Christina Hecht
@checht65.bsky.social
sociologist, digitalization and platform economy at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
Wirtschaften geht nicht ohne Räume, aber wie geht Wirtschaftssoziologie MIT Räumen? Diese Frage stellen wir bei der diesjährigen Mittelbautagung der DGS Sektion Wirtschaftssoziologie @dgswisoz.bsky.social am @sfb1265.bsky.social! ✨ Der CfA läuft noch bis zum 15.7. www.soziopolis.de/ausschreibun...
Die Räume des Wirtschaftens
Call for Papers für eine Tagung vom 10. bis 11. Dezember 2026 in Berlin. Deadline: 15. Juli 2026
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In diesem Jahr fehlen uns noch 250.000 Euro. Wir brauchen deine Unterstützung, denn unsere Arbeit ist fast ausschließlich spendenfinanziert. Spende jetzt unter: netzpolitik.org/digitalfights
Digital Fights!
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Kann aus eigener Erfahrung sagen: super Team + Einbindung in den @sfb1265.bsky.social = wunderbare Möglichkeit, um zu Airbnb/Plattformen zu forschen! Beantworte gerne Fragen dazu :)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie e.V.@dgsoziologie.bsky.social · 8mo ago
📣 Job alert! 📣 For my Emmy Noether group on local digital public spheres, I'm hiring 3 predoc research associates who are interested in doing qualitative/mixed-methods research on local communication environments. Apply until 02 Jan 2026! www.weizenbaum-institut.de/en/news/deta...
3 research associates in social science (m/w/d)
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Time to share some news I've been sitting on: starting in January, I will lead a @dfg.de Emmy Noether Group at @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social! We will investigate how local public spheres are constituted under conditions of digitalization & globalization. www.weizenbaum-institut.de/en/research/...
Local Digital Public Spheres
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Datenzugänge für Forschung wegvereinfachen…und damit auch unser Verständnis von Plattformen.
netzpolitik.org@netzpolitik.org · 8mo agoWeil Tech-Konzerne selten Zugang zu ihren Daten gewähren, ist unabhängige Forschung auf Datenspenden angewiesen. Damit könnte es jedoch bald vorbei sein, denn die EU-Kommission will das Datenauskunftsrecht einschränken. Ein offener Brief aus der Wissenschaft warnt vor schwerwiegenden Folgen:
📢Call for applications! #jobs With our next funding phase due to start in January, we are now looking to fill a range of positions! If you're interested in socio-spatial change and are looking for a PhD, postdoc or student assistant position, take a browse here: sfb1265.de/en/aktuelles...
Job vacancies at Collaborative Research Center 1265 “Re-Figuration of Spaces” - SFB 1265 „Re-Figuration von Räumen“
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We’re thrilled to share that the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (@dfg.de) will fund the #SFB1265 for a third funding phase! 🚀🎊🎉 This support allows us to continue our research on socio-spatial change and deepen our interdisciplinary work! More to come soon! www.tu.berlin/news/pressem...
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What drives polarization in public discourse? I suggest looking at how social figures are constructed and used in the media and everyday political conversations. “The climate activist” in German media and popular discourse serves as a good example. More here: doi.org/10.1162/euso...
Polarizing social figures? Climate activists in German media and popular discourse
ABSTRACT. Although attitudes towards climate change are generally uncontroversial in Europe, the public discourse on climate change is becoming increasingly contentious. This article introduces the cl...
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New article out in @platformsnsociety.bsky.social! "Toward a platform–labor–territory nexus: Platform-driven deterritorialization and reterritorialization processes in the Chilean Andes" by #sfb1265 PhD Scholar @jyelee.bsky.social 👇📰 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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New Publication with my wonderful colleagues Kübra Gencal and Emma Luna Brahm Beyond remembrance - Spatial dynamics in commemorating racist violence in #Solingen and #Rostock Abstract: This paper explores the conflicting commemoration practices surrounding #far-right and racially motivated, 1/
📢 Call for Papers: Together with @viviensommer.bsky.social and Ludovica Tomarchio, we are editing an interdisciplinary Special Issue on Mixed Methods Research for Socio-Spatial Studies in the Journal of Mixed Methods Research. Full papers welcome until 28 February 2026! doi.org/10.1177/1558...
Call for Papers: Mixed Methods Research for Socio-Spatial Studies - Vivien Sommer, Daniela Stoltenberg, Ludovica Tomarchio, 2025
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🚨 Want to join me at the Technical University of Munich? I’m hiring a PhD student (100%) in the area of the political economy of technological change! 📅 Apply by 18 May | Start Date: July (flexible) 🔗 More info & how to apply: hfp.heyrecruit.de?page=job&id=... ❓Reach out if you have any questions
PhD position in the field of Political Economy of Technological Change bei Hochschule für Politik München
The Professorship Political Economy (Prof. Dr. Timo Seidl) invites applications for a PhD position in the field of Political Economy of Technological Change
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I wrote a very long blog post about AI writing. I hope you'll read it. meresophistry.substack.com/p/the-mental...
