J a s c h a B a r e i s

Jascha Bareis is a Political scientist borrowing from the field of Science & Technology Studies (STS) and cultural studies. His passion lies at the crossroads of questions of normativity, political communication, and future studies.

Research Appointment

Between Jan. 2020 and Dec. 2025, Jascha Bareis works as scientific staff at the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS) in Karlsruhe, research group "Digital technologies and societal change" (DigIT). Here he completed his PhD with the thesis National Tech Rhetoric in a Global AI Race. Smart Futures, Public Goods and Fierce Geopolitics and worked in the following projects:

  • Uncontrollable Artificial Intelligence: An existential risk? Issued by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research.
  • Governance von und durch Algorithmen (GOAL) Issued by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research.
  • Social Trust in Learning Systems Focus Project of ITAS.
  • Trust through explainability in verifiable online voting systems Issued by the Helmholtz association, together with KIT computer sciences groups AIFB & KASTEL.

Professional Education

  • PhD Thesis: National Tech Rhetoric in a Global AI Race. Smart Futures, Public Goods and Fierce Geopolitics. Link
  • M.A. Political Theory Goethe University Frankfurt and Technical University Darmstadt (grade average 1,2).
  • B.A. in Liberal Arts and Sciences, Honours Degree University College Maastricht, interdisciplinary approach: Philosophy, Science & Technology Studies und Sociology, grade average 8.0 (cum laude).

Academic Visits

07.07. - 21.07.25 University of Bristol. Bristol Digital Futures Institute, Bristol. Visiting scholar
01.08. - 01.11.23 Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Sciences Innovations Societes (LISIS), Paris Visiting scholar
01.10. - 21.12.18 University of Zagreb, Croatia. Program Croaticum (focus bioethics, Croatian language and culture) Exchange semester
15.01. - 18.06.16 Chinese University of Hong Kong (focus economic sociology, Chinese philosophy, culture and history) Exchange semester

Teaching

  • Introduction to AI and LLMs in the Academic Context Part of the EPICUR European lecture series. University of Arhus and KIT. Bachelor level. SS 25.
  • Algocracy - the Political Rule of Algorithms (MA STS & MA Sociology) Goethe University Frankfurt. WS 23.
  • Critical issues in AI - Perspectives from Informatics and Social Sciences Together with Dr. Linda Nierling and T.T.-Prof. Dr. Pascal Friedrich (Joint seminar MA Informatics and MA Science Communication.) KIT. SS22, SS23, WS24.

Peer Review Records

Big Data & Society Social Studies of Science Critical Policy Studies Information, Communication & Society International Relations Global Society Technovation Global Media & Communication Environmental Science & Policy Journal for Technology Assessment in Theory and Practice Science & Technology Studies

Supervised Thesis

  • Scientific authority contested: Chatbots invading Academia and Teaching. Bernd Roessler, MA Science and Technology studies, Goethe University Frankfurt. SS 25
  • Visions of AI and sustainability in political strategy papers in Germany and Japan. Paul Ritzka, MA Political Theory, Goethe University Frankfurt. WS 24
  • ChatGPT als Medium kollektiver Ordnungsbildung? Eine diskursanalytische Betrachtung im Licht von Hartmut Rosas Beschleunigungstheorie. Benedikt Schmitz, MA Governance & Technology, RWTH Aachen. SS 24
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