Theresa Züger, Dr.
Theresa Züger is the head of the office for the Third Engagement Report at HIIG. The third engagement report is a report on civic engagement for the German Federal Government, which is commissioned by the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ).
Before, she directed the Media Policy Lab, a project for scientific networking and innovation regarding the regulation of intermediaries, for the Medienanstalt Berlin-Brandenburg.
Theresa received her doctorate in media studies at Humboldt University in Berlin in 2017. Her PhD “Reload Disobedience” deals with digital forms of civil disobedience. During her doctorate, Theresa was a research fellow in the research area “Global Constitutionalism and the Internet” under the direction of Prof. Dr. Ingolf Pernice.
Prior to this, Theresa studied theatre, film and television studies, German and philosophy at the University of Cologne.
In 2013, Theresa was Visiting Researcher at the Center for New Media at the University of California, Berkeley. In 2016, in addition to her doctorate, she worked for transmediale, an international festival on art and digital culture, curating and moderating the thematic stream “anxious to secure”, focusing security policy and culture.
In 2017, Theresa was a research fellow at the Center for Advanced Internet Studies with her project Polynocular Tech Lab. She is co-founder of Bridge Figures, an organisation countering xenophobia with digital strategies.
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Journal articles and conference proceedings
Züger, T., Milan, S., & Tanczer L. (2016). Sand in the Information Society Machine: How Digital Technologies Change and Challenge the Paradigms of Civil Disobedience. Fibreculture Journal: internet theory criticism research, 25. Publication details
Züger, T. (2014). Digitaler ziviler Ungehorsam. Spurensuche der Dissidenz im digitalen Zeitalter. Juridikum: Zeitschrift für Kritik - Recht - Gesellschaft, 4/2014, 472-482. Publication details
Saldías, O. & Züger, T. (2013). The good, the bad, and the ugly: A pragmatic approach for revisiting ethics and Internet politics. Acta Bioethica, 19(1), 59-70. Publication details
Züger, T. (2013). Digital Whoness oder vom Unterschied zwischen Was und Wer: Digitale Ontologie und Privatheit aus interkultureller Perspektive. FIfF-Kommunikation, 13(2), 54–57. Publication details
Züger, T. (2013). Re-thinking civil disobedience. Internet Policy Review, 2(4). Publication details
Book contributions and chapters
Züger, T. (2017). Digitale Dissidenz. In Daase, C., Deitelhoff, N., Kamis, B., Pfister, J., & Wallmeier, P. (Eds.), Herrschaft in den Internationalen Beziehungen (pp. 179-200). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. Publication details
Other publications
Züger, T. (2017). Reload Disobedience: Ziviler Ungehorsam im Zeitalter digitaler Medien. Doctoral Dissertation, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Publication details
Haase, A. & Züger, T. (2016). Mit dem BKA ins hacktivistische Dunkelfeld. netzpolitik.org. Publication details
Haase, A. & Züger, T. (2016). BKA: “Den Hacker gibt es nicht. Wir sollten ihn erfinden.”. netzpolitik.org. Publication details
Haase, A., Züger, T. (2015). Hacktivismus = Cybercrime? Eine Replik auf die Studie des BKA zu Hacktivisten. netzpolitik.org. Publication details
Züger, T. (2014). Civil Disobedience. An International Issue. Voelkerrechtsblog.com. Publication details
Züger, T. (2013). Lying in politics: Thoughts about Edward Snowden and the illusion of control. The Rabbit Hole. Theorizing Communications Governance. Publication details
Lectures and presentations
#1 Mensch und Kultur im Wandel des DigitalenNetzdialoge (Session: Philosophie des Digitalen). Christian Uhle. Brecht-Haus Berlin, Berlin, Germany: 18.10.2018 Further information
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Panels
The Human and the MachineThe Human and the Machine. Soho House, Berlin, Germany: 24.05.2018 Further information
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Opending Fireside Chat with Chelsea Manningre:publica 2018. re:publica. Station Berlin, Berlin, Germany: 02.05.2018 Further information
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Human creativity and empathy in a second machine ageSymposium. Kunztschule, Berlin, Germany: 14.07.2017 Further information
