Universities and Academic Labour in Times of Digitalisation and Precarisation

This book provides a critical perspective on the digitalisation of universities and precarisation of academic labour.

List of contents

Introduction; PART I: British Academic Labour; 1. British Academic Labour, Digital Media and Capitalism; 2. Precarious, Always-on and Flexible: How Temporarily Employed Staff Experience the Working Conditions at UK Universities; PART II: German Academic Labour; 3. German Universities and Academic Labour between Neofeudalism and Neoliberalism; 4. Interview with Kerem Schamberger about Occupational Bans, Left-Wing Communication Studies and Critique of German Academia; Conclusion

About the author

Thomas Allmer is a research associate in the Department of Media Studies at Paderborn University in Germany. He is also the coordinator of Research Network 18 – Sociology of Communications and Media Research of the European Sociological Association and a co-editor of the open-access journal tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique. His research and teaching are grounded in critical social theory and the political economy of media and communication, with a special focus on digital media and digital labour. His publications include Towards a Critical Theory of Surveillance in Informational Capitalism (2012), Critical Theory and Social Media: Between Emancipation and Commodification (2015) and Academic Labour, Digital Media and Capitalism (co-edited with Ergin Bulut, 2018). Website: http:// thomasallmer.net/

Summary

This book provides a critical perspective on the digitalisation of universities and precarisation of academic labour.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Allmer, Allmer Thomas
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.09.2024
• EAN: 9780367672164
• ISBN: 978-0-367-67216-4
• No. of pages: 136
• Weight: 240 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Zeichnungen, schwarz-weiss, Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Labour / income economics, Moral and social purpose of education, Sociology: work & labour, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, Sociology: work and labour, Moral & social purpose of education, Employment & Unemployment