Eva-Maria Nyckel

Eva-Maria Nyckel is a Researcher at the Department of Sociology of the Future of Work at Humboldt University of Berlin. Her work focuses on the digitalization of work, media techniques of process management, and the theory of logistical media. She has held research positions at institutions including the Weizenbaum Institute in Berlin and the International Research Center for Cultural Studies in Vienna.

• Education:
  • Master of Arts in Media Studies, Humboldt University of Berlin (2012-2016)
  • Bachelor of Arts in Communication, Knowledge, Media, University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria (2008-2001)

Her research connects cybernetics, media theory, and work sociology to analyze algorithmic management systems like Salesforce and logistical phenomena such as Amazon's anticipatory shipping. She explores how digital technologies reshape labor, control, and temporal structures in corporate environments.

Eva-Maria contributes to logistical media theory and has published on topics including digital Taylorism, media infrastructures, and probability-based market production. She is a member of the Society for Media Studies, co-speaker of the Data and Networks Working Group, and affiliated with the Special Interest Group for Computing, Information, and Society (SIGCIS).