Thread by @WolfieChristl

Grant proposal accepted, yess! 😀

@Arbeiterkammer will fund a 1.5y project that brings my German-language research on how employers use data on workers to a European level, from September, together with @JeremiasPrassl, @algorithmwatch, @GewerkschaftGPA, @UNI_Europa and others.

@Arbeiterkammer @JeremiasPrassl @algorithmwatch @GewerkschaftGPA @UNI_Europa The last decade has been quite a ride for me, from co-creating a browser game on surveillance and privacy in 2012 to getting into cross-disciplinary research on today's digital economy with a strong focus on consumer data, rooted in my background in technology, sociology et al.

When I published a first report on commercial data practices in 2014, which was followed by several other projects in this area, I also started to train Austrian unions and work councils on privacy and data protection, and listened to many experiences with workplace datafication.

From 2019 I took a deep dive into enterprise software, from ERP to HR to cybersecurity, from manufacturing execution systems to MS365, from task/workflow/process management to the mobile app as a boss, from performance rating to automated control, from low-wage to knowledge work.

In Sept 2021, I published a German-lang report on surveillance and digital control at work, including a first iteration of a map of systems and technologies that process data on employees.

Now I am really excited that I'll be able to further investigate these issues! #staytuned

Please get in touch if you know nefarious examples or examples that appear to be very common but are actually really relevant, or people who know a lot about data practices at work in specific European countries, or if you generally work on similar stuff!

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