Christina Hecht

Christina Hecht

@checht65.bsky.social

sociologist, digitalization and platform economy at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg

93 Followers 140 Following 6 Posts Joined Oct 2023
2 months ago
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Digital Fights!

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

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3 months ago

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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3 research associates in social science (m/w/d)

📣 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...

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Local Digital Public Spheres

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/...

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3 months ago

Datenzugänge für Forschung wegvereinfachen…und damit auch unser Verständnis von Plattformen.

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Job vacancies at Collaborative Research Center 1265 “Re-Figuration of Spaces” - SFB 1265 „Re-Figuration von Räumen“

📢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...

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3 months ago

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...

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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...

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...

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6 months ago
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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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/...

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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/

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9 months ago

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10 months ago
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Call for Papers: Mixed Methods Research for Socio-Spatial Studies - Vivien Sommer, Daniela Stoltenberg, Ludovica Tomarchio, 2025

📢 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...

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11 months ago
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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

🚨 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

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11 months ago
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The mental tyranny of AI writing An arduously long blog post

I wrote a very long blog post about AI writing. I hope you'll read it.

meresophistry.substack.com/p/the-mental...

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1 year ago

📢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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1 year ago

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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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.

„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...

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1 year ago
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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...

📢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...

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1 year ago

ich suche Literaturtipps für ethnographische Beobachtungen von Großdemonstrationen.

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Observing many researchers using the same data and hypothesis reveals a hidden universe of uncertainty | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences This study explores how researchers’ analytical choices affect the reliability of scientific findings. Most discussions of reliability problems in ...

Why haven't I read this earlier?

t.co/pTrQvEhZBT

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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.

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2 years ago

hello bsky historians: are there any good resources for tips about how to navigate gaining access to corporate archives?

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2 years ago

Gut, dann hört der ganze Quatsch hoffentlich bald auf!

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2 years ago

Danke 💕🐢

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2 years ago

Zugezogen maskulin - Tanz auf dem Vulkan (aber nur kurz in einer Zeile)

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Art meme depicting three ladies, probably from the 18th or 19th century. One of them says "You look great! What's your secret?". Then she answers "boundaries".

Also:
- enough rest
- hobbies
- not overidentifying with my inner academic

Yours?

#academicsky

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2 years ago
Puzzling Spaces and Theoretical Puzzles: Working with Spatial Figures in Project C07 - SFB 1265 „R... Working in the CRC challenges us to translate the broad framework of spatial theory into our empirical work. In this blogpost, we illustrate how we handle this challenge in our project.

"Puzzling Spaces and Theoretical Puzzles" - Together with Stefan Kirchner I wrote a short piece for the @sfb1265.bsky.social blog describing how we work with spatial figures in our project on spatial conflicts in the platform economy, namely Airbnb: sfb1265.de/blog/puzzlin...

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Screenshot der verlinkten Stellenanzeige

Dreijährige 75% WiMi Stelle in Bremen in meinem Projekt. Qualitative Sozialforschung, Gesellschaftstheorie, Verschwörungstheorietheorie: sagt es weiter und bei Fragen: gern Email an mich.

www.uni-bremen.de/universitaet...

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