2026, Patrick Rupprecht and Isabel Rodenas from the Institute for Digital Transformation and Strategy (IDS) presented a paper at the 16th IHIET-AI Conference on Future Applications of Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies in Valencia. […]Read more on “Hybrid Intelligence” in the innovation process of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)

As part of the “Master Propaedeutics” project funded by the City of Vienna (MA 23), the competence team “Bridging courses in research skills & methods” at FHWien der WKW has been developing digital self-study resources on research skills at the Bachelor’s level since April 2024. The goal is to specifically prepare students for the transition to Master’s studies while simultaneously… […]Read more on Digital bridging courses strengthen students’ academic skills

How much responsibility does technology bear today—especially in times of AI and digitalization? This central question was the focus of the panel discussion at the BMFWF Science Talk on Monday, February 23, 2026. […]Read more on Technology with Responsibility: Anna-Vera Deinhammer on the Podium

In the winter semester of 2025/26, the “Responsible Management Lectures: Ideas for Better Business” at FHWien der WKW focused on one of the central future issues of our time: the ethics of artificial intelligence (AI). […]Read more on Reimagining responsibility for artificial intelligence

“Do you design effective writing assignments? Guiding independent writing in the age of AI”:In this self-study course (in German) for university lecturers, you will learn how to design meaningful writing assignments that students can complete independently and realistically—even in times shaped by AI. What to expect: A recipe for creating your writing assignments, Six key […]Read more on Teaching Writing in the Age of AI: New Self-Study Course for Lecturers!