About me

I am a research associate at the Department of Media Studies at Paderborn University in Germany. I am also a co-editor of the journal tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique. My research and teaching are grounded in critical social theory and the political economy of media and communication, with a special focus on digital media and digital labour. My publications include Towards a Critical Theory of Surveillance in Informational Capitalism (Peter Lang, 2012) and Critical Theory and Social Media: Between Emancipation and Commodification (Routledge, 2015). My latest book, Universities and Academic Labour in Times of Digitalisation and Precarisation, was published with Routledge in 2023.

NEWS: YOU CAN FIND ME AT THE FOLLOWING EVENT(S)

Tension, Trust and Transformation. 16th conference of the European Sociological Association. Porto, Portugal, 27-30 August 2024. https://www.europeansociology.org/conference/2024

Solidarity. 5th Conference of the Critical Communication Studies Network. Paderborn University, Germany, 19-21 September 2024. https://krikowi.net/solidaritat/

Research and teaching interests

My research and teaching focuses on:

  • Critical social theory
  • Political economy of media and communication
  • Digital media and society
  • Digital labour and capitalism
  • Universities and academic labour

Last update: January 2024

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