Valentin Niebler
@vni.bsky.social
🐡 social scientist & ethnographer
🌸 labor, migration, class
✏️ Humboldt Universität Berlin
✊ https://www.payday-ev.de/
🌸 labor, migration, class
✏️ Humboldt Universität Berlin
✊ https://www.payday-ev.de/
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There has been a remarkable change in the ethnic and racial composition of Berlin's low wage workforce. In this piece with Sanam Roohi, I wrote about immigration procedures that claimed to recruit skilled workers, but became a pipeline to low wage work. www.thenewsminute.com/voices/why-g...
Why Germany’s Opportunity Card may be a migration trap for Indians
Follow TNM's WhatsApp channel for news updates and story links.Priya* a 36-year-old woman from Pune, had spent nine years steadily building a career i
www.thenewsminute.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:49 AM
There has been a remarkable change in the ethnic and racial composition of Berlin's low wage workforce. In this piece with Sanam Roohi, I wrote about immigration procedures that claimed to recruit skilled workers, but became a pipeline to low wage work. www.thenewsminute.com/voices/why-g...
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Zohran Mamdani zwingt Uber Eats, Fantuan & Hungry Panda zu 4,6 Mio. Dollar Lohnnachzahlung an Kurierfahrer:innen.
Ausbeutung durch „Algorithmen“ ist kein Versehen, sondern ein Geschäftsmodell – und genau das wird hier lokal/realpolitisch angegangen.
futurism.com/future-socie...
Ausbeutung durch „Algorithmen“ ist kein Versehen, sondern ein Geschäftsmodell – und genau das wird hier lokal/realpolitisch angegangen.
futurism.com/future-socie...
Mamdani Forces Delivery Apps to Pay Back $4.6 Million Cheated From Drivers
New York City's new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, has already scored a major win for deliveristas working for three delivery giants.
futurism.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Zohran Mamdani zwingt Uber Eats, Fantuan & Hungry Panda zu 4,6 Mio. Dollar Lohnnachzahlung an Kurierfahrer:innen.
Ausbeutung durch „Algorithmen“ ist kein Versehen, sondern ein Geschäftsmodell – und genau das wird hier lokal/realpolitisch angegangen.
futurism.com/future-socie...
Ausbeutung durch „Algorithmen“ ist kein Versehen, sondern ein Geschäftsmodell – und genau das wird hier lokal/realpolitisch angegangen.
futurism.com/future-socie...
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New book out!!🎉💫 How do border regimes restructure life and labour for migrant workers? How do migrantized workers struggle for a better life against all odds - and in doing so, shape the world?
@gabriellaalberti.bsky.social @elgarpublishing.bsky.social
www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/mig...
@gabriellaalberti.bsky.social @elgarpublishing.bsky.social
www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/mig...
January 23, 2026 at 11:05 AM
New book out!!🎉💫 How do border regimes restructure life and labour for migrant workers? How do migrantized workers struggle for a better life against all odds - and in doing so, shape the world?
@gabriellaalberti.bsky.social @elgarpublishing.bsky.social
www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/mig...
@gabriellaalberti.bsky.social @elgarpublishing.bsky.social
www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/mig...
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Finally made it to bluesky, just to share my conversation with Jan Groos about socialisation as transformation strategy 🙂
A new episode of Future Histories Live!
This time I talk to Rabea Berfelde ( @ktbberlin.bsky.social, @humboldtuni.bsky.social) about socialisation, its history, and contemporary movements.
Recorded during the 2025 Rethinking Economics Summer School Switzerland.
Full Episode: buff.ly/EeUb9Wj
This time I talk to Rabea Berfelde ( @ktbberlin.bsky.social, @humboldtuni.bsky.social) about socialisation, its history, and contemporary movements.
Recorded during the 2025 Rethinking Economics Summer School Switzerland.
Full Episode: buff.ly/EeUb9Wj
January 7, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Finally made it to bluesky, just to share my conversation with Jan Groos about socialisation as transformation strategy 🙂
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Very cool to see the paper @js-tan.bsky.social, @emilymazo.bsky.social & I wrote in @nytimes.com by @noamscheiber.bsky.social. TLDR; worker voice matters.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/b...
