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Prof. Dr. Anne K. Krüger

Research Group Lead

About

Anne K. Krüger is Research Group Lead of the Research Group: Reorganisation of Knowledge Practices. She is a sociologist studying the reorganization of knowledge practices and evaluation through digitalization. Her research is situated at the intersection of Critical Data Studies, Organizational Sociology, the Sociology of Valuation and Evaluation, and Science and Technology Studies. She is currently working on digital infrastructures in research evaluation and the use of generative AI in science. 

Anne holds a doctoral degree from Humboldt University Berlin and completed her habilitation at Technical University Berlin. She has worked at the Universities of Göttingen, Potsdam, and Humboldt University Berlin, and has led research projects at the German Center for Higher Education and Science Research (DZHW) and the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW).

She is currently Guest professor for Organizational sociology at TU Berlin.

Recent publications include the textbook "Soziologie des Wertens und Bewertens" published by utb and the Routledge International Handbook of Valuation and Society.

Contact

Organisation
Weizenbaum-Institut e.V.
Phone
+49 30 700 141 149
Socials

Fields of Research

Anne K. Krüger conducts research on:

  • critical data studies
  • organizationstudies
  • science and technology studies
  • sociology of valuation and evaluationsocial studies of science

Forschungsprojekte

Generative AI in science. How is scientific practice changing?
The research project investigates the impact of generative AI tools (genAI) on scientific practice and knowledge production.
Between Economy and Democracy: Reorganizing Research Evaluation through Metadata in the Digital Era
This project explores the reorientation of research evaluation through metadata in the digital age.
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ELIZA reloaded
The "ELIZA reloaded" project investigated the transformation of knowledge work through the use of generative language-based AI systems. The focus was on three areas: Programming, science and consulting.
Neue Daten, neues Wissen? Infrastrukturen der Leistungsbewertung in der Wissenschaft (NeDa)
Das Projekt untersuchte die digitalen Infrastrukturen der Datenerhebung und -auswertung von wissenschaftlicher Leistung und ihre Folgen für die Praktiken der Forschungsevaluation und das Verständnis von wissenschaftlicher Praxis.

Committees and functions

Committees:

  • Member of the Konzil of the German Sociological Associoation
  • Spokesperson of the Section Science and Technology Studies in the German Sociological Association

Memberships:

  • German Sociological Association
  • European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST)
  • European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS)

Publications

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