Ab heute vertrete ich die Professur für Medien, Algorithmen und Gesellschaft in Paderborn. Das wird ein spannendes Semester…

On Thursday, March 30, I’ll present my research on privacy at The New School Thursday Night Philosophy Workshop.

At CPDP last year we discussed whether there should be a right to offline alternatives to networked devices and services. My colleagues from the Forum Privacy and I have written a paper following the discussion which is contained in the … Continue reading →

Direkt nach meiner Rückkehr aus New York geht es gleich spannend weiter: Im kommenden Sommersemester vertrete ich die Professur für Algorithmen, Medien und Gesellschaft in Paderborn!

I’ve published a short piece that discusses the ethics and politics of algorithms beyond the concern for transparency and scrutiny, which currently is at the center of public debates. I add some points, which are discussed among researchers but that … Continue reading →

My new paper in Surveillance & Society has just been published. Here is the abstract: The article discusses problems of representative views of data and elaborates a concept of the performativity of data. It shows how data used for surveillance … Continue reading →

For the coming 10 months I will be in New York as visiting scholar at the New School. I’m looking forward to a great time and lots of interesting academic collaborations.

Seit heute bin ich kooptiertes Mitglied des DFG-Graduiertenkollegs “Privatheit” in Passau und freue mich auf die Zusammenarbeit!

Due to repeated requests, I’ve now got a twitter acount: @t_matzner. Initially it will mirror or link to the updates on this site and then we’ll see how it develops. But all important information will continue to be posted also … Continue reading →

Zusammen mit Jessica Heesen organisiere ich kommenden Montag in Tübingen einen Workshop zur Medienethik mit dem Thema “Das Vermittelte und das Unvermittelte — Herausforderungen für mediale Öffentlichkeiten”. Hier ist das Programm. Anmeldung per Mail bei mir.