Prof. Dr. Claus Pias

21335 Lüneburg, Universitätsallee 1, C5.319
Fon +49.4131.608-7165, claus.pias@leuphana.de
Professor*in, Professorship of Theory and History of Media
Assoziierte/r, Digital Cultures Research Lab

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Vita

Claus Pias is Professor for History and Epistemology of Media at the Institute for Culture and Aesthetics of Digital Media (ICAM) at Leuphana University Lueneburg. He studied Electrical Engineering in Aachen and Art History, German Studies and Philosophy in Bonn and Bochum. In 1993 he became research assistant for History of Architecture at Bauhaus-University Weimar. 1996, he became scientific assistant at the chair of »History and Theory of Artificial Worlds«. In 2002 he was appointed an assistant professor (Junior-Prof) for »Media-Technology and Media-Philosophy« at Ruhr-University Bochum. From 2006 to 2010 he was full professor for »Epistemology and Philosophy of Digital Media« at the University of Vienna. Since 2010 he works and teaches in Lueneburg. He was Senior Fellow at the International Research Institute for Cultural Technologies and Media Philosophy (IKKM) Weimar, the International Research Centre for Cultural Studies (IFK) Vienna, and the Institute for Advanced Study / Wissenschaftskolleg Berlin. Claus Pias also is currently the director of the Institute for Advanced Study in Media Cultures of Computer Simulation (mecs), the Centre for Digital Cultures (CDC) and the Digital Cultures Research Lab (DCRL) at Leuphana University in Lueneburg. In 2015 Claus Pias was a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study „Kulturelle Grundlagen von Integration“ Konstanz. Main areas of interest are the media history and epistemology of computer simulations, the history of media studies, and the history and epistemology of cybernetics.


Publikationen u.a.: Computer Game Worlds, Amsterdam 2017; Hrsg. mit I. Baxmann und T. Beyes: Soziale Medien – Neue Massen, Zürich 2014; Hrsg.: Was waren Medien?, Zürich 2012; Hrsg. mit T. Brandstetter und S. Vehlken: Think Tanks. Die Beratung der Gesellschaft, Zürich 2010.

Projects

  1. Stanford-Leuphana Summer Academy 2022-2024 (Fritz Thyssen Stiftung)
    Timon Beyes (Project manager, academic) , Claus Pias (Project manager, academic)
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    Project: Scientific event

  2. Scoring - Analysis of the Social Credit System in the PRC and Scoring in the West, Subproject: Data Infrastructure in East and West
    Martin Warnke (Project manager, academic) , Claus Pias (Project manager, academic) , Martin Woesler (Project manager, academic) , David Martin (Project manager, academic) , Christin Nax (Project staff) , Yi Song (Project staff)
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    Project: Research

  3. FOR 1927: Media Cultures of Computer Simulation
    Claus Pias (Project manager, academic)
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    Project: Research

  4. Stanford-Leuphana Summer Academy
    Timon Beyes (Project manager, academic) , Claus Pias (Project manager, academic)

    Project: Research

  5. Gamification. Shifting Boundaries between the Ludic and the Non-Ludic
    Mathias Fuchs (Project manager, academic) , Claus Pias (Project manager, academic) , Joost Raessens (Partner) , Ian Bogost (Partner)
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    Project: Research

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Publications

Books and anthologies

  1. Proof of Stake: Technological Claims
    Timon Beyes (Editor) , Claus Pias (Editor) , Simon Denny (Editor) , Robin Holt (Editor) , Bettina Steinbrügge (Editor) , 2023 Milan , 204 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Exhibition catalogues › Transfer

  2. Media Organize: A Companion to Technological Objects
    Lisa Conrad (Editor) , Timon Beyes (Editor) , Dirk Armin Beverungen (Editor) , Claus Pias (Editor) , Simon Denny (Editor) , Bettina Steinbrügge (Editor) , 2021 Hamburg , 196 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Conference proceedings › Transfer

