Former Members
Pablo Agüera Reneses worked as communication manager in the project "Fairwork Secretariat", a cooperation between the WZB and the Oxford Internet Institute, from 2021 to 2024.
Sonata Cepik worked as assistant to the project "Working in highly automated processes" (Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society) from 2018 to 2022. She changed to the position of a Committees Coordinator at the Weizenbaum Institute.
Franziska Cooiman was a doctoral candidate from 2019 to 2021 in a phd project co-financed by the WZB at Roskilde University in Denmark. During this period, she was also part of the research group "Working in Highly Automated Processes" located at the WZB and the Weizenbaum Institute. In 2023, she worked on the project "Automation, digitalization and virtualization of the world of work in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis". After working at the WZB, she moved to the Humboldt University of Berlin.
Patricia de Paiva Lareiro worked from 2018 to 2023 as research fellow in the WZB-Weizenbaum-Institute project "Working in Highly Automated Processes". Thereafter, she changed to the Bundesverband Deutscher Berufsförderwerke.
Maren Evers worked as research fellow in the project "Wearable Computing in Manufacturing and Logistics" from 2017 to 2019. After her assignment at the WZB, she moved to the Technical University Braunschweig.
Jana Flemming worked from 2021 to 2023 as research fellow in the project "Automation, Digitalization and Virtualization of Work in the Context of the Covid-19 Crisis". After her time at the WZB, she moved to the German Trade Union Federation.
Robert Koepp worked from 2018 to 2023 as research fellow in the WZB-Weizenbaum-Institute project "Working in Highly Automated Processes". Thereafter, he changed to a researcher position at Input Consulting.
Grzegorz Lechowski worked in various capacities in the research group from 2015 to 2022. After an initial phase as a student assistant, he worked on projects on multinational companies in the BRIC countries, the Industrial Internet of Things and the strategies of German companies, and the transformation of the German innovation system. He then moved to Helmut Schmidt University in Hamburg.
Tatiana López Ayala worked as research fellow in the project "Fairwork Secretariat", a cooperation between the WZB and the Oxford Internet Institute, from 2021 to 2023. After her assignment at the WZB, she changed to the University of Würzburg.
Valentina Mählmeyer worked as research fellow in the project "Performance Management Policies in Multinational Companies" between 2013 and 2016. After her assignment at the WZB, she accepted a position at the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Gale-Raj-Reichert worked as research fellow in the project "Labour governance in global production networks" from 2019 to 2021. In 2021, she was appointed professor of politics at Bard College Berlin.
Barbara Schlüter worked as assistant of the research group from 2015 to 2021.
Axel Schröder worked as research fellow in the project "Industrial Development, Work and Employment Standards in the Automotive Supply Industry" from 2015 to 2016. After finishing the project, he moved to the Tschibo GmbH where he is responsible for the implementation of the Global Framework Agreement and for securing human rights standards in the global value chain.
Andrea Sperling worked as research fellow in the project "Skills, Artificial Intelligence and Labour" from 2020 to 2022. After her assignment at the WZB, she changed to the startup GreenTrax.
Kristin Thompson worked from 2021 to 2023 as research manager in the Berlin Secretariat of Fairwork, a joint project of the WZB and the University of Oxford.
Giulia Varaschin worked as research fellow in the project "Fairwork Secretariat", a cooperation between the WZB and the Oxford Internet Institute, from 2022 to 2024 (2021 she worked as a student assistant in the project).
David Wandjo worked from 2021 to 2023 as research fellow in the project "Automation, Digitalization and Virtualization of Work in the Context of the Covid-19 Crisis". From 2018 to 2020, he worked as a student assistant at the WZB and the Weizenbaum Institute.
Simon Wanka was from 2021 to 2022 research fellow of the research group. He examined the development of the German innovation system with a focus on Industry 4.0. technologies and the analysis of patent data.