Associate Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Art + Design
College of Social Sciences and Humanities, College of Arts, Media and Design
Dietmar Offenhuber’s research focuses on the relationship between design, technology, and governance. Dietmar is the author of the award-winning monograph Waste is Information (MIT Press), works as an advisor to the United Nations and published books on the subjects of urban data, accountability technologies and urban informatics.
2018
Beryl Radin Award (honorable mention) for the Best Article in Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory (JPART)
2017
Austrian Scientists in North America (ASciNA) Award 2017, Austrian Ministry for Science & Research, category Young Principal Investigator
Typography Award, Communication Arts Magazine
2015
Connecting Cities Network — Artist in Residence, Ars Electronica Futurelab, Linz, Austria
2014
Outstanding Dissertation Award, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, MIT
Nomination for the ACSP Barclay Gibbs Jones Award for Best Dissertation in Planning
2013
Best Article of 2012 Award, American Planning Association (APA)
2011
National Science Foundation (NSF) International Visualization Challenge, Winner Category Non-Interactive Visualization
2010
File Prix Lux 2010, Sao Paulo, Honorary Mention Electronic Sonority
2007
Melbourne International Animation Festival 2007 Jury Award
12th International Media Art Biennale WRO 07, Special Mention
2004
Japan Foundation Fellowship, IAMAS Institute, Gifu, Japan
2003
EMARE Fellowship, Artist in Residence, Werkleitz Gesellschaft, Halle, Germany
Art Directors Club, Silver Award, New Media category
ZKM International Media Art Award, Nomination
Transmediale Award, Honorary Mention Category Image
- Offenhuber, Dietmar. 2017. Waste Is Information —
Infrastructure Legibility and Governance. Cambridge: MIT Press - Offenhuber, Dietmar, and Carlo Ratti, eds. 2014. Decoding the City: Urbanism in the Age of Big Data. Basel: Birkhauser.
- Offenhuber, Dietmar, and Katja Schechtner, eds. 2013. Accountability Technologies: Tools for Asking Hard Questions. Vienna: Ambra / Birkhäuser
- Offenhuber, Dietmar, Katja Schechtner. 2017. “Improstructure – an Improvisational Perspective on Smart Infrastructure Governance.” Cities
- Offenhuber, Dietmar. 2017. “Maps of Daesh – the Cartographic Warfare Surrounding Insurgent Statehood.” GeoHumanities
- Offenhuber, Dietmar. 2014. “Infrastructure Legibility – a Comparative Study of Open311 Citizen Feedback Systems.” Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society
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Education
PhD, 2013, Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Diplom-Ingenieur of Architecture, Vienna University of Technology
MSc in Media Arts and Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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