Fabian Stephany, Dr.
Fabian Stephany has joined the the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society as an Associate Researcher in 2019 and collaborates with the institute’s group for Innovation & Entrepreneurship. Dr. Stephany’s research focuses on the application of computational social science in fields like education, migration, innovation, and public policy. Currently, he studies the geographies of digital knowledge creation of online platforms in cooperation with the Oxford Internet Institute at Oxford University.
As an Economist and free-lance Data Scientist, Fabian Stephany has been working for various actors in the international policy landscape, such as the Viennese think tank Agenda Austria, the United Nations Development Programme or the OECD in Paris. Dr. Stephany holds degrees in Economics and Social Sciences from different European institutions, including Universitá Bocconi Milan and Cambridge University.
Position
Associate researcher: Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Journal articles and conference proceedings
Darius, P., & Stephany, F. (2019). “Hashjacking” the Debate: Polarisation strategies of Germany’s political far-right on Twitter. International Conference on Social Informatics, Springer, Cham.. Publication details
Stephany, F., Braesemann, F., & Graham, M. (2019). Coding Together-Coding Alone: The Role of Trust in Collaborative Programming. Information, Communication, and Society, under revision. Publication details
Stephany F. (2019). Everything You Always Wanted to Know About AI – Nowcasting Digital Skills with Wikipedia. SocArXiv. Publication details
Stephany, F., Abel, G, J., & Muttarak, R. (2019). Learning About Internal Migration from Half a Billion Records – Applying Localised Classification Trees to Large-scale Census Data. SocArXiv. Publication details
Working paper
Stephany F. (2019). ‘It’s not only size that matters: determinants of Estonia’s e-governance success’. Electronic Government. Publication details
Schmeiss, J., Stephany, F., & Tech, R. (2019). The Business Model as Mediator during Socio-Technical Transitions – Empirical Evidence from Applied AI Technology Startups in the Energy and Transportation Sector. SocArXiv. Publication details
Lectures and presentations
Coding Together - Coding Alone: The Role of Trust in Collaborative ProgrammingBrown Bag Seminar. Oxford Internet Institute, Oxford, United Kingdom: 13.11.2019
Fabian Stephany
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About AI - Nowcasting Digital Skills with Wikipedia.Complex Networks Conference. Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lissabon, Portugal: 08.11.2019 Further information
Fabian Stephany
Coding Together - Coding Alone: The Role of Trust in Collaborative ProgrammingPlatform Economy Interest Group. Oxford Internet Institute, Oxford, United Kingdom: 25.10.2019
Fabian Stephany
How Digital Platforms Change Innovation, Knowledge and WorkDAAD Alumni Annual Meeting 2019. Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst. Universität Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany: 28.09.2019
Fabian Stephany
Coding Together - Coding Alone: The Role of Trust in Collaborative Programming1st Winter School. Complexity Science Hub Vienna. Obergurgl University Center, Obergurgl, Austria: 03.03.2019 Further information
Fabian Stephany
Panels
Digital Economy in the Western Balkans: Trends and Implications in Online LabourWestern Balkans Digital Summit (UNDP invitation). UNDP. Palace of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia: 05.04.2019 Further information
Fabian Stephany