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Anne K. Krueger
@annekkrueger.bsky.social
sociologist with an interest in social theory, science policy, and digitalization @JWI_Berlin
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Out now! @thorstenpeetz.bsky.social Our Routledge International Handbook of Valuation and Society has arrived! A big thank you to our fantastic colleagues who have contributed to this comprehensive compendium of research on valuation and evaluation in various societal spheres! lmy.de/ASSuq
Save the date! On Dec 11 our 'Reorganization of Knowledge Practices' Colloquium welcomes @keanbirch.bsky.social at @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social who will talk about the political economy of digital artefacts. Join us live or online: t1p.de/lu554
Kean Birch: Do Artifacts have Political Economy?
In the second lecture of the series organized by the research group “Reorganization of Knowledge Practices,” Kean Birch (York University, Toronto) takes up a question inspired by Langdon Winner: Do ar...
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December 8, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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As I said yesterday, our elites have been driven insane by #genAI (to which I would add, it's actually by money)
November 29, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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📣 Call for Papers: Weizenbaum Conference 2026
🤖 “Generative AI and Society: What is at stake?”
📅 Berlin, June 10–11, 2026
📌 Submit papers by Jan 31, 2026
🔗 More: t1p.de/wa2nc
Weizenbaum Conference 2026: Call for Papers
The Weizenbaum Institute will host its 8th annual Conference on the topic “Generative AI and Society: What is at stake?“ We invite interested scholars to submit papers for presentations. The conferenc...
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November 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Am kommenden Donnerstag startet um 16 Uhr endlich unser neues Forschungskolloquium am @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social mit einem Beitrag von Ingo Schulz-Schaeffer (TU Berlin) zur neuen Agency generativer KI. Online Teilnahme per zoom möglich. Anmeldung ➡️ : www.weizenbaum-institut.de/veranstaltun...
November 25, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Am 27.11. startet unser neues Kolloquium 'Reorganisation von Wissenspraktiken' am @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social mit einem Vortrag von Ingo Schulz-Schaeffer. Wir freuen uns auf eine spannende Diskussion zur Agency von generativer KI! Infos zum gesamten Programm finden sich hier: buff.ly/5VIZO0C
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November 20, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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🚀 How is Generative AI reshaping knowledge work? A new WJDS paper explores AI's impact on IT, science, and coaching. Expert interviews & surveys show AI enhances (not replaces) human expertise, though risks like hollowed-out professions remain.

📖 Read more: buff.ly/bIUbQPt
#AI #FutureOfWork
November 14, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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Call for Papers 📢

Special Issue on "Towards a Responsible AI in the Military? The Politics of Ethics of AI-enabled Weapons" in Critical Military Studies

Keydates:
Abstracts - December 12, 2025
Full papers - June 1, 2026
Publication ~ mid-2027

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Critical Military Studies
Critical Military Studies publishes research on the critical aspects of military power and operations, institutions and international relations.
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November 9, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Neues Format für Docs und Postdocs in der soziologischen Theorie!

👇🧑‍💻
🚨 EXTENDED DEADLINE!! 🚨
👉🏼 Der Call für unser erstes Theorielabor ist noch bis zum 15.11. offen!
👉🏼 Doktorand:innen und Postdocs im Bereich der soziologischen Theorie: Wir freuen uns über Eure Bewerbungen!

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November 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Save the dates: My research group at
@weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social is starting a new research colloquium this term. We have 4 contributions (2 english speaking) with great scholars: Ingo Schulz-Schaeffer, @keanbirch.bsky.social, Rüdiger Graf and Ruthanne Huising. Zoom participation possible. #sts
November 3, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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One vision, fried chicken
October 31, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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#Job #Reminder: You can still apply for our #PostDoc position leading the new research focus “Democratic Change and Knowledge,” addressing urgent challenges facing democracy in the digital age. Review begins Monday, 3 November 2025.

👉 Find out how to join our HIIG team: www.hiig.de/en/job-posti...
#Job: We’re hiring a postdoc to lead our research focus area “Democratic Change and Knowledge”. Topics may include #disinformation, (dis)trust in science, and automation in #democratic processes. Full-time (min. 75%), Review of applications starts on 3 November.

