Linda Nierling

Dr. Linda Nierling is a Research Group Leader at the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS) since 2005, currently leading the group "Digital Technologies and Social Change". She is a KIT Associate Fellow at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, authorized to supervise doctoral students, and actively involved in the doctoral program Accessibility through AI-Based Assistive Technologies (KATE). Her work focuses on socio-technical analysis of digital transformation, assistive technologies, and sustainability research.

• Education: Diplom in Environmental Sciences (University of Lüneburg, 2005); PhD in Social Sciences (Goethe-University Frankfurt, 2011).
• Research Themes: Digital work, assistive technologies, post-growth work, AI ethics, real-world labs, and technology assessment.
• Recent Publications: Focus on digital transformation of research, AI for disabled individuals, crowd work dynamics, and socio-technical pathways in sustainability.
• Teaching: Engages in higher education at KIT's Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.
• Collaboration: Co-leader of the DiTraRe project; contributor to real-world labs like "Robotic AI" in Europe and China.