The mental tyranny of AI writing
An arduously long blog post
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📢Das neue Schwerpunktheft zu „StadtRaum und Eigentum“ ist soeben im Berliner Journal erschienen. Mit Beiträgen aus dem #sfb1265 zu Airbnb und Wohnungspolitik!
Berliner Journal für Soziologie@berlinerjournal.bsky.social · last yr.Heft 4/24 des Berliner Journals für Soziologie ist erschienen. Das Schwerpunktheft versammelt Forschungsergebnisse der Sonderforschungsbereiche @sfb294.bsky.social und @sfb1265.bsky.social zu „StadtRaum und Eigentum“. Alle Texte gibt es #openaccess unter: link.springer.com/journal/1160...
people who use goodreads: jeff bezos owns goodreads and if you want a better alternative there is a black woman owned company called storygraph that you can use to replace it. you can transfer all of your data from goodreads to storygraph and have your mind be free of trumpie jeff bezos! win win. 💙
„Ostberlin ist in der Hand von Airbnb“ #sfb1265 Forschende Christina Hecht & Simon Pohl sprechen im Interview mit Jonas Wahmkow über Regulierungsversuche und den Einfluss der Vermietungsplattform in Berlin und anderen Städten⬇️ #airbnb #wohnen #gentrifizierung #taz taz.de/Digitale-Pla...
Digitale Plattformen und Gentrifizierung: „Ostberlin ist in der Hand von Airbnb“
Welchen Einfluss hat die Vermietungsplattform auf Großstädte wie Berlin? Ein Interview mit den Soziolog:innen Christina Hecht und Simon Pohl.
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📢New Blogpost! Where do Twitter users locate the #HousingCrisis? #sfb1265 postdoc @dstoltenberg.bsky.social offers some insights from her new book "The spaces of public issues" on the links between digital media and the way places are invoked in political debates⬇️ sfb1265.de/blog/the-dig...
The Digital Space of Berlin’s Housing Market: A Look at Twitter - SFB 1265 „Re-Figuration von Räumen“
“Nice and loud protest outside of #Meuterei in #Kreuzberg! Great weather and good atmosphere! #MeutereiStays #SyndikatStays #PotseStays #DrugstoreStays #Liebig34Stays #g17Stays #RummelbuchtStays #Dies...
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ich suche Literaturtipps für ethnographische Beobachtungen von Großdemonstrationen.
Why haven't I read this earlier? t.co/pTrQvEhZBT
Observing many researchers using the same data and hypothesis reveals a hidden universe of uncertainty | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
This study explores how researchers’ analytical choices affect the reliability of scientific findings. Most discussions of reliability problems in ...
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Cartography of generative AI: cartography-of-generative-ai.net Yes, give me the map-splaining. Give me the materiality of digital media. Show me the labour.
hello bsky historians: are there any good resources for tips about how to navigate gaining access to corporate archives?
Gut, dann hört der ganze Quatsch hoffentlich bald auf!
Please Follow the Official Guardian Account@guardian-world-rss.bsky.social · 3y ago‘Impossible’ to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says
"Puzzling Spaces and Theoretical Puzzles" - Together with Stefan Kirchner I wrote a short piece for the @sfb1265.bsky.social blog describing how we work with spatial figures in our project on spatial conflicts in the platform economy, namely Airbnb: sfb1265.de/blog/puzzlin...
Puzzling Spaces and Theoretical Puzzles: Working with Spatial Figures in Project C07 - SFB 1265 „R...
Working in the CRC challenges us to translate the broad framework of spatial theory into our empirical work. In this blogpost, we illustrate how we handle this challenge in our project.
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Dreijährige 75% WiMi Stelle in Bremen in meinem Projekt. Qualitative Sozialforschung, Gesellschaftstheorie, Verschwörungstheorietheorie: sagt es weiter und bei Fragen: gern Email an mich. www.uni-bremen.de/universitaet...
It’s time to start talking about how much compute we actually need as a society, instead of how much major tech companies are incentivized to force us to collectively use.
Melanie Sonsteng-Person@sonstengperson.bsky.social · 3y agoResearch finds that ChatGPT consumes 500 ml of water (about 16 oz) for every 5-50 prompts it answers. Microsoft’s global water consumption ⬆️ 34% from ‘21-‘22 to 17 billion gl. 🗣️We are actively draining our resources for survival in the midst of climate collapse.
