Dr.

Deputy Director

About

Walter Peissl holds a PhD in social and economic sciences and is an enthusiast in the field of technology assessment. His focus is on information and communication technologies.

Education

Born in 1959 and raised in Graz, he studied economics and sociology at the University of Graz, where he received his diploma in 1985. In 1992 he completed his doctoral thesis on the sociology of white collar workers.

Experience

From 1984 to 1988, Peissl dealt with consumer protection issues in the Federal Ministry for Family, Youth and Consumer Protection and the Austrian Consumer Association. In 1988 he was one of the first scientific employees at the ITA's predecessor institution.

The focus of his work is in the field of the information society, the protection of privacy and on methodological issues of technology assessment. He has also been involved in or even led projects in virtually all subject areas of the ITA. He has been deputy director of the ITA since 1990.

Projects

Selected Publications

His long list of publications includes several books and numerous articles on a wide range of topics. Most recently, the anthology "Technology Assessment in a Globalized World - Facing the Challenges of Transnational Technology Governance" was published. 

Contact

Tel.: +43 (0)1 515 81-6584
Fax: (+43-1-) 51581-6570
Bäckerstraße 13, 1010 Wien
wpeissl(at)oeaw.ac.at

vCard

Downloads