I am a post-doctoral researcher at the intersection of the sociology of technology, STS, and critical AI/algorithm studies. In my research, I examine how automated decision-making and algorithmic sociality reshape knowledge orders and sociotechnical relations and am particularly interested in algorithmic resistance.

I am currently based in Graz and affiliated with the Digital Societies Research Group, the GraSP Futures Studio, and the Research Network Human Factor in Digital Transformation (HFDT) at the of University of Graz. I am also a board member of the WG10 "Digital Society" in the International Sociological Association (ISA)

publications

ZENKL, Thomas (2025): The Taming of Sociodigital Anticipations: AI in the Digital Welfare State. In: Frontiers of Sociology 10. 1-11. doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2025.1556675

ZENKL, Thomas (2025): Exploring Algorithmic Resistance and Breaching. In: The Political Economy of Communication 11(2). 24-42. https://www.polecom.org/index.php/polecom/article/view/183

GRIESBACHER, NIEDERL, KATZ, ZENKL (2023): Einsatz Künstlicher Intelligenz im Beratungsprozess von arbeitsuchenden Menschen (eng.: Use of artificial intelligence in the counselling process for job seekers). AMS Österreich, Abt. Arbeitsmarktforschung und Berufsinformation/ABI. https://forschungsnetzwerk.ams.at/elibrary/publikation.html?bibId=14315

ZENKL, Thomas. GRIESBACHER, Martin (2023): Who Trusts Automated Vehicles? Investigating Tensions in Automated Driving Imaginaries. In: Proceedings of the STS Conference Graz 2023. doi.org/10.3217/978-3-85125-976-6-26

ZENKL, Thomas. GRIESBACHER, Martin (2020): Trust in Automated Vehicles from a Sociological Perspective. In: SCHWEIGHOFER, Erich et al. (Hrsg.): Verantwortungsbewusste Digitalisierung. Tagungsband des 23. Internationalen Rechtsinformatik Symposions. Editions Weblaw: Bern. doi.org/10.38023/962185e1-c563-4193-a56a-c73280c86461