Overview
Professor Malte Ziewitz studies the changing role of science, technology, and computation in our lives—the dynamics at work, the values at stake, the design options at hand. His work is ethnographic in orientation, paying close attention to how computational technologies are established, undermined, maintained, and challenged on a daily basis. His recent work looked at the lived experiences of credit scoring subjects, the search engine optimization (SEO) industry, and attempts at algorithmic regulation.
His research has been supported by an , a , a PGP Corporation Scholarship, and grants from the Economic and Social Research Council, the Foundation for the Sociology of Health & Illness, the German Academic Exchange Service, and the NSF. At Cornell, he directs the . During the 2023-2024 academic year, he was a member at the in Princeton, NJ.
Previously, Malte was a postdoctoral fellow at New York University's and . He also worked as a junior researcher at the . He holds a D.Phil. from Oxford University, an M.P.A. from Harvard University, and a First State Exam in Law from the University of Hamburg.
Research Focus
Science & technology studies (STS); sociology of (e)valuation; mundane governance; digital media; audit cultures; ethnography; ethnomethodology
Publications
- Ziewitz M (2024). On STS and Valuation. In: Krüger A. K., Peetz T. and H. Schäfer (eds): The Routledge International Handbook of Valuation and Society. Abingdon; New York, NY: Routledge.
- Meisner C, Duffy B, and Ziewitz M (2022). New Media & Society. OnlineFirst: 14614448211063860.
- Ziewitz, M. and R. Singh (2021). . Big Data & Society 8(2): 20539517211061120.
- Ziewitz, M. (2019). . Social Studies of Science 49(5): 707-731.
- Ziewitz, M. and M. Lynch (2018). . Engaging Science, Technology, and Society 4: 366-385.
- Ziewitz, M. (2017). . Big Data & Society 4(2): 1-13.
- Ziewitz, M. (2017). . Social Science & Medicine 175: 99-108.
- Ziewitz, M. (2016). . Science, Technology, and Human Values 41(1): 3-16.
- Ziewitz, M. and C. Pentzold (2014). . New Media & Society 16(2): 306-322.
- Barocas, S., Hood, S. and M. Ziewitz (2013). . Discussion paper for Governing Algorithms conference, May 16-17, 2013.
- Ziewitz, M. and I. Brown (2013). A prehistory of internet governance. In Research Handbook on Governance of the Internet, ed I. Brown, 3-26. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
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