Publications
2026
Wöhrer V, Malik M, Mayer K, Wintersteller T. Rethinking Informed Consent: Ethical Tensions and Adaptive Practices in Participatory Research. International Journal of Qualitative Methods (IJQM). 2026 May. doi: 10.1177/16094069261442714
Mayer K. AI, Open Science, and the Extraction Imperative: A Situated Approach to the Normativities of Open Research Data. Cambridge Forum on AI: Culture and Society. 2026.
Herrmann T, Mayer K, Gittig B, Hölker F, Martin M, Bruckermann T et al. Citizen Science – Innovationspotenziale für eine transformative Wissenschaft. In Citizen Science – Gemeinsam forschen!. Springer. 2026. p. 223-235 doi: 10.1007/978-3-662-69703-0_15
Bartar P, Göbel C, Henke J, Herrmann T, Marizzi C, Mayer K. Gemeinsam gestalten: Citizen Science mit Ansätzen aus den Geistes-, Kultur-, und Sozialwissenschaften, der Kunst sowie kunstbasierter Forschung. In Citizen Science – Gemeinsam forschen!. 2026. p. 113–131 doi: 10.1007/978-3-662-69703-0_9
Mayer K. Paradoxes of Openness: Power, Reciprocity, and the Governance of Scholarly Infrastructures. In Mayer K, Mager A, Ridgway R, editors, The Politics of Open Infrastructures: Power, Governance, and Justice in Digital Knowledge Practices. Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers. 2026. p. 181-206 doi: 10.11647/OBP.0528.09
Mayer K, Mager A, Ridgway R. Politics of Open Infrastructures: Power, Governance, and Justice in Digital Knowledge Practices. Open Book Publishers, 2026. doi: 10.11647/OBP.0528
Mayer K, Skupien S, Knaus J. The Commons Approach: A Proposal for a Digital Humanist Agenda to (Re)Open Artificial Intelligence. In Digital Humanism. Springer. 2026 doi: 10.1007/978-3-032-11108-1_28
2025
Hunter D, Jarke J, Mayer K, Amelang K, Leithinger D, Do EYL. Data Walking: Designing Tools to Build Critical Data Literacy. In Bujic M, Olsson T, Spors V, Thibault M, editors, Mindtrek '25: Proceedings of the 28th International Academic Mindtrek Conference. ACM. 2025. p. 200-214 doi: 10.1145/3757980.3757998
Mayer K. Reflexivity in Co-Evaluation: From Challenges to Principles of Participatory Research Evaluation. In Revisiting Reflexivity: Liveable Worlds in Research and Beyond. 2025. p. 273-281 doi: 10.51952/9781529244892.ch021
Pham BC, Mayer K. A Conversation on AI Policy, Governance, and the Making of Academic Work Reflections - Blog of the STS Department at the University of Vienna. 2025.
Mayer K, Knaus J, Züger T, Fichtner UA, Glinka K, Hase J et al.. Offenheit neu verhandeln – KI im öffentlichen Interesse gestalten. 2025. Paper presented at Yes we are open!? Künstliche Intelligenz verantwortungsvoll gestalten., Berlin, Germany. doi: 10.34669/WI.PP/15
Mayer K, Jarke J. Situierte Daten. Wie Datenspaziergänge unser Verständnis von Daten in der Praxis verändern können. In Hofhues S, Schütz J, editors, Plattformen der Bildung. 2025. p. 301-314 doi: 10.14361/9783839475164-020
Mayer K, Prem E, Birkner P, Hahne PZ, Schmölz A, Striano F et al. The Future of Digital Humanism: Towards a Critical Post-Post-Humanism. In 23rd STS Conference Graz 2025. 2025 doi: 10.3217/978-3-99161-062-5-002
Mayer K, Knaus J, Züger T, Fichtner UA, Glinka K, Hase J et al. Yes, we are open?! Künstliche Intelligenz verantwortungsbewusst gestalten. Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society. 2025. doi: 10.34669/WI.DP/51
2024
Mayer K. Big Data, Algorithms and Artificial Intelligence. In Felt U, Irwin A, editors, Elgar Encyclopedia of Science and Technology Studies. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. 2024
Mayer K. Partizipation: Partizipativ forschen im Spannungsfeld zwischen Inklusion und Exklusion. In Peer C, Semlitsch E, Güntner S, Haas M, editors, Urbane Transformation durch soziale Innovation: Schlüsselbegriffe und Perspektiven. TU Academic Press. 2024. p. 175 doi: 10.34727/2024/isbn.978-3-85448-064-8_22
2023
Mayer K, Pfeffer J. Critical data and algorithm studies: Editorial. Frontiers in Big Data. 2023 May 10;6:1193412. doi: 10.3389/fdata.2023.1193412
Serbe-Kamp É, Bemme J, Pollak D, Mayer K. Open Citizen Science: fostering open knowledge with participation. Research Ideas and Outcomes. 2023 Jan 23;9. doi: 10.3897/rio.9.e96476