Norma Möllers

Norma Möllers is an Associate Professor in the Sociology Department at Queen's University. She holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from Universität Potsdam and has held visiting fellowships at the Weizenbaum-Institute for the Networked Society (Berlin) and the Surveillance Studies Centre. Her research examines intersections of science, technology, and politics, focusing on cybersecurity, surveillance technology, and the role of science in state-making. She has led projects funded by SSHRC, including studies on digital sovereignty and cybersecurity's impact on citizenship.

• Education:
  • Ph.D. in Sociology, Universität Potsdam
  • Studies at Passau University (Germany) and Sapienza University (Rome).

Her research interests include:

• Techno-political dynamics shaping state sovereignty
• Ethics of algorithmic systems and AI
• Materiality of infrastructure in governance
• Surveillance capitalism and corporate power

Publications span topics like cybersecurity's moral boundaries, algorithmic power structures, and privacy debates in surveillance technologies. She actively supervises graduate students exploring digital infrastructure, AI ethics, and surveillance studies.

Her SSHRC-funded projects investigate state sovereignty in the digital age and cybersecurity's role in defining 'digital territory.' She collaborates with interdisciplinary teams and contributes to global discussions on technology's societal impacts.