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Department of Social Sciences

Kay Cepera

Social Research Center Dortmund

Evinger Platz 17, room 31

Email: kay.ceperatu-dortmundde

Phone: +49 231 755 5869

Fax: +49 231 755 90205

Research Associate
Research field Sociology of Technology

Focus of work
Technology Acceptance
Change of Behaviour
Trust
Big Data
Mobility Behaviour
Usage of Digital Technologies

 

Career
  • since 10/2017: Research Associate at Technology Studies Group of TU Dort­mund University (since 07/22 at the Social Research Center, TU Dortmund University)
  • 11/2016 until 09/2017: Research Assistant at Technology Studies Group of TU Dort­mund University
  • 09/2018: Master of Arts in Social Science Innovation Research at TU Dort­mund University
  • 07/2014: Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Philosophy at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz
Lectures as research associate
  • seminar „Autonomous technical systems / Big Data and Society“ (Master)
  • seminar „Technology of the Web-society“ (Master)
  • tutorial for the seminar „Network Theory“ (Master) 
  • tutorial for the lecture „Techniksoziologie“ (Bachelor)
  • tutorial for the lecture „Organizational Sociology“ (Bachelor)
  • InnaMoRuhr – Concept of an Integrated Sustainable Mobility in the Ruhr Area (2020–2023, funded by Ministry of Transport of the State of Nordrhein-Westfalen)
  • ABIDA – Assessing Big Data (2015–2019, funded by BMBF)  
  • KoRiSim – Collaborative Data and Risk Management forFuture Energy Grids – a Simulation Study (2015–2018, funded by BMBF)
  • "Trust in algorithms. An empirical study of users' willingness to change behaviour." 17th Annual STS Conference Graz 2018 Critical Issues in Science, Technology and Society Studies, Graz.
  • "Real-Time Governance of Transportation Systems. A Simulation Study of Private Transport." 18th Annual STS Conference Graz 2019 Critical Issues in Science, Technology and Society Studies, Graz.
  • "Simulating governance of complex transportation systems." Social Simulation Conference 2019, Mainz
  • "Personengruppen einer Pandemie." Workshop 'Krise, Verantwortung und Kontrolle' of ELISA project at RUB 2021, Bochum (held with Marlon Philipp, in collaboration with Tobias Beier)
  • "InnaMoRuhr – Preliminary results and theoretical reflections." 19th Annual STS Conference 2021, online
  • "Participatory workshops as a means of inclusive mobility development." 20th Annual STS Conference 2022, Graz
  • "Integration technischer und sozialer Dimensionen nachhaltiger Mobilität." Wissenschaftsforum Mobilität 2022, Duisburg
  • "Exploring new urban commuting – Szenarienentwicklung einer nachhaltigen und integrierten Mobilität für die UA Ruhr auf Basis eines Mixed-Method-Ansatzes." Wissenschaftsforum Mobilität 2022, Duisburg
  • "On-demand-Management komplexer Systeme – Wie nachhaltige Transformation mithilfe digitaler Technik gelingen kann." DGS-Arbeitskreis Soziologie der Nachhaltigkeit (SoNa) 2022, Passau
  • Cepera, Kay; Konrad, Julius; Weyer, Johannes (2018): Trust in algorithms. An empirical study of users’ willingness to change behaviour. In: Getzinger, Günter, Egger, Stefanie (Hg.): Critical Issues in Science, Technology and Society Studies. Conference Proceedings of the 17th STS Conference Graz 2018. Graz: Verlag der Technischen Universität Graz, S. 38-47. DOI: 10.3217/978-3-85125-625-3
  • Konrad, Julius; Cepera, Kay (2019): Real-Time Governance of Transportation Systems. A Simulation Study of Private Transport. In: Getzinger, Günter; Jahrbacher, Michaela (Hg.): Critical Issues in Science, Technology and Society Studies. Conference Proceedings of the STS Conference Graz 2019, 6 - 7 May 2019. Graz: Verlag der Technischen Universität Graz, S. 239-254  DOI: 10.3217/978-3-85125-668-0
  • Cepera, Kay; Weyer, Johannes; Konrad, Julius (2019): Vertrauen in mobile Applikationen. Eine empirische Studie. TU Dortmund (Soziologische Arbeitspapiere, 58). Available online at:  http://hdl.handle.net/2003/38082.
  • Weyer, Johannes; Adelt, Fabian; Hoffmann, Sebastian; Konrad, Julius; Cepera, Kay (2020): Governing the Digital Society: Challenges for Agent-Based Modelling. In: Harko Verhagen, Melania Borit, Giangiacomo Bravo und Nanda Wijermans (Hg.): Advances in Social Simulation. Looking in the Mirror. 1st ed. 2020. Cham: Springer International Publishing; Imprint Springer (Springer Proceedings in Complexity), S. 473–484. Available online at: http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34127-5 
  • Konrad, Julius; Weyer, Johannes; Cepera, Kay; Adelt, Fabian (2020): Echtzeitsteuerung komplexer Systeme - Eine Simulationsstudie. TU Dortmund (Soziologische Arbeitspapiere, 57). Available online at: https://eldorado.tu-dortmund.de/handle/2003/39082.
  • Interviewee in: Wie beeinflussen Big Data und Algorithmen unsere Gesellschaft? Eine soziologische Sicht auf das Thema. "Versteckte Begleiter - Wie Big Data und Algorithmen unsere Gesellschaft beeinflussen", bachelor thesis of Felix Klein, HS Karlsruhe, 2018.