Viktoria Pammer-Schindler - HCI & Learning Technologies

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Opening for a Postdoctoral Researcher in HCI and EdTech, on mixed methods research design and interaction design in the area of understanding and guiding adolescents’ self-reflective use of digital technologies in the era of generative AI. The position is funded via the Horizon Europe project THRIVE.

I am an associate professor in HCI and Learning Technologies at Graz University of Technology, Deputy Head of the Institute of Human-Centred Computing, and research area head at the Know-Center, a research center on trustworthy AI.

Knowledge & Learning in an AI-Infused Society

I design human-centred AI that helps people learn, reflect, create, and collaborate at work.

My research pioneers

Conversational AI interaction design and analysis; studying the impact of AI roles, interaction modality and AI presence in human-AI collaboration.
AI-guided reflection and learning analytics for informal, professional and vocational learning; with applications in the corporate, healthcare, education, and industrial sector; and in everyday learning settings.
Productivity and learning as two inter-connected goals in human activity and technology design.

In this era of AI & data-driven technology, my knowledge & learning perspective helps ensure humans’ and society’s competent agency and oversight.

Publications

Awards and Invited Talks

Best paper nominations at the European Conf. on Technology-Enhanced Learning, and outstanding paper award at the eBled Conference for digital business and society.
Teaching awards: twice finalist for the TU Graz excellent teaching award for “Human-Centred Design”; currently nominated for “Artificial Intelligence 1”.
Invited talks for research and the general public.

Grants Acquisition

Around 1,6Mio€ funding from national (Austrian) and European funders - including as a Scientific Manager and WP leader.
Around 12,9Mio€ funding for research and innovation in the industry co-funded COMET program.

International Boards and Community Engagement

President for the IAALDE (Int. Alliance to Advance Learning in the Digital Era).
Member of the Managing Team of the EATEL (European Association of Technology-Enhanced Learning.
External evaluator and expert in international scientific panels, e.g. for study program accreditation for a “Data Science for Sustainability” master programme AQ Austria; for professorial appointments, research grants, and in the Leibniz society’s evaluation committee for the IWM Tübingen.
Editorial roles, such as a subcommittee chair for the A* conference ACM CHI, as a special issue editor to Q1 journals (IEEE Trans. Learn. Techn; British J. Ed. Techn), and panel moderator for discussing “Knowledge, Skills and AI” in this era of generative AI at the ACM Mensch und Computer.

Leadership at the TU Graz

Deputy Head of the Institute of Human-Centred Computing.
Shaping teaching at the TU Graz as member of the Doctoral School Computer Science Coordination Team, and Deputy Head of the Curricular Commission for Speech, Language and AI Technologies, and Vice Dean of Studies for Computational Social Systems.

Details are available in my full CV (last updated: February, 2026).