👉Apply: www.hiig.de/en/job-posti...
October 29, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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“We fundamentally believe that publishing less – but better – is essential for the health of the entire research system worldwide,” the authors of the report state.
Less is more: academic publishing needs ‘radical change,’ Cambridge press report concludes
Academic publishing needs “renewed focus and collective action” to embrace new approaches and ensure the future of the industry, concludes a report from Cambridge University Press, released last we…
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October 21, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Looking for a post-doc opportunity? Consider applying for this years's Kohli Fellowship and work at the vibrant WZB in Berlin - Deadline November 16:
October 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Künftig sollen Behörden Daten der öffentlichen Verwaltungen leichter elektronisch austauschen können. Ein Staatsvertrag soll dem den Weg ebnen. Gestern stimmte der Bundestag mehrheitlich zu. Die Linksfraktion kritisiert möglichen Datenabfluss und Datenmissbrauch. netzpolitik.org/2025/nationa...
National-Once-Only-Technical-System: Bundestag macht Weg frei für „Datenautobahn“
Künftig sollen Behörden von Bund, Ländern und Kommunen Daten der öffentlichen Verwaltungen leichter elektronisch austauschen können. Einem Staatsvertrag, der dem den Weg ebnen soll, stimmte der Bundes...
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October 17, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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So for-profit AI companies have trained on the world's largest collaborative volunteer project and a precious free resource, to make money for their for-profit enterprises. They have crushed traffic to the volunteer project, starving it of donors and volunteers

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Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors
“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”
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October 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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In unserem Newsletter informieren wir regelmäßig über neue Publikationen, Stellenausschreibungen und Calls. Hier geht's zur Anmeldung: www.soziopolis.de/newsletter.h...
October 20, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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Immer mehr Unis kehren den Rankings den Rücken – zuletzt die Sorbonne.
Weil sie keine „Black Boxes“ mehr füttern wollen.
Warum trotzdem viele noch jubeln, erklärt der neue Beitrag im Wiarda-Blog: www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2025/10...
October 15, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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UK-German Funding Initiative in the #Humanities 2025/2026: 8th #CallForProposals in the bilateral collaboration by @artsandhums.bsky.social AHRC (part of UK Research and Innovation @ukri.org), and the DFG for outstanding joint research projects. Full details:
www.dfg.de/de/aktuelles...
UK-German Funding Initiative in the Humanities
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October 16, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Aus gegebenem Anlass: Unser neues Dossier thematisiert Geschlechterungleichheiten im Wissenschaftssystem – von den historischen Wurzeln der Differenzkategorien über die politische Semantik der Exzellenz bis hin zu alltäglichen Mechanismen.

www.soziopolis.de/dossier/wiss...
October 14, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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@soziopolis.bsky.social hat ein sehr lesenswertes Dossier zum Thema Frauen in der Wissenschaft veröffentlicht. @amreibahr.bsky.social und ich sind mit einem Beitrag zu #IchBinHanna vertreten! www.soziopolis.de/ziel-erkannt...
Ziel erkannt, Ziel verfehlt?
Warum wir allen Gleichstellungsmaßnahmen zur Förderung von Frauen in der Wissenschaft zum Trotz auf der Stelle treten
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October 14, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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Ein sehr schöner Nachruf.
October 4, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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Funnily enough, our #Assetization book is in the #AnthropicAI settlement list - go look yourself up too!

cc/ @provokedeconomy.bsky.social

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October 2, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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📣New Paper out: Merely using ChatGPT drives AI acceptance (experimental data, open access published in Human Machine Communication). stars.library.ucf.edu/hmc/vol11/is...
October 1, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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Das Team der Soziopolis hat den 42. Kongress der DGS stets verfolgt und berichtet nun im Duisburger Splitter. Schaut gerne mal unter folgendem Link vorbei: www.soziopolis.de/dossier/duis...!
Duisburger Splitter
Berichte vom 42. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie vom 22. bis 26. September 2025 in Duisburg
www.soziopolis.de
September 30, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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The political economy of #generativeAI just doesn't make
Newsletter: This is The Case Against Generative AI, a comprehensive analysis of a financial collapse built on myths I’ll dispel, the markets’ unhealthy obsession with NVIDIA's growth, and the fact that there is not enough money in the world to fund OpenAI.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...
The Case Against Generative AI
Soundtrack: Queens of the Stone Age - First It Giveth Before we go any further: This is, for the third time this year, the longest newsletter I've ever written, weighing in somewhere around 18,500 wo...
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September 30, 2025 at 3:21 PM