Stefan Laser

Jan 20, 2022 ∞

Current Project

My main research theme right now is data centres: their local arrangement, material legacies, building procedures, and global production networks enabling its operation. I have been living and working in Asia-Pacific for a longer period to follow the actors. The study is conducted in the collaborative research centre 1567 Virtual Life Worlds, in subproject A02 led by Estrid Sørensen.

Jan 20, 2022 ∞

Train Infrastructures

Based on my (now concluded) work in the collaborative research centre in Siegen I contribute to the discussion on mobility transitions.

Jan 1, 2022 ∞

Network valuation studies

I am part of the research group On the path to the valuation society? funded by the German Research Foundation. With Emma Greeson and Olli Pyyhtinen, I’ve co-edited a Special Issue on ‘Dis/Assembling Value’. We’ve been meeting for several years and are preparing a handbook on Valuation and Society (Routledge).

Jan 1, 2022 ∞

Ethnography

My central methodological competence: participant observation, immersion, following materials, expert knowledge and situated practices.

Jan 1, 2022 ∞

Coding

More hands-on skills: From Data Science to Graph Analysis.

Nov 20, 2021 ∞

E-Waste Research

Global and interdisciplinary research on e-waste: ethnographic studies in Germany, India, and across social media platforms.