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Shirley Ogolla

Shirley Ogolla is a researcher in the research area on the evolving digital society.

As part of the BMAS-funded project “Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge Work – Implications, Opportunities & Risks“, she is investigating the use of AI applications in knowledge-intensive organizations together with Prof. Hendrik Send and Dr. Georg von Richthofen. In her dissertation, she conducts qualitative process case studies, supervised by Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas Schildhauer.

Previously, she investigated new forms of employee participation and processes of co-determination in the research project “Competitor and Complementary – The Relationship between Workplace Co-determination and New Participation Platforms“. The project was part of the research network “Digitalization, Co-determination, Good Work” and was funded by the Hans Böckler Foundation and carried out in close cooperation with the Forschungszentrum Informatik (FZI) in Berlin.

Shirley spent her first time at HIIG as a student assistant in the Internet-based Innovation research group at HIIG in Berlin and was an associate researcher at HIIG for another year. In the summer of 2017, she was also a research intern at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University in the US.

Shirley studied Media Cultural Studies & Art History in Freiburg, Paris, Berlin and New York. From 2011-2018 she received a scholarship from Hans Böckler and was accepted for their PhD funding in 2020. Far from the academic ivory tower, she passionately translates her academic with her art collective into interactive art installations for the general public. Her artistic work has resulted in awards from the BMBF and the Gesellschaft für Informatik, as well as an affiliation at metalab at Harvard University.

Shirley Ogolla

Position

Former Researcher: The evolving digital society

Contact

shirley.ogolla@hiig.de

Shirleys Harvard profile (external)

Books

Dengel, A., Socher, R., Kirchner, E., & Ogolla, S. (2019). Künstliche Intelligenz. Die Zukunft von Mensch und Maschine. Berlin: Zeit Akademie. Publication details

Journal articles and conference proceedings

von Richthofen, G., Ogolla, S., & Send, H. (2022). Adopting AI in the Context of Knowledge Work: Empirical Insights from German Organizations. Information, 13(4). DOI: 10.3390/info13040199 Publication details

v. Richthofen, G., Ogolla, S., & Send, H. (2021). , H. (2021). Adopting AI at work: Empirical insights from German organizations. 37th Colloquium European Group for Organization Studies (EGOS), 1-24. Publication details

Ogolla, S. & Gupta, A. (2018). Inclusive Design – Methods To Ensure A High Degree Of Participation in Artificial Intelligence (AI) Systems. University of Oxford Connected Life 2018 – Conference Proceedings, 23-34. Publication details

Other publications

Ogolla, S. (2019). Arbeit: Die schleichenden Chancen Künstlicher Intelligenz. Tagesspiegel Background Digitalisierung & KI. Publication details

Ogolla, S. (2018). Employee Empowerment or workers’ control? The use case of Enterprise Social Networks. Connected Life Conference. Publication details

Ogolla, S. (2018). Enterprise Social Networks: Empowerment oder Kontrolle? www.wissenschaftsjahr.de. Publication details

Ogolla, S. (2017). Artificial Intelligence at a Crossroads. Publication details

Lectures and presentations

Lektion 9: KI und Arbeit - Prognosen, Chancen und Herausforderungen.
Video-Seminar "Künstliche Intelligenz". ZEIT Akademie GmbH, Hamburg, Germany: 21.06.2019 Further information

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Lektion 10: KI und Ethik - Verantwortung, Erklärbarkeit und Transparenz von algorithmischen Entscheidungen.
Video-Seminar "Künstliche Intelligenz". ZEIT Akademie GmbH, Hamburg, Germany: 21.06.2019 Further information

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Algorithmen und Co. – Chancen und Herausforderungen für Mitbestimmungsakteure.
ver.di Digitalisierungskongress: Künstliche Intelligenz - Wer steuert wen?. ver.di-Bundesverwaltung, Berlin, Germany: 21.05.2019 Further information

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Expect the Unexpected: Implementing AI at the Workplace
re:publica 2019. STATION, Berlin, Germany: 06.05.2019 Further information

Shirley Ogolla, Hendrik Send

Check your dataset! Machine learning bias and other unintended consequences gone wrong
Meta Marathon 2019 Robotics. NRW Forum, Dusseldorf, Germany: 16.03.2019

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Konkurrent und Komplementär – Das Verhältnis betrieblicher Mitbestimmung und neuer Partizipationsplattformen
Arbeitsorganisation im Wandel. Denkfabrik Digitale Arbeitsgesellschaft. Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales, Berlin, Germany: 10.12.2018 Further information

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Künstliche Intelligenz und neue Formen der Arbeit
Think Big Camp XXL. Deutsche Kinder- und Jugendstiftung. O2-Tower, Munich, Germany: 19.10.2018 Further information

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Kaleidoscopic perspectives on the futures of work
transeuropa fluid. Theaterhaus Hildesheim, Hildesheim, Germany: 26.05.2018 Further information

