Seminar: Algorithmic Governance and Human Agency - ENTFÄLLT

Instructors: Prof. Dr. Petra Ahrweiler; Blanca Luque Capellas
Shortname: S Wahlveranstaltung
Course No.: 02.149.16910
Course Type: Seminar

Requirements / organisational issues

Zielgruppe:

  1. Bachelor Studierende im Studiengang Soziologie (Kernfach) [po 2011, 2016]
  2. Bachelor Studierende im Studiengang Soziologie (Beifach) [po 2016]
  3. Bachelor Studierende im Studiengang Wirtschaftspädagogik (Schwerpunktfach "Sozialwissenschaften")

Stellung im Studiengang:

  1. B.A. Soziologie Kernfach: Modul "Wahlveranstaltung Soziologie (Vertiefung)" [po 2011]
  2. B.A. Soziologie Kernfach: Wahlveranstaltung im Modul "Vertiefungs- und Wahlveranstaltungen 1" [po 2016]

bzw.

  1. B.A. Soziologie Kernfach: Wahlveranstaltung im Modul "Vertiefungs- und Wahlveranstaltungen 2" [po 2016]
  2. B.Sc. Wirtschaftspädagogik Schwerpunktfach "Sozialwissenschaften": Modul "Aufbaumodul Soziologie"

Anwesenheitspflicht

Anyone who is absent in the first session without excuse risks losing their place. A prior informal excuse to the teacher by e-mail is sufficient. No medical certificate is required.

Contents

Overview:
Algorithmic governance, understood as the use of artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to support or make decisions within public institutions, is becoming increasingly widespread. Among the many debates surrounding this development, particular attention has been paid to its implications for human agency.

This seminar offers the opportunity to engage with cutting-edge research on this topic from multiple disciplinary perspectives, while critically analysing these contributions through the lens of the sociology of technology and innovation.

Additional information

In modules 09 and 10 (core subject) and module 06 (minor subject) , one “Vertiefungsseminar“ and one “Wahlveranstaltung“ must be taken.

A term paper must be written in one of the seminars per module. The topic of the term paper must be discussed in advance with the supervisor. Assignments whose topic has not been discussed in advance may be rejected. This does not replace registration for the examination in Jogustine.

Further information (in German) on those courses (“Vertiefungsseminare” and “Wahlveranstaltungen“) can be found here: https://www.soziologie.uni-mainz.de/studium/studierende/#modul-vertiefungs-uns-wahlveranstaltungen

Further information on writing a term paper can be found here: https://www.soziologie.uni-mainz.de/downloads