David Walker
davidwilliamwalker.bsky.social
David Walker
@davidwilliamwalker.bsky.social
🔍Scientist @ JOANNEUM RESEARCH (Vienna)
🤖 Specialising in Responsible AI | Labour Market Impact of AI | Gender & Innovation | Care, Climate & socio-economic transformation
📊 Empirical studies | Policy evaluation | Inclusive communication
Reposted by David Walker
The thing about science is that it happens whether you believe it or not. Pretending we have not modified our weather & climate will not make the damage stop. This delusion from the administration will do lasting harm. If you voted for them, you enabled this. 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump seeks to end climate research at premier U.S. climate agency
White House aims to end NOAA’s research office; NASA also targeted
www.science.org
April 11, 2025 at 11:34 PM
🦠 “Fragile Care: Strains and Conflicts During the Covid-19 Pandemic” is the title of our new article published in Femina Politica – Journal for Feminist Political Science (in german). It explores care work under pressure in hospitals during the pandemic. [1/4]
April 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
🩺 Our project “Double Fragility: The Care Crisis in the Time of the Pandemic”, funded by the #VolkswagenFoundation, has now concluded. Yet the care crisis it examined remains urgent—at the heart of ongoing debates about health, labour, and social resilience. [1/7]
April 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
🚀 The future of innovation must be inclusive. “Gendered innovations” go beyond representation—they integrate gender dimensions throughout R&D processes to deliver smarter, fairer, and more socially responsive outcomes. [1/6]
April 9, 2025 at 2:08 PM
🌍 I’m pleased to contribute to showcasing Vienna’s climate adaptation efforts as part of the Mission Implementation Platform for Adaptation to Climate Change (MIP4Adapt)—supporting European regions in becoming more resilient to the impacts of climate change. [1/5]
April 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
📢 The new #SheFigures report is out, and it’s a sobering reminder: women in science still face systemic barriers. The leaky pipeline, sticky floor, glass ceiling, and pay gap continue to shape careers. Structural inequality in research remains the norm—not the exception. [1/5]
April 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
🔍 Our study "Research Cultures in Germany", commissioned by the #VolkswagenFoundation, investigates how funding structures, evaluation systems, and employment conditions shape academic life—and how we might build more secure, inclusive, and innovative research cultures. [1/7]
April 9, 2025 at 1:59 PM
📢 How is artificial intelligence changing the labour market?
Our new report, commissioned by the Austrian Ministry of Labour and Economy, offers answers—outlining a concept for a national AI Observatory to monitor and guide this transformation. [1/7]
April 9, 2025 at 1:53 PM
🌍 A Social Response to the Ecological Crisis
Recently, I gave a keynote at Universität Liechtenstein on how ecological breakdown and social justice are intertwined.
We can’t solve one without addressing the other.
Fair transitions must be just transitions. [1/6]
April 9, 2025 at 1:50 PM
🔍 On 7 April 2025, I spoke at the event “AI in HR and Employment” in Vienna, hosted by RTR and the Arbeiterkammer Wien.
I presented:
“Keeping an Eye on Transformation – Dimensions of a Labour Market Observatory for Austria” (in German). [1/5]
April 9, 2025 at 1:43 PM
🎬 The Day Iceland Stood Still (Pamela Hogan, 2024 | 🇺🇸🇮🇸 | 71 min)
In 1975, 90% of Icelandic women stopped—working, cooking, caregiving. Offices, schools, kitchens emptied. Iceland paused. For one day, women’s absence made their value undeniable.
And the country was never the same again.
April 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM