I am a doctoral candidate in Science and Technology Studies at the Institute for Science, Innovation and Society, University of Oxford. Broadly based in STS, socio-legal studies and public policy, my research revolves around issues of governance and accountability in digitally networked environments—the dynamics at work, the values at stake, the design options at hand. In my PhD project, I examine the ontological politics of ranking and rating schemes in a series of ethnographic case studies. My supervisor is Steve Woolgar.

Besides my doctoral research, I work on a number of related projects: most recently, a multidisciplinary workshop on modes of governance in digitally networked environments, a report on the social, legal and ethical implications of presence technologies, an overview of internet development across the decades and the unlikely synergies between public policy and game design. I have designed and taught a number of tutorials and master-level courses at the intersection of governance, technology and public policy.

Research interests: sociology of governance; social studies of science and technology; social, legal and ethical implications of electronic technologies; technologies of public assessment, esp. rankings, ratings, measurement; publicity practices; design and prototyping; ethnography

Contact: Malte Ziewitz, Institute for Science, Innovation and Society, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, Park End Street, Oxford, OX1 1HP; Tel. +44 2032 393407; malte.ziewitz at sbs.ox.ac.uk