| Main Focuses |
- Ethnography
- Science and technology studies (STS)
- Digital Sociology
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| Fields of research |
- Digitalisation of everyday life
- Mobilities studies
- Study of infrastructure, maintenance and repair
- Ethnographies of hacker and programmer cultures
- Intimacy & friendship
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| Further fields of research |
- Qualitative research methods
- Digital media’s impact on climate change
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| Education |
- Doctoral degree in Sociology, Lancaster University (2007-2011)
- Masters degree in Sociology, University of Warsaw, Poland (2004-2007)
- Bachelor of Arts, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada (2001-2004)
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| Professional Career |
- Junior Professor for Digital Sociality, Institute for Culture and Aesthetics of Digital Media, Leuphana University Lüneburg (November 2017-March 2020)
- Visiting Research Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study Konstanz, University of Konstanz (October 2016 – March 2017)
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Digital Cultures Research Lab, Luneburg (2013-2017); this includes being an affiliated Ethnographer, “Reconfiguring Anonymity - Contemporary Forms of Reciprocity, Identifiability and Accountability in Transformation,” led by Prof. Michi Knecht, University of Bremen (2015-2019)
- Assistant Coordinator, Major Digital Media bachelor program, Leuphana University (October 2013-March 2020)
- Postdoctoral Research Associate HafenCity University Hamburg (2012-2013)
- Ethnographer, Low-Budget Urbanity Research Initiative, HafenCity University (2012-2013)
- Lecturer, Department of Cultural and Media Studies, Warsaw School of Social Sciences and Humanities (2010 –2011)
- Ethnographer for Nuffield Foundation small-grant funded project “Polish Migration to the UK: The Material Effects of Imagined Geographies,” led by Dr. Nick Gill, Department of Geography, Lancaster University (October, 2008 – March, 2009)
- Research Assistant for University of Warsaw funded project “Trust Networks: Analyzing the Structure and Function of Trust,” Department of Sociology, University of Warsaw (January, 2007 – April, 2007)
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| Teaching Activities |
- Programmers, Hackers, and Hacks: The People and Practices Behind Our Machines (Spring 2020)
- Integrative Portfolio (Winter and Spring Semesters 2020/2021)
- Software Cultures - Uncovering the Secret World of our Digital Society (Winter 2020)
- The Glamourous Ordinary: Making Films about Work (Winter 2020)
- Sound & Society (Spring 2021)
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| Projects |
- “Zukunft machen. Vergangene und gegenwärtige Zukünfte des Silicon Valleys,” funded by the VolkswagenStiftung with Leuphana University Luneburg, September 2019-present. (Principal Investigator)"
- Neugestaltung der Anonymität - Aktuelle Formen der Gegenseitigkeit, Identifizierbarkeit und Verantwortlichkeit in der Transformation", gefördert von der VolkswagenStiftung, Oktober 2013 - Dezember 2019 (Forschungsteam)
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| Affiliations |
- European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST)
- European Association of Social Anthropologists
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| Additional Information |
Aside from her academic career, you can listen to her music, with her band Paula & Karol, here: https://www.youtube.com/user/PaulaKarolOfficial |