Dr. Nicolas Zehner
B04: Lokative Medien IIWissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
Technische Universität Berlin
Sekretariat BH 5-1 | Raum BH-N 204
Ernst-Reuter-Platz 1
10587 Berlin
Vita
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Relevant Work Expierence
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since 2023
Technical University Berlin | Berlin, Germany
- Post-doctoral researcher at Collaborative research centre 1265 “Re-Figuration of Spaces”
- Subproject “Locative Media II: New Spatial Realities between Conflict and Coexistence”
(Supervisor: Prof Ingo Schulz-Schaeffer) -
2023
Weizenbaum Institute | Berlin, Germany
Associated researcher at “Digitalisation, Sustainability, Participation” research group (Supervisor: Dr. André Ullrich) -
2023
Weizenbaum Institute | Berlin, Germany
- Open Research Fellow at “Digitalisation, Sustainability, Participation” research group (Supervisor: Dr. André Ullrich) -
since 2023
The University of Edinburgh | Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Research Affiliate at Edinburgh Futures Institute -
2021
The University of Edinburgh | Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Research assistant, conducting a mapping exercise on cities and infrastructures-related research in the College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences -
Edcuation
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2018–2023
The University of Edinburgh | Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Ph.D. Sociology (Supervisors: Prof. Nick Prior, Dr. Nathan Coombs)
- Dissertation title: “Envisaging Dataist Modernity: The Construction of Edinburgh’s Innovation Apparatus” -
2021–2022
Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Pre-doctoral fellowship at Program on Science, Technology and Society
- Supervisor: Prof. Sheila Jasanoff -
2016–2017
The University of Warwick | Coventry, United Kingdom
- M.A. International Political Economy. Distinction (Top 5%)
- Dissertation title: How does Social Acceleration Influence the Imagination of Alternative Economic
Futures? -
2012–2016
Zeppelin University | Friedrichshafen, Germany
- B.A. Sociology, Politics & Economics. Final mark: 1.7 -
2014
Sun Yat-Sen University | Guangzhou, China
- Semester abroad at School of Government and Lingnan College
Forschungsschwerpunkte
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Smart urbanism
Civic technology
Higher education-driven urban development
Urban futuring
Publikationen
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Peer-reviewed book chapter
“The Civic University as a Key Agent in the Production of Urban Space” in: McGregor, C., Currie, M and Knox, J. (2022) “Data Justice and the Right to the City”, Edinburgh University Press.
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Working Papers
Submitted at Social Studies of Science: “Re-exploring the university as an infrastructure of becoming: epistemic virtues in times of radical uncertainty“
Submitted at AI and Society: “AI, Environmental Protection and the Promise of Participation”
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Reviews
Double book review of Göran Therborn (2017) Cities of Power. The Urban, the National, the Popular, the Global and Michael Sorkin (2018) What goes up. The Right and Wrongs to the City in: Environment and Planning D: Society and Space.
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Blogposts
“The role of scientific expertise in the drive for ‘smart urbanism’ in the Edinburgh City region”. Accessible here: https://www.skape.ed.ac.uk/the-role-of-scientific-expertise-in-the-drive-for-smart- urbanism-in-the-edinburgh-city-region/