Kringsbettina-johanna
HOD OF Department of Technology
Department of Technology
Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis
Germany
Biography
Studies of political science, sociology, and anthropology (M.A.) at the Karl-Ruprecht University of Heidelberg. 2015 PhD thesis on “Strategies of individualization”, supervised by Prof. Dr. Birgit Blättel-Mink and Prof. Dr. Tilla Siegel, University of Frankfurt on the Main 1991 - 1992 Member of scientific staff in a vocational training program (Advanced Training Programme in Educational Management and Administration for Technical and Vocational Education) at the German Foundation for International Development (DSE) in Mannheim and Berlin 1992 - 1994 Member of scientific staff in a national project for promoting equal opportunities for women in education (Programa Nacional de Promocion de la Igualdad de Oportunidades para la Mujer en el Area Educativa) at the Ministry of Education of Buenos Aires, Argentina since 1995 Member of scientific staff at ITAS (formerly AFAS); temporarily working at the Office of Technology Assessment at the German Bundestag
Research Interest
Technological innovations and their impacts on working structures Concepts of the man-machine relation Theory and methods of technology assessment Sociological theories of modernity
Publications
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Krings, B.-J.; Weinberger, N. Kann es technische Assistenten in der Pflege geben? Überlegungen zum Begriff der Assistenz in Pflegekontexten. In: Biniok, P.; Lettkemann, E. (Hrsg.): Assistive Gesellschaft. Multidisziplinäre Erkundungen zur Sozialform "Assistenz". Wiesbaden: Springer VS 2017, S. 183-201.
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Krings, B.-J. Modern times: The digital logic of paid work and its impact. Vortrag im Rahmen der Fachtagung zum 50. Jubiläum des Instituts für Arbeits- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Berlin, 2017