Thx @ilrreview.bsky.social, @equitablegrowth.bsky.social, @techactions.bsky.social for making this possible!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/b...
Thx @ilrreview.bsky.social, @equitablegrowth.bsky.social, @techactions.bsky.social for making this possible!
Despite Crackdown on Activism, Tech Employees Are Still Picking Fights
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Very cool to see the paper @js-tan.bsky.social, @emilymazo.bsky.social & I wrote in @nytimes.com by @noamscheiber.bsky.social. TLDR; worker voice matters.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/b...
Thx @ilrreview.bsky.social, @equitablegrowth.bsky.social, @techactions.bsky.social for making this possible!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/b...
Thx @ilrreview.bsky.social, @equitablegrowth.bsky.social, @techactions.bsky.social for making this possible!
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@anthropologyofwork.bsky.social
Editorial Collective invites contributions to P 159 “The work of resistance: possibilities of labour in polarizing worlds” at #EASA2026
CfP closes on 26 Jan 26
See you in Poznan!
#anthropology
@saw-anthroofwork.bsky.social
Editorial Collective invites contributions to P 159 “The work of resistance: possibilities of labour in polarizing worlds” at #EASA2026
CfP closes on 26 Jan 26
See you in Poznan!
#anthropology
@saw-anthroofwork.bsky.social
The editorial collective of @anthropologyofwork.bsky.social and the #Anthropology_of_Labour network invite contributions exploring how different polarisations in the world today are both reconfiguring work and giving rise to new forms of resistance and solidarity #EASA2026
@easainfo.bsky.social
@easainfo.bsky.social
P159: The Work of Resistance: Possibilities for Labour in Polarising Worlds [Anthropology of Labour (AoL)]
This panel sponsored by the Anthropology of Labour Network and the journal Anthropology of Work Review will explore how different polarisations in the world today are both reconfiguring work and givin...
nomadit.co.uk
January 6, 2026 at 5:49 PM
@anthropologyofwork.bsky.social
Editorial Collective invites contributions to P 159 “The work of resistance: possibilities of labour in polarizing worlds” at #EASA2026
CfP closes on 26 Jan 26
See you in Poznan!
#anthropology
@saw-anthroofwork.bsky.social
Editorial Collective invites contributions to P 159 “The work of resistance: possibilities of labour in polarizing worlds” at #EASA2026
CfP closes on 26 Jan 26
See you in Poznan!
#anthropology
@saw-anthroofwork.bsky.social
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22.1. in Aquarium Berlin: Krise und kollektive Handlungsfähigkeit. Ein Gespräch zur Politik von Gegengemeinschaften. Mit Daniel Loick, Rahel Jaeggi und Thomas Seibert, moderiert von Charlie Ebert. @ktbberlin.bsky.social
criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/krise-...
criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/krise-...
Krise und kollektive Handlungsfähigkeit. Ein Gespräch zur Politik von Gegengemeinschaften - KTB
Mit Daniel Loick, Rahel Jaeggi und Thomas Seibert, moderiert von Charlie Ebert
criticaltheoryinberlin.de
January 6, 2026 at 8:57 AM
22.1. in Aquarium Berlin: Krise und kollektive Handlungsfähigkeit. Ein Gespräch zur Politik von Gegengemeinschaften. Mit Daniel Loick, Rahel Jaeggi und Thomas Seibert, moderiert von Charlie Ebert. @ktbberlin.bsky.social
criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/krise-...
criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/krise-...
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Durch die gegenwärtigen Konflikte und Kriege wird der Imperialismus-Begriff wieder geläufig. Doch was ist Imperialismus? @rheinze.myatproto.social
Was ist Imperialismus?
Wie sich der umkämpfte Begriff verändert hat und was er noch erklären kann
www.akweb.de
January 5, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Durch die gegenwärtigen Konflikte und Kriege wird der Imperialismus-Begriff wieder geläufig. Doch was ist Imperialismus? @rheinze.myatproto.social
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New School “administrators have started to implement a plan to close, overhaul or merge about 30 academic programs or majors; pause nearly all admissions to doctoral programs; and offer buyouts or early retirement to what professors say is about 40 percent of the full-time faculty.”
