Christoph Sorg

Dr. Christoph Sorg is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Sociology of Work, Economy and Technological Change, Humboldt University of Berlin. His work bridges Political Sociology, Economic Sociology, and Global Studies, focusing on democratic alternatives to capitalist systems through digitalization and socio-ecological transformation.

• Education: PhD in Social Sciences (Humboldt University), MA Global Studies (University of Vienna), BA European History (University of Bayreuth)

Research Interests center on:

• Post-Capitalist Planning: Investigating democratic economic planning in the digital age.
• Debt and Financialization: Analyzing transnational debt resistance movements.
• Digital Labor Governance: Critiquing algorithmic tools for worker rights monitoring.
• Racial Capitalism: Linking colonial histories to modern economic inequality.

Publication Trends reveal a focus on:

• Technocratic responses to climate crisis (2025)
• Financial system critiques (2024-2023)
• Global South labor dynamics (2022-2018)
• Arab Spring political analysis (2014)

Teaching spans universities in Vienna, Prague, and Bochum, covering topics from Racial Capitalism to Social Movement Methodologies. He participates in networks like SASE and ESA, with fieldwork experience in Tunisia and Egypt (2014-2015).