Prof. Dr. Sabine Pfeiffer
Member of bidt's Board of Directors | Chair of Sociology Technology – Labor – Society, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)
Sabine Pfeiffer is a member of bidt’s Board of Directors and has been teaching and researching as a professor of sociology with a focus on technology, labour and society at the Nuremberg Campus of Technology (NCT) of the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg since 2018. “Work in change” runs like a thread through Sabine Pfeiffer’s curriculum vitae: She learned operational and organisational structures and production processes in practice as a trained toolmaker. She added a scientific perspective to her expertise with a subsequent degree in sociology at the FernUniversität Hagen and a subsequent doctorate. Stations in her career included the ISF Munich – in research and on the board. Sabine Pfeiffer already held professorships at the University of Applied Sciences Munich and the University of Hohenheim before she accepted the call to the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU).
Intrusion into personal devices by law enforcement authorities (SEpES)
The interdisciplinary research project examines aspects of societal acceptance and the legal framework of intrusion into private devices by law enforcement authorities from the perspective of law, computer science and social…
Thinking like a …
Content: Interdisciplinary work is hard: scientists from other disciplines have different problems, use different terminology, pursue different pathways to a solution and have different criteria for what makes a good solution.
Portrait: Sabine Pfeiffer
Sabine Pfeiffer, a sociologist, conducts research on the relationship between individuals, technology, and organisations, as well as the impact of digital transformation on society.
Sabine Pfeiffer is a new member of bidt’s Board of Directors
Sociologist Sabine Pfeiffer joins the bidt Board of Directors. She researches the interplay between people, technology and organisation as well as the effects of digital change on society.
„Transforming digitally“: Digital innovations for the successful realization of organizational change
The multidisciplinary research consortium investigates how digital innovation can be used in organisational change processes to better address challenges and to increase the success rate of change projects.