Falling Enrollment, Money Woes: The New School Seeks a Path to Survival
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
New School “administrators have started to implement a plan to close, overhaul or merge about 30 academic programs or majors; pause nearly all admissions to doctoral programs; and offer buyouts or early retirement to what professors say is about 40 percent of the full-time faculty.”
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Wir machen diese tolle Veranstaltung Ende Januar! Ich freue mich schon sehr!
December 16, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Wir machen diese tolle Veranstaltung Ende Januar! Ich freue mich schon sehr!
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In memoriam: Asad Haider (1987–2025).
In memoriam: Asad Haider (1987-2025) - Historical Materialism
‘Our subjective horizon is the optimism of the intellect; our objective, structuring condition is pessimism of the will. Without optimism of the intellect, we have the party without the people. Withou...
www.historicalmaterialism.org
December 14, 2025 at 11:22 AM
In memoriam: Asad Haider (1987–2025).
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When higher ed is under attack by the twin forces of authoritarianism & austerity, institutions like the New School that have historically been bulwarks of critical education & anti-fascism should be strengthened rather than destroyed. What an utter failure of leadership & imagination
So grateful for the amazing graduate students who wrote this 'Open Letter on The New School’s “Restructuring” Plans', published on @eflux.bsky.social (including link with petition to condemn admin!) @newschoolaaup.bsky.social www.e-flux.com/notes/678343...
Open Letter on The New School’s “Restructuring” Plans - Notes - e-flux
Signed by hundreds of faculty, students, and supporters, this letter refutes the claim that a radical “restructuring” of the The New School for Social Research is financially necessary.
www.e-flux.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:36 PM
When higher ed is under attack by the twin forces of authoritarianism & austerity, institutions like the New School that have historically been bulwarks of critical education & anti-fascism should be strengthened rather than destroyed. What an utter failure of leadership & imagination
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Murat Çakir‘s piece on the early self-organization of Turkish migrants in Germany – first published in my book «Der lange Marsch der Migration» – is now available in English. www.rosalux.de/en/news/id/5...
Building the Left in the Turkish Diaspora - Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung
A brief history of Turkish self-organization in the two Germanies before and after 1989
www.rosalux.de
December 3, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Murat Çakir‘s piece on the early self-organization of Turkish migrants in Germany – first published in my book «Der lange Marsch der Migration» – is now available in English. www.rosalux.de/en/news/id/5...
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Laut RBB-Inforadio will Bundesarbeitsministerin Bärbel Bas (SPD) Subunternehmen in der Lieferbranche verbieten. Ein entsprechendes Direktanstellungsgebot werde vor dem Hintergrund anhaltender Arbeitsrechtsvertöße geprüft, sagte Bas.
December 2, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Laut RBB-Inforadio will Bundesarbeitsministerin Bärbel Bas (SPD) Subunternehmen in der Lieferbranche verbieten. Ein entsprechendes Direktanstellungsgebot werde vor dem Hintergrund anhaltender Arbeitsrechtsvertöße geprüft, sagte Bas.
'Inquiry and Co-Research Today: Contemporary Practices and Perspectives', edited by Emiliana Armano
Free download: www.teseopress.com/inquiryandco...
Free download: www.teseopress.com/inquiryandco...
Inquiry and Co-Research Today
In an age of platform capitalism, algorithmic management, and precarious subjectivity, how can social research maintain its transformative power? This groundbreaking collection opens vital conversatio...
www.teseopress.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM
'Inquiry and Co-Research Today: Contemporary Practices and Perspectives', edited by Emiliana Armano
Free download: www.teseopress.com/inquiryandco...
Free download: www.teseopress.com/inquiryandco...
