Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Barbara Prainsack
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Green S, Prainsack B, Sabatello M. The roots of (in)equity in precision medicine: gaps in the discourse. Personalized Medicine. 2024 Jan 1;21(1):5-9. Epub 2023. doi: 10.2217/pme-2023-0097


Horn R, Merchant J, Horn R, Merchant J, Bale M, Banner N et al. Ethical and social implications of public–private partnerships in the context of genomic/big health data collection. European Journal of Human Genetics. 2024. doi: 10.1038/s41431-024-01608-9


Prainsack B. Sociologies of precision medicine. In Handbook on the Sociology of Health and Medicine. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. 2023. p. 439-454

Johnson S, Roberts S, Hayes S, Fiske A, Lucivero F, McLennan S et al. understanding Pandemic solidarity: Mutual support During the First cOViD-19 lockdown in the united Kingdom. Public Health Ethics. 2023 Nov 1;16(3):245-260. doi: 10.1093/phe/phad024



Green S, Prainsack B, Sabatello M. Precision medicine and the problem of structural injustice. Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy. 2023 Sep;26:433-450. Epub 2023 May 25. doi: 10.1007/s11019-023-10158-8

Marelli L, Stevens M, Sharon T, Van Hoyweghen I, Boeckhout M, Colussi I et al. The European health data space: Too big to succeed? Health Policy. 2023 Sep;135:104861. doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2023.104861

Fiske A, Degelsegger-Márquez A, Marsteurer B, Prainsack B. Value-creation in the health data domain: a typology of what health data help us do. BioSocieties. 2023 Sep;18(3):473-497. Epub 2022 Apr 12. doi: 10.1057/s41292-022-00276-6

Kieslich K, Fiske A, Gaille M, Galasso I, Geiger S, Hangel N et al. Solidarity during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from a nine-country interview study in Europe. Medical Humanities. 2023 Jun 5. Epub 2023 Jun 5. doi: 10.1136/medhum-2022-012536

Kickbusch I, Prainsack B. Against data individualism: Why a pandemic accord needs to commit to data solidarity. Global Policy. 2023 Jun;14(3):569-572. Epub 2023 May 22. doi: 10.1111/1758-5899.13222

Kenner L, Kenner S, Prainsack B, Wallner P, Lemmerer K, Weitensfelder L et al. Die Klimakrise als ethische Herausforderung. Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift. 2023 Jun;173(9-10):232-238. Epub 2022 Nov 29. doi: 10.1007/s10354-022-00986-3


Kenny K, Williams Veazey L, Broom A, Peterie M, Page A, Prainsack B et al. Hope in the era of precision oncology: a qualitative study of informal caregivers' experiences. BMJ Open. 2023 May 2;13(5):e065753. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-065753

Zimmermann BM, Paul KT, Araújo ER, Buyx A, Ferstl S, Fiske A et al. The social and socio-political embeddedness of COVID-19 vaccination decision-making: A five-country qualitative interview study from Europe. Vaccine. 2023 Mar 17;41(12):2084-2092. Epub 2023 Feb 16. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.02.012

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Will UBI (Really) Change the World?: Global Evidence on Basic Income

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

30 May 2023

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Open Round Table on Democracy in the Digital Age

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

29 Mar 2023

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


E-Rezept, Gesundheitskarte und Onlinehandel: Wo stehen wir und wo wollen wir hin?

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

28 Mar 2023

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Aus Widerstand und Solidarität: Kann man aus der Geschichte lernen?

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

21 Mar 2023

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Putting people first: how do we care for each other, build resilience and solidarity in a world in crisis?

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

31 Jan 2023

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


The roots of neglect: Towards a sociology of non-imagination

Barbara Prainsack (Keynote speaker)

28 Nov 20222 Dec 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Entangled crises: how can the EU help?

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

24 Nov 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public



All Things Considered: The Role of Expert Advice in Climate Related Crises

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

16 Nov 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


"The Future of Work with Barbara Prainsack: The Importance of Redefining Work in the Face of Today’s Technological Revolution”

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

Oct 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


How can crises be managed well – and how can ethics help

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

16 Sep 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


11. Jahrestagung House of Pharma & Healthcare

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

5 Sep 20226 Sep 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Ein gutes Leben für alle: Was bedeutet das, und ist es tatsächlich möglich?

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

24 Aug 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Launch of new report "Values and Identities – a policymaker’s guide”

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

17 Nov 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


The pandemic within: what does it mean to think and act across domains?

