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Freia Kuper

Freia Kuper is a researcher in the research project Organizational Creativity and Resilience: Exploring the Future of Educational Technology (ORC) within the research programme “Knowledge and Society”, where she works on digitalisation in higher education. Before she was a part of the research project IMPaQT on quality assessment of third-mission-activities of the social sciences and humanities. As a freelance researcher she carried out an interview study with the Public Interest AI research group on the use of artificial intelligence for the public interest. At the Museum for Natural History Berlin she worked on user imaginaries at play in the digitization of the museum collections. Her overall research interest concerns digital infrastructures as spaces of knowledge production and dissemination.

Freia studied Molecular Medicine (B.Sc.) and Universität Ulm and Istanbul Üniversitesi and Science Studies (M.A.) at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin. She finished her master program with an ethnographic study on the maintenance of an immunological database in San Diego, USA. Besides, she is the editor of the “hinterlands magazine”, a magazine showcasing diverse narratives from Europe’s rural regions.

Journal articles and conference proceedings

Züger, T., Kuper, F., Fassbender, J., Katzy-Reinshagen, A., Kühnlein, I. (2023). Handling the hype: Implications of AI hype for public interest tech projects. TATuP – Journal for Technology Assessment in Theory and Practice, 32(3), 34-40. DOI: https://doi.org/10.14512/tatup.32.3.34 Publication details

Fecher, B., Kuper, F., Fähnrich, B., Schmid-Petri, H., Schildhauer, T., Weingart, P., & Wormer, H. (2022). Balancing interests between freedom and censorship: Organizational strategies for quality assurance in science communication. Science and Public Policy, scac043, 1-14. DOI: 10.1093/scipol/scac043 Publication details

Fecher,B., Kuper, F., Sokolovska, N., Fenton, A., Hornbostel, S., & Wagner, G.G. (2021). Understanding the Societal Impact of the Social Sciences and Humanities: Remarks on Roles, Challenges, and Expectations. Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics, 6. DOI: 10.3389/frma.2021.696804 Publication details

Working paper

Broer, I., Ibert, O., Kuckeland, N., Kuper, F., & Müller, F. C. (2024). Lost (and Found) in Translation: Thesen zur Übersetzungsleistung von Beratungsdokumenten an der Schnittstelle von Wissenschaft und Politik. LeibnizInstitut für Medienforschung | Hans-Bredow-Institut (HBI); Leibniz-Institut für Raumbezogene Sozialforschung (IRS). DOI: https://doi.org/10.21241/ssoar.94211 Publication details

Züger, T., Faßbender, J., Kuper, F., Nenno, S., Katzy-Reinshagen, A., & Kühnlein, I. (2022). Civic Coding: Grundlagen und empirische Einblicke zur Unterstützung gemeinwohlorientierter KI. Civic Coding Initiative. Publication details

Other publications

Kuper, F. & Henkes, L. (2024). Debunking Science Myths: Preconceptions about science put to the test. Digital society blog. Publication details

Laufer, M., Kuper, F., Mende, M. A., Schäfer, L. O., Tschache T., & Deacon, B. (2023). Organizing Digital Change at the University. The Practitioners’ Field Guide for Implementing Educational Technology. HIIG Impact Publication Series. Publication details

Züger, T., Katzy-Reinshagen, A., Fassbender, J., Kuper, F., & Kühnlein, I. (2022). Civic Coding. Empirische Erkenntnisse und Empfehlungen zur Unterstützung gemeinwohlorientierter KI. HIIG Impact Publication Series. Publication details

Fecher, B., Sokolovska, N., Kuper, F., & Fenton, A. (2021). Impact der Gesellschaftswissenschaften – (Wie) Kann man ihn messen? Wissenschaftskommunikation.de. Publication details

Timm, M., Sokolovska, N., Kuper, F., Mosene, K. (2021). Fehlende Digitalpolitik bei den Triellen der Kanzlerkandidat:innen – Eine Emanzipation der Wähler:innenschaft. Digital society blog. Publication details

Fecher, B., Sokolovska, N., Kuper, F., & Fenton, A. (2021). Impact of social sciences – (How) Can it be measured? Elephant in the Lab. Publication details

Lectures and presentations

Sensemaking and the future university: Exploring the role digitalization strategies play for university teachers’ engagement with EdTech
40th EGOS Colloquium 2024. University of Milan-Bicocca, Mailand, Italien: 05.07.2024

Bronwen Deacon, Freia Kuper, Melissa Laufer, Marvin Sievering, Len Ole Schäfer

Ein Diskurs über Verantwortung - Krise, Resilienz und EdTech an Hochschulen
University:Future Festival 2024 - Tales of Tomorrow. Hochschulforum Digitalisierung. Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Deutschland: 05.06.2024 Further information

Maricia Aline Mende, Marvin Sievering, Bronwen Deacon, Freia Kuper, Melissa Laufer

The intersection of resilience, creativity and edtech: A conceptual framework for universities
39th EGOS (European Group for Organizational Studies) colloquium. University of Cagliari. Online, Cagliari, Italy: 06.07.2023 Further information

Melissa Laufer, Len Ole Schäfer, Freia Kuper, & Bronwen Deacon

How to Organize Edtech at the University: A Practitioner's Field Guide for Implementing Edtech
University:Future Festival 2023. Hochschulforum Digitalisierung. Online, Berlin, Germany: 27.04.2023 Further information

Melissa Laufer, Freia Kuper, Maricia Aline Mende, Len Ole Schäfer & Tiana Tschache.

Civic Coding – KI für das Gemeinwohl nutzen
Civic Coding – KI für das Gemeinwohl nutzen. Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales. Impact HUB Berlin, Berlin, Germany: 18.10.2022 Further information

Theresa Züger, Judith Fassbender, Freia Kuper

Organisation of events

Lange Nacht der Wissenschaft
22.06.2024. Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Berlin, Germany (National) Further information

Philipp Mahlow, Birte Lübbert, Maurice Stenzel, Alina Kontareva, Daniel Pothmann, Nele Buß, Irina Kühnlein, Sarah Spitz, Freia Kuper, Sami Nenno, Freya Hewett, Frederik Efferenn, Georg von Richthofen, Sonja Köhne, Bronwen Deacon, Matthias C. Kettemann, Thomas Christian Bächle, Nataliia Sokolovska, Martin Wrobel, Jörg Pohle, Hendrik Send, Theresa Züger, Jeanette Hofmann

Profilbild_Freia Kuper

Position

Researcher: Knowledge & Society

RESEARCH PROGRAMME / GROUP