Dr. Klara-Aylin Wenten
Research Assistant, Unit: Sociological Theory
- Telephone
- +49 561 804-3097
- Klara-Aylin.Wenten[at]uni-kassel[dot]de
- Website
- Soziologische Theorie
- Location
- Nora-Platiel-Straße 5
34127 Kassel
- Room
- Nora-Platiel 5, Raum 3111
Research Interests:
- (Feminist) Science and Technology Studies
- Sociology of work and industry
- Sociology of emotions
- Affects and emotions in the development of technology
- Work management and digitalization
Since 09/2023
Research assistant at the Department of Sociological Theory, University of Kassel
07/2022-08/2023
Head/Coordinator of the doctoral program "Vermittlung und Übersetzung im Wandel. Relationale Praktiken der Differenzbearbeitung angesichts neuer Grenzen der Teilhabe an Wissen und Arbeit", Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
02/2022
PhD at the Department of Science, Technology and Society, Technical University of Munich
2015-2018
Research assistant at the Chair of Sociology of Science, Technical University of Munich
2014-2015
Study of Science, Technology and Society (MSc) at University College London
2013-2014
Academic stay abroad at the Département d'histoire, Université de Montréal, Canada
2010-2014
Study of Culture and Technology with core subject History of Science and Technology (B.A.) at the Technical University of Berlin
Awards and scholarships:
2018-2021
Doctoral scholarship from the Hans Böckler Foundation
2016-2017
Fellowship "Freies Wissen. Making science open" from the Stifterverband für die deutsche Wissenschaft and Wikimedia
2014
Prize for Best Contribution to the Department of Science and Technology Studies, University College London
Memberships:
European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST)
Center for Emancipatory Technology Research (ZET)
German Sociological Association (DGS)
International Sociological Association (ISA)
SoSe 2023
Is it all a question of the right technology? Current debates and theories on the relationship between technology and society
Institute of Education, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
WiSe 2017/18
Work is half of life?! Introduction to the sociology of work
School of Governance, TU Munich
SoSe 2017
Is it all a question of the right technology? Introduction to the sociology of technology & science and technology studies
School of Governance, TU Munich
WiSe 2016/17
Basic course II: Sociological theories
School of Education, TU Munich
SoSe 2016
Basic course I: Introduction to sociology
School of Education, TU Munich
Articles (peer-reviewed)
Coban, Alev/Wenten, Klara-Aylin (2021): Who Cares for Agile Work? In/Visiblized Work Practices and their Emancipatory Potentials. In: Nanoethics, Vol. 15, pp. 15-70[Open Access].
Dickel, Sascha/Schneider, Christoph/Thiem, Carolin/Wenten, Klara-Aylin (2019): Engineering Publics: The Different Modes of Civic Technoscience. In: Science and Technology Studies Journal. The Many Modes of Citizen Science. Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 8-23[Open Access].
Articles in edited volumes
Wenten, Klara-Aylin (2019): Controlling Labor in Makeathons. On the Recuperation of Emancipation in Industrial Labor Processes. In: Meyer, Uli/Seibt, David/Schaupp, Simon (eds.): Emancipation and Domination in Digitalized Industries. London: Palgrave MacMillan, pp. 153-177.
Editorships
Dinkelaker, Jörg/Wenten, Klara-Aylin (forthcoming, ed.): Translations and Participation. Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives, Bielefeld: transcript.
Frey, Philipp/Schaupp, Simon/Wenten, Klara-Aylin (2021). Towards Emancipatory Technology Studies. In: Nanoethics, Vol. 15, pp. 19-27[Open Access].
Monographs
Wenten, Klara-Aylin (forthcoming). The Mechanisms of Agile Management. London: Routledge. [Link]
Reviews
Wenten, Klara-Aylin (2023): Von der Kraft, die es braucht, Widerstand zu leisten. Rezension zu „Die wunden Punkten von Google, Amazon, Deutsche Wohnen & Co. Was tun gegen die Macht der Konzerne?“ by Nina Scholz. In: Soziopolis. [Link]
Wenten, Klara-Aylin (2019): Prognostizierst du noch oder simulierst du schon? review about "Die Echtzeitgesellschaft. Wie smarte Technik unser Leben steuert" by Johannes Weyer. In Soziopolis [Link]