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

16 Nov 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Grundeinkommen für alle. Weltfremde Utopie oder sozialpolitische Notwendigkeit?

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

13 Nov 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


“For-profit companies don’t care about patients’ well-being”. Data and sharing in Germany

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

10 Nov 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Follow the Science: Aber Wohin?

Barbara Prainsack (Contributor)

8 Nov 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


A reflection: What effects does this pandemia have on us as individuals and as societies?

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

5 Nov 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


NACHGEFRAGT: Wie arbeiten wir nach der Pandemie?

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

11 Oct 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Digital Equity for All Ages: Connect, Respect and Protect Older People in Digital Technologies

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

1 Oct 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Open Science, Data Sharing, and Solidarity: Who Benefits?

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

14 Jul 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Was können die Wissenschaften in den Corona-Pandemie leisten?

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

28 Jun 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Mostviertler Gespräche: Vom Wert des Menschen. Warum wir ein bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen brauchen

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

23 Jun 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Special Screening DAVOS – „Hassliebe Kapitalismus“

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

14 Jun 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Evidence-based policy making: Closing panel discussion

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

27 May 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


The EU and Solidarity in Global Health Cooperation: Lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

18 May 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Die Zukunft der Arbeit. Das Recht auf Arbeit?

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

5 May 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen (BGE) - Ist die Zeit dafür gekommen?

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

28 Apr 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Why justice is not enough: Solidarity as guiding value for data governance

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

21 Apr 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


"Game Change durch KI: Potentiale und Grenzen der Anwendung künstlicher Intelligenz in der Medizin"

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

15 Apr 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Debate at Burgtheater: Die Impfung – ein knappes Gut?

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

14 Mar 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Data is the new oil - Data Ethics

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

28 Jan 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Videotalk: Impfung, Mutationen: Was ist die neue Normalität 2021?

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

21 Jan 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


The 3rd Citizen Engagement and Deliberative Democracy Festival

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

9 Dec 2020

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Online Podiumsdiskussion: "Bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen"

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

3 Dec 2020

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Online-GÖG-Colloquium | Solidarität im 21. Jahrhundert: Ein Lösungsansatz für Herausforderungen im Gesundheitswesen?

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker) & Katharina Kieslich (Speaker)

23 Nov 2020

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Online Lesung & Podiumsdiskussion: „Vom Wert des Menschen. Warum wir ein Bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen brauchen“

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

18 Nov 2020

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VOM WERT DES MENSCHEN - Warum wir ein bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen brauch

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

13 Nov 2020

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Keynote: „Auswirkungen der Pandemie auf das soziale Gefüge und die Ungleichheitsentwicklung - Empfehlungen an die Politik“.

Barbara Prainsack (Keynote speaker)

22 Oct 2020

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Zoom Webinar: Does Solidarity have a Role in Keeping Big Data Safe?

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

20 Oct 2020

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Track #1: RES PUBLICA: Geschichte – Gegenwart – Zukunft

Barbara Prainsack (Contributor)

16 Oct 2020

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Diskurs Berggasse 19: Menschlichkeit versus Technologie in der Medizin

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

14 Oct 2020

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


FairHealth: Wie gerecht ist das Gesundheitswesen in Österreich?

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

6 Oct 2020

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Podiumsdiskussion "Wie wollen wir arbeiten?"

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

6 Oct 2020

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Panel: Data Altruism

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

1 Oct 2020

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Patientenakte, Datenspende und KI: Was schafft Vertrauen in den neuen Gesundheitsdatenraum?

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

30 Sep 2020

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Discussion: (1) SCIENTIFIC ADVICE to inform policymaking, balancing speed with certainty on emerging policy challenges & (2) The Future of Work

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

23 Sep 202024 Sep 2020

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Auswirkungen der Coronakrise auf die Bevölkerung

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

1 Sep 2020

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Frauen und Corona Folge 6 - Ungleichheit in Österreich und Europa

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

30 Jun 2020

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Seminar on Solidarity in Times of Pandemics

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

17 Jun 2020

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Rethinking work in the Post-Corona World

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

2 Jun 2020

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


"Digitale Gesundheit: Politische, soziale und ethische Aspekte personalisierter Medizin"

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

18 May 2020

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Society in upheaval: What is the pandemic doing to us?

