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Andreas Birkbak is an Assistant Professor in the Techno-Anthropology Research Group in the Department of Learning and Philosophy at Aalborg University (AAU) in Copenhagen. He is also on the Executive Committee of the Techno-Anthropology Lab (@TANTlab). His research focuses on digital publics but he engages broadly with science and technology studies and related fields. Andreas completed his PhD in 2016 at AAU on the topic of how (digital) publicity media contribute to issue politics. He also holds an MSc in Social Science of the Internet (University of Oxford), and an MSc+BSc in Sociology (University of Copenhagen). Funded by an ‘elite researcher’ government grant, he was previously a visiting PhD scholar at the Centre for the Sociology of Innovation at Ecole des Mines and the médialab at Sciences Po, both in Paris (2014), and at the Centre for the Invention and Social Process at Goldsmiths, University of London (2015). He has published in journals such as Science as Culture, Computational Culture, Techné, First Monday, and Design Issues, and also has a book out in Danish on digital methods with Anders Munk (2017).

Education/Academic qualification

PhD, The Techno-Anthropology Research Group

1 Jan 2013 → 29 Jan 2016

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Projects 2013 2018

1 Finished
1 Not started
1 Active

Fremtidens manuelle servicearbejde i hotelbranchen

Birkbak, A. & Lindstrøm, M. D.

01/01/2018 → …

Project: Research

The impact of regulatory approaches targeting collaborative economy in the tourism accommodation sector: Barcelona, Berlin, Amsterdam and Paris

Dredge, D. M., Gyimóthy, S., Jensen, T. E. & Birkbak, A.

Project: Research

PhD Project: Social Media and Technological Democracy

Birkbak, A.

01/01/2013 → 25/05/2016

Project: Research

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Research Output 2012 2019

15 Conference abstract for conference
12 Journal article
4 Book chapter
3 Article in proceeding
8 More

Digital methods contributions to citizen hearings: A techno-anthropological approach to Twitter and technology assessment

Birkbak, A., Madsen, A. K. & Munk, A. K., 2019, (Submitted) Techno-Anthropological Contributions to Technology Assessment. Botin, L. & Børsen, T. (eds.). Rowman & Littlefield International

Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

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Tracing crowds in social media writing

Birkbak, A. & Munk, A. K., 2019, (Accepted/In press).

Research output: Contribution to conference without publisher/journal › Conference abstract for conference › Research › peer-review

48 Downloads (Pure)

Designing with publics that are already busy: A case from Denmark

Birkbak, A., Petersen, M. K. & Jørgensen, T. B., 1 Oct 2018, In : Design Issues. 34, 4, p. 8-20 13 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

Open Access

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Data visualization

Electric sparks

Denmark

Instantiation

Ethnographic

19 Downloads (Pure)

Into the wild online: Learning from Internet trolls

Birkbak, A., 1 May 2018, In : First Monday. 23, 5, 9 p., 3.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

Open Access

File

Internet

Military operations

Labels

Shitstorms, bobler eller sags-orienterede offentligheder? Digitale metoder og kontroverser på sociale medier

Birkbak, A., 2018, In : Dansk Sociologi. 29, 1, p. 37-61 25 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

Open Access

File

Prizes

Eliteforsk Rejsestipendie

Andreas Birkbak (Recipient), 2014

Prize: Prizes, scholarships, distinctions

Institute for Advanced Studies Residential Fellow

Andreas Birkbak (Recipient), 2018

Prize: Prizes, scholarships, distinctions

methodology

Activities 2013 2019

13 Organisation or participation in workshops, courses, or seminars
10 Peer review of manuscripts
5 Guest lecturers
5 Talks and presentations in private or public companies
5 More

4S Conference 2019 - Panel 87: Knowing Democracy

Jan-Peter Voss (Organizer), Andreas Birkbak (Organizer), Brice Laurent (Organizer), Mark Brown (Organizer), Volkan Sayman (Organizer)

2019

Activity: Attending an event › Conference organisation or participation

Algoritmernes politik: Google, Facebook og Twitter som politiske tænkere?

Andreas Birkbak (Lecturer)

29 Apr 2015

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talks and presentations in private or public companies

Big Data & Society (Journal)

Andreas Birkbak (Peer reviewer)

2017 → …

Activity: Editorial work and peer review › Peer review of manuscripts › Research

Digitale metoder er digital tværfaglighed i praksis

Andreas Birkbak (Lecturer)

7 Feb 2019

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talks and presentations in private or public companies