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Dr. Moritz Altenried is an Acting Professor of Migration in a Global Perspective at the Institute for European Ethnology, Humboldt University of Berlin, and affiliated with the Berlin Institute for Empirical Integration and Migration Research (BIM). His academic career includes positions as Research Associate at BIM and the Institute for European Ethnology since 2020, a BUA Career Development Award with research at Oxford University in 2022/23, and previous research roles at Leuphana University of Lüneburg.
Dr. Altenried's educational background includes:
- PhD from Goldsmiths, University of London (2018)
- Master of Arts in Cultural Studies from Goldsmiths, University of London (2011)
- Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Free University of Berlin (2010)
Dr. Altenried's research spans labor and political economy, migration and mobility, and digital technologies and infrastructures. His work critically examines platform work, mobility in urban contexts, and solidarity in migration societies. His current interests focus on the transformation of work through lenses of mobility, class, gender, and social reproduction, as well as the spatial and digital dimensions of labor. He investigates the geography and political economy of digital platforms, artificial intelligence, automation, platform urbanism, and urban logistics in everyday life.
His extensive publication record reveals a consistent focus on the intersection of digital technologies, labor, and migration. Over the past decade, his work has traced the evolution of platform capitalism, examining how digital technologies reshape labor processes, urban spaces, and migration patterns. His research shows a progression from analyzing logistical infrastructures to contemporary studies of algorithmic management and the "digital factory" concept, highlighting the persistence of human labor within seemingly automated systems.
Dr. Altenried has received significant research funding including:
- BUA Career Development Award (2022/23)
- DFG project "Digitalization of Work, Mobility, and Migration" (2018-2021)
- Berlin University Alliance Grand Challenge Social Cohesion "Transforming Solidarities" (2020-2023)
- EU/Horizon 2020 project "Platform Labour in Urban Spaces" (2019-2021)
Dr. Altenried has been actively involved in teaching at Humboldt University, offering courses on empirical methods, data analysis, platform urbanism, and the production of the internet. His teaching reflects his research interests, connecting theoretical perspectives with empirical analysis of contemporary digital and migration issues. His book "The Digital Factory" (University of Chicago Press, 2022) has received significant attention across multiple academic journals.
Dr. Altenried is engaged with several research initiatives including the "Transforming Solidarities" network examining practices and infrastructures of solidarity in migration societies, and previous work on platform mobilities through the platform-mobilities.net project. His research often involves collaborative work with scholars across disciplines, particularly focusing on the intersections of migration, labor, and digital technologies.