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Evidence of ConspiracySamizdata: Evidence of Conspiracy. Disruption Network Lab. Kunstraum Bethanien, Berlin, Germany: 11.09.2015
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Moderation of workshops and panels
Slacktivism, activism and protest online. Does the Internet have what it takes to be political?Early Stage Researchers Colloquium. Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society. Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Berlin, Berlin, Germany: 21.11.2013
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Organisation of events
Civil Disobedience Beyond the State III: The Right of Resistance in a Globalised Worldwith attending Vip: Prof. Karuna Mantena. From 24.11.2015 to 25.11.2015. Nuffield College, 1 New Road, Oxford, Oxford, UK. Co-Organised by: Annette Zimmermann (University of Oxford), Robin Celikates (University of Amsterdam), This conference has been organised with the generous financial support of Nuffield College, the Amsterdam Center for Globalisation Studies, the NWO-funded project ‘Transformations of Civil Disobedience’ and the Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society. (International)
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Weapons of the Geek (The Digitalization of Disobedience from Whistleblowing to Anonymous)International Workshop: Civil Disobedience Beyond the State II. with attending Vip: Gabriella Coleman. From 08.05.2015 to 09.05.2015. ACUD e.V. und Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Co-Organised by: Robin Celikates, Amsterdam; Annette Zimmermann; Oxford (International)
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Civil Disobedience beyond the StateCivil Disobedience beyond the State. with attending Vip: Robin Celikates, Annette Zimmerman, Kimberly Brownlee, James Ingram, Jeff Juris, Jacob Appelbaum. From 30.10.2014 to 31.10.2014. Department of Philosophy, Faculteitskamer, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Co-Organised by: Robin Celikates (University of Amsterdam), Annette Zimmermann (University of Oxford) (International)
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From Disobedient Practices to Global Governance Arrangements: Academic perspectives on digital phenomenaDiscussion at the HIIG as part of the Federal Foreign Office's Visitors' Program. 07.08.2014. Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany (International)
Kirsten Gollatz, Rüdiger Schwarz, Osvaldo Saldías, Theresa Züger
Digitaler ziviler UngehorsamMasterseminar HU Berlin im Fachbereich Medienwissenschaft. From 28.04.2014 to 14.07.2014. Humboldt Universtität zu Berlin, Institut für Medienwissenschaft, Berlin, Germany. Co-Organised by: Institut für Medienwissenschaft, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin (National)
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Demonstrate and Disobey. Protest and Civil Disobedience On and Offline (Round Table)RightsCon 2013. with attending Vip: Hanni Fakoury, Geoffrey King, Burak Arikan. From 03.03.2014 to 04.03.2014. Silicon Valley, San Francisco, United States of America. Co-Organised by: Access (International)
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Nominations
Begleitkreis des TechnikRadars der Acatech.Theresa Züger
Participation as expert
Digitaler ziviler UngehorsamInstitut für Widerstand im Postfordismus Keynot: Digital civil disobedience Label Müller. Vierte Welt, Berlin, Germany: 12.06.2015
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Media appearances
Ziviler Ungehorsam gehört zur Demokratie (18.04.2019). Deutschlandfunk Nova
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re:publica 2018: Chelsea Manning – von Diskriminierung in der digitalen Welt (02.05.2018). WDR
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Vom Ungehorsam des freien Menschen (02.05.2018). Frankfurter Allgemeine
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Was ist die Seele? (21.12.2017). ZEIT Magazin
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Hacktivists keep refugees online in dead zone Germany (07.07.2016). Newsweek
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Radio format (25.03.2015). DRadio Wissen
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Theresa Züger on Digital Civil Disobedience (09.08.2013). Research Interview by Ben Wagner for the Digital Freedoms Project
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