Franz-Benjamin Mocnik
Professor of Space and Place in the Information Sciences
Semantics, Digital Humanities, Human Geography, Cartography, Geographical Information Science
Franz-Benjamin conducts research about the role of information in the place-making, the conceptual nature of places, and how the latter manifests itself in corresponding information.
Jonas Faria Costa
Postdoctoral researcher
Social Ontology, Phenomenology, Philosophy of Action, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Geography
Jonas researches the concepts of agency, society, and place. He explores how the concept of place is fundamental in understanding human agency and sociality at large, but also vice-versa. Beyond philosophy, he engages with further areas that deal with these concepts, such as geography, environmental psychology, and architecture. Besides his passion about the concepts of place, he has a strong interest in decolonial philosophy, philosophy of games, and Ancient Greek philosophy.
Jonas did his undergraduate degree in philosophy in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, and his MA and PhD, also in philosophy, in Manchester, England.
Eugen Unterberger
Postdoctoral researcher, associated
Cultural Heritage, German Studies, Corpus Linguistics, Digital Humanities
Eugen supports the development of the Corpus of Place Representations in relation to semantic aspects, textual media, and cultural heritage. In addition, he is dedicated to topics of digital mediation of cultural heritage in the Province of Salzburg.
Maia Williams
Doctoral researcher
Cognitive Geography, Environmental Psychology, Urban Design, Geographic Information Science
Maia is working on the processes of place identification and attachment, and the mechanisms of place change.