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Surviving Social Media In The Workplace: A Kit
re:publica 2018. Station Berlin, Berlin, Germany: 03.05.2018 Further information

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Der Algorithmus als Boss
tazlab "Wie wir arbeiten wollen". taz Tageszeitung. Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany: 21.04.2018

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Data for breakfast? Social inclusion and algorithmic bias
Transatlantic ICT Forum 2017 (H2020). EU Parliament, Brussels, Belgium: 30.11.2017

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Alexa, who owns my data? AI, Big Data and ownership
Platform cooperativism 2017. New School, New York City, USA: 11.11.2017

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There is no such thing as free Lunch: Conceptualizing Digital Labor
Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society. Harvard University, Cambdrige (MA), USA: 01.08.2017

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Panels

Thementrack "KI und Produktion"
KI-Camp – Die Forschungs-Convention im Wissenschaftsjahr Künstliche Intelligenz. Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, Berlin, Germany: 05.12.2019 Further information

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Kollaboration, Kooperation, Kontrolle: Zusammenarbeit in Unternehmen
re:publica 2019. STATION, Berlin, Germany: 07.05.2019 Further information

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Künstliche Intelligenz am Arbeitsplatz von morgen – wie sieht der neue Alltag aus?
Z2X Digital. Zeit Online. silent green Kulturquartier, Berlin, Germany: 22.03.2019 Further information

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Welche Erwartungen haben wir an die Arbeitswelt von morgen?
Festakt: 100 Jahre International Labour Organization. Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales. ewerk, Berlin, Germany: 12.03.2019 Further information

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AI: Legal & Ethical Implications
NoC European Hub Young Scholars Annual Meeting. The Center for Cyber Law & Policy, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel: 28.11.2018 Further information

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Moderation of workshops and panels

"Kann das nicht jemand anders machen?!"
Open Lab Abend: Künstliche Intelligenz und Arbeit. Futurium, Berlin, Germany: 03.10.2019 Further information

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Erosion of reality
HTW Symposium 2018. Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin. Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft, Berlin, Germany: 08.11.2018 Further information

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Wie kann betrieblich verfasste Mitbestimmung im Kontext vom Einsatz von KI konkret aussehen?
10. Engineering & IT-Tagung: KI - Fluch oder Segen?. Hans-Böckler Stiftung, IG Metall. Ford-Werke, Cologne, Berlin: 19.09.2018 Further information

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Demokratische Partizipation
labor.a. Hans-Böckler Stiftung. Café Moskau, Berlin, Germany: 13.09.2018 Further information

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Zukunftsdialog BMAS. Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales. Westhafen Berlin, Berlin, Germany: 10.09.2018 Further information

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Organisation of events

Artificial Intelligence & Work
Open Lunch Talk Series. 10.06.2021. Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Online, Germany (National) Further information

Maria Gradl, Georg von Richthofen, Shirley Ogolla

AI Oracle, 2019, [Exhibition]
From 03.10.2019 to 08.10.2019. Futurium, Berlin, Germany (National) Further information

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Digitale Transformation mitbestimmen? – Kultur & Partizipation neu denken!
From 23.09.2019 to 24.09.2019. Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft, Berlin, Deutschland. Co-Organised by: Institut für Soziologie der Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (National) Further information

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KI-Orakel [Ausstellung]
Lange Nacht der Wissenschaft 2019. 15.06.2019. Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany (National) Further information

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Das Ende der Transparenz?
Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften 2018. 09.06.2018. Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany. Co-Organised by: Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften Berlin + Potsdam (National) Further information

Alexandra Giannopoulou, Tuukka Lehtiniemi, Nataliia Sokolovska, Lisa Gutermuth, Christian Djeffal, Shirley Ogolla, Sönke Bartling, Matti Grosse, Wolfgang Schulz, Kirsten Gollatz, Christian Katzenbach, Benedikt Fecher

AI ORACLE 2081
re:publica. From 02.05.2018 to 04.05.2018. STATION, Berlin, Germany (National) Further information

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Participation as expert

Expertin-Impuls: KI & Fairness.
KI Labs Fokusgruppe "Künstliche Intelligenz in der Arbeitswelt.Bundesministerium für Arbeit & Soziales, Berlin, Germany: 10.09.2019 Further information

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Media appearances

Die Antwort: Künstliche Intelligenz."Die Alternative ist: Irgendwann ist dein Arbeitsplatz fort" Shirley Ogolla im Gespräch mit Josef Bednarski (KBR Deutsche Telekom AG) und Sophie Schirmer (ZEIT Online) (12.11.2019). Zeit Online
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Die Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften (14.06.2019). radio eins
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Rettet Künstliche Intelligenz die Welt? (03.12.2018). taz
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Malochen für den Algorithmus (21.04.2018). taz lab Blog
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