Alexander Orlowski
Society, Culture and Technological Change
Alexander Orlowski is a sociologist of technology and works currently at the IZEW in the project "DAMA". He finished his studies in sociology at the University of Tübingen in 2018. He wrote his thesis on the social construct of autonomous driving.
Areas of Expertise
- sociology of technology
- The relationship between social and technological change
- Sociological perspective on autonomous driving, artificial intelligence/machine learning, big data
- Qualitative social research (discourse analysis, ethnography, grounded theory, situation analysis)
Career
| Since 2021 | Research associate In the project DAMA at the IZEW |
| 2019 - 2020 | Research associate In the project TANGO at the IZEW |
| 2018 | Research associate In the project INTEGRAM at the IZEW |
| 2016 - 2018 | Examined research assistant In the project INTEGRAM at the IZEW |
| 2014 - 2018 | Sociology studies at University of Tübingen (M.A.) Thesis: "Autonomes Fahren als mediale Konstruktion einer Technologie. Eine Diskursanalyse" |
| 2011 - 2014 | Sociology studies at the University of Augsburg (B.A.) |
Publications
- with Céline Gressel (2019): Integrierte Technikentwicklung. TATuP Zeitschrift für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Theorie und Praxis, v. 28, n. 2, S. 71-72, 8 Juli 2019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.14512/tatup.28.2.s71
- Atanisev et al. (2017): Vermessen und Teilen - Praktiken und Diskurse des Teilens digitaler Selbstvermessungsdaten http://dx.doi.org/10.15496/publikation-16665
Lectures
- 27 August 2020, ECPR Virtual General Conference 2020: "Encouraging the development of ethically and societally ‘desirable’ technologies through innovation governance" together with Cora Bieß and Maria Pawelec
- 18 August 2020, EASST 4S: "Governing technology innovation processes for ethically 'desirable' societal transformation" together with Cora Bieß and Maria Pawelec
- 29 November 2019, Tagung Demokratische Wissenschafts- und Technikgestaltung heute: "Governance of Autonomous Driving"
- 11 November 2019, SAS at HLRS: "Artificial Intelligence: Interconnection between Society and Technology"
Teaching
| WiSe 19/20 | Together with Matthias Leger: Techniksoziologie: theoretische Grundlagen und praktische Annäherung am Institut für Soziologie (Universität Tübingen) |