Nancy Ettlinger

Nancy Ettlinger studies how digital technologies, algorithms, and data-driven systems reshape work, governance, and power relations in economic and urban life. Her work draws on critical theory (including Foucault's ideas on power) to examine issues like crowdsourcing, precarious labor, communitarian alternatives to Big Tech, and the political implications of data science and far-right digital movements. This research would suit students interested in critical/theoretical approaches to technology, labor, and geography rather than quantitative or technical computing methods.

Publication output has been irregular over the past decade, with a notable burst of activity in 2022 followed by lower but continuing output through 2025.

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