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Vector for Workers: Models of Automation and Autonomy in the Long AI Century
hdl.handle.net/10278/5099627 [preprint]
Deutscher Memorial Prize Lecture - XXII Historical Materialism Conference - 7 November 2025, SOAS University of London
In memoriam Paolo Virno (1952-2025)
hdl.handle.net/10278/5099627 [preprint]
Deutscher Memorial Prize Lecture - XXII Historical Materialism Conference - 7 November 2025, SOAS University of London
In memoriam Paolo Virno (1952-2025)
November 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Vector for Workers: Models of Automation and Autonomy in the Long AI Century
hdl.handle.net/10278/5099627 [preprint]
Deutscher Memorial Prize Lecture - XXII Historical Materialism Conference - 7 November 2025, SOAS University of London
In memoriam Paolo Virno (1952-2025)
hdl.handle.net/10278/5099627 [preprint]
Deutscher Memorial Prize Lecture - XXII Historical Materialism Conference - 7 November 2025, SOAS University of London
In memoriam Paolo Virno (1952-2025)
Part of this promising new book: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Migrant Labour in the Gig Economy
This book compares migrant labour in platform capitalism globally, revealing exploitation and resistance in the digital economy and gig work
link.springer.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Part of this promising new book: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Interesting article about solidarity between software workers and gig workers in Bengaluru - shows in detail how shared migration experiences can serve as a ground for inter-class organizing. By @dipsitadhar.bsky.social, @ashiquealit.bsky.social, S. Bhattacharya: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
Transversal Unionism: Resisting and Navigating a Neoliberal City Through Identity and Labour Power
Digital labour platform (DLP) workers and migrant workers represent two distinct yet often intersecting categories of labour shaped by India’s rapid urbanization and replication of the Silicon V...
link.springer.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Interesting article about solidarity between software workers and gig workers in Bengaluru - shows in detail how shared migration experiences can serve as a ground for inter-class organizing. By @dipsitadhar.bsky.social, @ashiquealit.bsky.social, S. Bhattacharya: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
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Our new book, Notes Toward a Digital Workers’ Inquiry, is out today!
Use the code DIGI-WORKERS-HOMIE on the @commonnotions.bsky.social site for a 25% discount
Use the code DIGI-WORKERS-HOMIE on the @commonnotions.bsky.social site for a 25% discount
November 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Our new book, Notes Toward a Digital Workers’ Inquiry, is out today!
Use the code DIGI-WORKERS-HOMIE on the @commonnotions.bsky.social site for a 25% discount
Use the code DIGI-WORKERS-HOMIE on the @commonnotions.bsky.social site for a 25% discount
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Happy to launch Portolan, an internationalist journal associated with Duke UP's South Atlantic Quarterly, edited by Michael Hardt, Sandro Mezzadra, Niccolò Cuppini, & myself
"Capital & the Global War Regime" by Michael & Sandro is now available on the site.
Please spread the word!
(Link below)
"Capital & the Global War Regime" by Michael & Sandro is now available on the site.
Please spread the word!
(Link below)
October 31, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Happy to launch Portolan, an internationalist journal associated with Duke UP's South Atlantic Quarterly, edited by Michael Hardt, Sandro Mezzadra, Niccolò Cuppini, & myself
"Capital & the Global War Regime" by Michael & Sandro is now available on the site.
Please spread the word!
(Link below)
"Capital & the Global War Regime" by Michael & Sandro is now available on the site.
Please spread the word!
(Link below)
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Wir sind gewohnt, Menschen nach Geschlecht, Rasse, Alter oder Intelligenz zu unterscheiden. Doch diese Differenzierungen sind höchst ungewiss. Étienne Balibar zeigt, dass sie sich nie eindeutig bestimmen lassen und immer wieder institutionell festgeschrieben werden müssen. Out!
October 13, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Wir sind gewohnt, Menschen nach Geschlecht, Rasse, Alter oder Intelligenz zu unterscheiden. Doch diese Differenzierungen sind höchst ungewiss. Étienne Balibar zeigt, dass sie sich nie eindeutig bestimmen lassen und immer wieder institutionell festgeschrieben werden müssen. Out!
