Key research
Ethical and political critique of 'artificial intelligence' (AI) as a technology, network, media and infrastructure
Exploitation, labour and maintenance via platforms or AI
(Dis)trust and (un)trustworthiness of AI and technology
Bias and discrimination through AI/algorithms (Gender focus)
Policy and regulation of large platforms and AI (i.e. EU Acts)
Women in AI (as a topic and structural concern)
Academic roles
Ongoing
University of Vienna: Lecturer, research fellow and co-investigator
Eugenia is the co-lead and investigator of the project "Decentralised Trust in Digital Societies". Awarded by the Wiener Wissenschafts-, Forschungs- und Technologiefonds (WWTF), this project is aimed at studying ethical, democratic and technical trust relations in decentralised systems like the European Digital Identity Wallet (EUDIW).
At the University of Vienna, she teaches an annual course on critical AI ethics and data ethics.
Prague University of Economics and Business: Co-investigator
Eugenia is also the co-investigator of a GACR-funded project on LLMs/GenAI & democracy at the Prague University of Economics and Business.
Vienna Doctoral College on Digital Humanism: Faculty
Eugenia is also an associated faculty member in the Vienna Doctoral College on Digital Humanism (DigHum).
Previous
Oxford Internet Institute (OII): Visiting fellow
Visiting research fellow in Hillary Term 2026, working on a critique of Trustworthy AI.
Technical University Brandenburg (BTU): Professor
Until October 2025, she was a visiting professor at BTU Cottbus (Germany), teaching the ethics of technology and the social philosophy of digital societies.
TIlburg University: Visiting Fellow
In 2022/2023, she was a visiting research fellow at the Philosophy Department at Tilburg University (NL).
Advisory and expert roles
Eugenia reviews and advises for various national and international journals, forums and policy groups, like the UNESCO, the NWO, TU Wien Academic Press, and the Czech Science Foundation (GACR).
As a board member of Women in AI Austria, Eugenia is currently advising on the scientific outline for the first Austrian federal LLM ("Bundes-LLM") and the Austrian 'AI ecosystem' scheme.
Both initiatives are cooperations between partners like the Ministry for Innovation, Mobility and Infrastructure (BMIMI), the ASAI and the FFG).
Public speaking / expertise
Critical philosophy and ethics of (so-called) 'Artificial Intelligence'
Platform critique (trust and labour)
Data ethics (ethical and legal aspects)
Media ethics (material and service perspectives)
Woman and/in/through AI (in/visibility and representation of women in AI)
Contact: eugenia.stamboliev(at)univie.ac.at