Christina Hecht
@checht65.bsky.social
sociologist, digitalization and platform economy at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
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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
Spende jetzt unter:
netzpolitik.org/digitalfights
Digital Fights!
netzpolitik.org
December 16, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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
Spende jetzt unter:
netzpolitik.org/digitalfights
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 :)
December 11, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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 :)
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📣 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...
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)
www.weizenbaum-institut.de
December 8, 2025 at 10:19 AM
📣 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...
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...
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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/...
www.weizenbaum-institut.de/en/research/...
Local Digital Public Spheres
www.weizenbaum-institut.de
December 2, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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/...
www.weizenbaum-institut.de/en/research/...
Datenzugänge für Forschung wegvereinfachen…und damit auch unser Verständnis von Plattformen.
Weil 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:
Datenspende: „Digitaler Omnibus“ könnte Forschung zu Big-Tech erschweren
Weil 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 Datenauskunfts...
netzpolitik.org
November 26, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Datenzugänge für Forschung wegvereinfachen…und damit auch unser Verständnis von Plattformen.
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📢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...
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“
sfb1265.de
November 24, 2025 at 1:42 PM
📢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...
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...
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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...
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...
www.tu.berlin
November 21, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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...
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...
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...
doi.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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...
More here: doi.org/10.1162/euso...
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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/...
"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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September 9, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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/...
"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/
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/
August 3, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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/
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/
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📢 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...
doi.org/10.1177/1558...
Call for Papers: Mixed Methods Research for Socio-Spatial Studies - Vivien Sommer, Daniela Stoltenberg, Ludovica Tomarchio, 2025
doi.org
April 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
📢 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...
doi.org/10.1177/1558...
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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
📅 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
hfp.heyrecruit.de
April 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
🚨 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
📅 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
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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...
meresophistry.substack.com/p/the-mental...
The mental tyranny of AI writing
An arduously long blog post
meresophistry.substack.com
March 29, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I wrote a very long blog post about AI writing. I hope you'll read it.
meresophistry.substack.com/p/the-mental...
meresophistry.substack.com/p/the-mental...
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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!
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...
Alle Texte gibt es #openaccess unter: link.springer.com/journal/1160...
February 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
📢Das neue Schwerpunktheft zu „StadtRaum und Eigentum“ ist soeben im Berliner Journal erschienen. Mit Beiträgen aus dem #sfb1265 zu Airbnb und Wohnungspolitik!
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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. 💙
November 13, 2024 at 5:24 PM
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. 💙
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„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...
#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.
taz.de
November 12, 2024 at 1:31 PM
„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...
#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...
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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...
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...
sfb1265.de
July 12, 2024 at 8:32 AM
📢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...
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...
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ich suche Literaturtipps für ethnographische Beobachtungen von Großdemonstrationen.
July 3, 2024 at 12:50 PM
ich suche Literaturtipps für ethnographische Beobachtungen von Großdemonstrationen.
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Reposted by Christina Hecht
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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.
cartography-of-generative-ai.net
Yes, give me the map-splaining. Give me the materiality of digital media. Show me the labour.
April 2, 2024 at 8:24 PM
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.
cartography-of-generative-ai.net
Yes, give me the map-splaining. Give me the materiality of digital media. Show me the labour.
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hello bsky historians: are there any good resources for tips about how to navigate gaining access to corporate archives?
January 26, 2024 at 6:36 PM
hello bsky historians: are there any good resources for tips about how to navigate gaining access to corporate archives?
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Gut, dann hört der ganze Quatsch hoffentlich bald auf!
‘Impossible’ to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says
‘Impossible’ to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says
Pressure grows on artificial intelligence firms over the content used to train their productsBusiness live – latest updatesThe developer OpenAI has said it would be impossible to create tools like its groundbreaking chatbot ChatGPT without access to copyrighted material, as pressure grows on artificial intelligence firms over the content used to train their products.Chatbots such as ChatGPT and image generators like Stable Diffusion are “trained” on a vast trove of data taken from the internet, with much of it covered by copyright – a legal protection against someone’s work being used without permission. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2024 at 6:37 PM
Gut, dann hört der ganze Quatsch hoffentlich bald auf!
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November 15, 2023 at 3:50 PM