PhD Projects

How do data-based algorithmic systems affect people who are particularly vulnerable — and what forms of injustice can arise as a result? From a legal philosophy perspective, this dissertation examines how government AI applications in areas such as education, social welfare, asylum, and law enforcement can create individual disadvantages. The focus is on bias typologies, (…)

According to the 2018 LEO study, 6.2 million German-speaking adults in Germany have significant problems with reading and writing. The 2023 PIAAC study also reveals deficits in everyday mathematical competences. Those affected can attend literacy and numeracy courses at adult education centers. But in 2021 there were only around 13,400 enrollments in such courses. Supporting (…)

When looking at the interface between school social work and digitalization, it becomes clear that there is little knowledge and even less insight into the interactions between them. The literature states, among other things, that digitalization “just happens” (Ermel 2020: 42). Nevertheless, it is becoming apparent that digital media affect school social work at different (…)

Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, various groups in Germany and other global regions have protested against governmental measures implemented to combat the virus. The Covid-skeptic scene in Germany particularly utilizes the social media platform Telegram for information exchange and the coordination of protest activities. In my PhD project, distinct anti-Covid communities on Telegram (…)