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)
Political Economies of the Media. Theories and Methods – Summer School in Šibenik, Croatia, 9-12 September 2025. http://www.poleconmed.net/
Communication and Capital(ism), Mid-term conference of the European Sociological Association, Research Network 18 – The Sociology of Communications and Media Research, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, 28-30 August 2025
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 2025