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

23 Apr 2020

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Keynote Lecture and Discussion: Political and Societal Views in Data Ownership

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

1 Apr 2020

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Livestream des "Café Brandstätter"

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

29 Mar 2020

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Zukunftstrends im Gesundheitswesen, Ethik und Governance der künstlichen Intelligenz

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

8 Jan 2020

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


The Value of Data in HealthCare: Beyond Nudging

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

4 Dec 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Keynote lecture: Ethical and Legal Implications of A.I.

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

22 Aug 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Solidarität und Nachhaltigkeit im Postdemokratischen

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

10 Jul 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Interdisciplinary Panel Discussion: The Future of ELSA Research. From Reflexive Contemplation to Responsible Co-Creation?

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

2 Jul 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Keynote lecture – Beyond effectiveness: The value(s) of nudging

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

20 Jun 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Digitale Transformation - Zukunft gestalten

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

18 Jun 2019

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Recht auf Arbeit oder Recht auf Geld?

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

28 May 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Consent and Truth Telling: A Collective Agency Perspective

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

10 May 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Club Talk: Welche Zukunft wollen wir? Und wie sicher sind unsere Gesundheitsdaten?

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

7 May 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Resisting the iLeviathan: A solidarity-based approach to data governance

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

26 Apr 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


From Personalized to Precision Medicine: What is New?

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

11 Apr 2019

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Personalized and Precision Medicine: What Kind of Society Does It Take?

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

8 Apr 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Prävention und Partizipation im Zeitalter des digitalen Zwillings

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

28 Mar 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Keynote: "Personalised Medicine: Empowered Patients in the Twenty-First Century'"

Barbara Prainsack (Keynote speaker)

21 Mar 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


"Setting the scene: Artificial Intelligence: Ethical Concerns"

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

19 Mar 2019

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Resisting the iLeviathan: A solidarity-based approach to data governance

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

18 Mar 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


A solidarity-based approach to data governance

Barbara Prainsack (Invited speaker)

22 Feb 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Untargeted: What "Precision Medicine" sees (and why)

Barbara Prainsack (Invited speaker)

11 Feb 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Die "Grand Challenges" der Ethik - Welche Werte braucht die Wissenschaft?

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

22 Jan 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Keynote: On new and old intersections: From interdisciplinarity to joint inquiry

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

12 Dec 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Seminar talk: "Personalised Medicine and Solidaristic Healthcare: a Contradicition in Terms?"

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

6 Dec 2018

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Vortrag: Ist die Selbstverantwortung die beste Solidarität?

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

26 Oct 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Paneldiskussion: Chancen und Risiken von Big Data in Forschung und Gesundheitsversorgung

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

15 Oct 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science



Fixing the Flaws of the Human Body

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

14 Sep 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Ethics in the age of science, technology and innovation: from AI to the future of work

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

11 Jul 2018

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What kind of future do we want for our children?

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

11 Jul 2018

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Is There a Place for Solidarity in Personalized Medicine?

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

29 Jun 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Was „tun“ Technologien im Diskurs um die Zukunft der Arbeit?

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

19 Jun 2018

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Antrittsvorlesung "An (und in) der Zukunft arbeiten: Gesellschaftsordnungen im Zeitalter der Digitalisierung"

Nikolaus Forgó (Keynote speaker) & Barbara Prainsack (Keynote speaker)

7 Jun 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Genetics and Precision Medicine

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

15 May 2018

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Contemporary Debates in Bioethics: Ethical Issues about Genetics

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

12 Mar 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Defining and distinguishing ELSA from other research fields

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

19 Nov 2006

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Research Populations: Spotlights on biobank governance in Israel

Barbara Prainsack (Contributor)

2 Nov 2006

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Defining and distinguishing ELSA from other research fields

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

19 Oct 2006

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The Boundaries of Humanness: Citizenship and Human Reproductive Cloning

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

24 Aug 2006

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The conservation of common ground: Spotlights on the biopolitical debate in Austria

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

24 Aug 2006

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Twins: A Cloning Experience

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

17 Jul 2006

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Research Populations: Biobanks in Israel

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

19 Jun 2006

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'Es liegt in der Familie' - Prä-maritales genetisches Testen in orthodoxen Lebenskontexten

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

15 Jun 2006

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The 'conflict of conflicts': Human Reproductive Cloning and the Creation of New Citizens

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

29 Apr 2006

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Contrasting approaches to stem cell governance: the US, UK, Israel, and Germany

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

20 Apr 2006

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Discourse analysis as a tool in qualitative research designs

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

22 Feb 2006

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On word stems and stem cells

Barbara Prainsack (Speaker)

17 Jan 2006

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