  3. Niklas Luhmann am OVG Lüneburg: Zur Entstehung der Systemtheorie
    Timon Beyes (Editor) , Martin Warnke (Editor) , Wolfgang Hagen (Editor) , Claus Pias (Editor) , 2021 Berlin , 136 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research

  4. The Oxford Handbook of Media, Technology, and Organization Studies
    Timon Beyes (Editor) , Claus Pias (Editor) , Robin Holt (Editor) , 2020 Oxford , 538 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Transfer

  5. Nach der Revolution: Ein Brevier digitaler Kulturen
    Timon Beyes (Editor) , Claus Pias (Editor) , Jörg Metelmann (Editor) , 2017 Berlin , 204 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research

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Journal contributions

  1. The media arcane
    Timon Beyes (Author) , Claus Pias (Author) , 01.05.2019 , in: Grey Room, 75, Spring , p. 84-107 , 24 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  2. Medien, Universitäten, Lügen: Ein Kommentar zum Beitrag von Bernhard Pörksen
    Claus Pias (Author) , 01.09.2018 , in: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft, 10, 19-2 , p. 77-83 , 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Transfer

  3. Das Monster am Ende des Buches
    Claus Pias (Author) , 01.05.2018 , in: Zeitschrift für Kulturwissenschaften, 12, 1 , p. 109-114 , 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer › peer-review

  4. Witless slaves or lively artifacts?: A debate of the 1960s
    Jan Klaus Müggenburg (Author) , Claus Pias (Author) , 08.11.2017 , in: arq: Architectural Research Quarterly, 21, 1 , p. 33–44 , 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  5. Szintetikus történelem
    Claus Pias (Author) , 16.11.2015 , in: Tiszataj, 4 , p. 83-92 , 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

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Contributions to collected editions/anthologies

  1. Overhead Projector
    Claus Pias (Author) , 12.12.2019 Oxford , p. 286-300 , 15 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research

  2. By Means of Which: Media, Technology, Organisation
    Timon Beyes (Author) , Claus Pias (Author) , Robin Holt (Author) , 12.12.2019 Oxford , p. 498-514 , 17 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research

  3. Computer
    Claus Pias (Author) , 09.10.2018 Bielefeld , p. 76-81 , 6 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research

  4. Digitale Kulturen
    Andreas Bernard (Author) , Timon Beyes (Author) , Claus Pias (Author) , 01.01.2018 1 ed. Berlin , p. 167-170 , 4 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review

  5. „Das scheint mir das Widersprüchliche in der Kybernetik zu sein: Im gleichen Atemzug mit einer De-Anthropologisierung wird ein neuer Humanismus gefeiert.“
    Claus Pias (Author) , 10.07.2017 Berlin , p. 491-520 , 30 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review

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Activities

Press / Media

  1. Das Digitale denken III: Die Zeit, die aus der Kälte kam
    1 time cited

    Press/Media: Press/Media

  2. Das Digitale denken (II): Die Zeit, die aus der Kälte kam
    1 Media contribution

    Press/Media: Press/Media

  3. Das Denken muss nun auch den Daten folgen
    1 time cited

    Press/Media: Press/Media

  4. War Games. Computer Simulation, Sovereignty and the Military (Lüneburg, 21.-22.02.14)
    1 time cited

    Press/Media: Press/Media

  5. Leuphana wird zum Zentrum der Medienwissenschaft
    1 time cited

    Press/Media: Press/Media

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Prizes

  1. Fundraising-Preis
    Claus Pias (Recipient) ,

    Prize: Leuphana internal Prize, Scholaships, distinctions, appointments › Research

  2. Forschungspreis
    Claus Pias (Recipient) ,

    Prize: Leuphana internal Prize, Scholaships, distinctions, appointments › Research

  3. Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin
    Claus Pias (Recipient) ,

    Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointments › Research

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Courses