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Für den @tagesspiegel.de habe ich Shivam Kumar portraitiert, der für ein Studium an einer Privatuni nach Berlin gekommen ist, der verschuldet ist, Probleme mit seinem Visum, seinem Job und seiner Wohnsituation hat. Er ist einer von tausenden Inder*innen, um die Deutschland in Indien geworben hat.
Angeworben und ausgebeutet: Wie junge Inder in Berlin zum Geschäft werden
Shivam Kumar hatte einen Traum: einen deutschen Hochschulabschluss. 25.000 Euro waren vor Studienbeginn in Berlin fällig. Hier muss er aber nun vor allem in der Gastronomie arbeiten. Um sein Visum mus...
www.tagesspiegel.de
October 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Für den @tagesspiegel.de habe ich Shivam Kumar portraitiert, der für ein Studium an einer Privatuni nach Berlin gekommen ist, der verschuldet ist, Probleme mit seinem Visum, seinem Job und seiner Wohnsituation hat. Er ist einer von tausenden Inder*innen, um die Deutschland in Indien geworben hat.
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morgen 18–20 Uhr
Patrick Eiden-Offe:
Was ist Faschisierung? Einige theorie- und begriffshistorische Vorüberlegungen
(hybrid)
infos hier:
krisol-wissenschaft.org/fascisation/
Patrick Eiden-Offe:
Was ist Faschisierung? Einige theorie- und begriffshistorische Vorüberlegungen
(hybrid)
infos hier:
krisol-wissenschaft.org/fascisation/
October 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM
morgen 18–20 Uhr
Patrick Eiden-Offe:
Was ist Faschisierung? Einige theorie- und begriffshistorische Vorüberlegungen
(hybrid)
infos hier:
krisol-wissenschaft.org/fascisation/
Patrick Eiden-Offe:
Was ist Faschisierung? Einige theorie- und begriffshistorische Vorüberlegungen
(hybrid)
infos hier:
krisol-wissenschaft.org/fascisation/
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📢 New article alert 📢 "Unlikely Organizers: The Rise of Tech Worker Labor Activism" is out with @ilrreview.bsky.social
@js-tan.bsky.social, @emilymazo.bsky.social, and I find tech cos with political and social activism in the workplace saw 1.3x more labor activism in the next 6-12 months (1/2)
@js-tan.bsky.social, @emilymazo.bsky.social, and I find tech cos with political and social activism in the workplace saw 1.3x more labor activism in the next 6-12 months (1/2)
October 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
📢 New article alert 📢 "Unlikely Organizers: The Rise of Tech Worker Labor Activism" is out with @ilrreview.bsky.social
@js-tan.bsky.social, @emilymazo.bsky.social, and I find tech cos with political and social activism in the workplace saw 1.3x more labor activism in the next 6-12 months (1/2)
@js-tan.bsky.social, @emilymazo.bsky.social, and I find tech cos with political and social activism in the workplace saw 1.3x more labor activism in the next 6-12 months (1/2)
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„Das bringt dir Wolt.“ Hm, und wenn du ein*e Fahrer*in bist? Über #Lieferdienste und deren illegale Praktiken berichtet das #ZDF im Magazin #WISO. in einem spannenden Beitrag. Valentin #Niebler (BIM) spricht als Experte. Hier geht's zur Sendung und zum Paper: www.bim.hu-berlin.de/de/aktuelles...
ZDF-Beitrag über Lieferdienste
Das Magazin WISO berichtet in einem spannenden Beitrag über die Arbeitsbedingungen bei Lieferdiensten wie Wolt, Valentin Niebler (BIM) wird als Experte dazu befragt. / The magazine WISO reports in an ...
www.bim.hu-berlin.de
August 28, 2025 at 10:51 AM
„Das bringt dir Wolt.“ Hm, und wenn du ein*e Fahrer*in bist? Über #Lieferdienste und deren illegale Praktiken berichtet das #ZDF im Magazin #WISO. in einem spannenden Beitrag. Valentin #Niebler (BIM) spricht als Experte. Hier geht's zur Sendung und zum Paper: www.bim.hu-berlin.de/de/aktuelles...