Knowledge and Digital Technology

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

AvJohannes Glückler,Robert Panitz,Johannes Gluckler

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This open access book explores the multifaceted interplay of technology, knowledge, and place. Part II illustrates various ways in which technology supports humanity, be it algorithms supporting complex decision-making processes or the use of robotics in care services.

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Utgivningsdatum2024-01-25
Mått155 x 235 x 16 mm
Vikt513 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieKnowledge and Space
Antal sidor289
FörlagSpringer International Publishing AG
ISBN9783031391033

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Johannes Glückler is Professor of Economic Geography at LMU Munich, Germany, and was a professor of economic and social geography at Heidelberg University between 2008 and 2023. In his research he follows a relational perspective and builds on theories of social networks, institutions, and governance in the study of the geography of knowledge and regional development. He is a founding board member of the German Society for Social Network Research DGNet and co-founder of the M.Sc. Governance of Risks and Resources at the Heidelberg Center for Latin America in Santiago de Chile.Robert Panitz is a Junior Professor in Technology and Innovation Management at the University of Koblenz, Germany. He also is a guest lecturer at the Heidelberg Center for Latin America in Chile. His research focuses on the impact of technological change on regional development and the role of social networks in economic and social life. Further, he is interested in organizationaland management processes that support innovation and technology development in firms. He is a founding member of the German Association for Network Research.

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Part I: Technology, Governance and Markets.- Chapter 2. The promise and prospects of blockchain-based decentralized business models.- Chapter 3. Rendering value from urban digital geographies: Innovation, markets and slow AI.- Chapter 4. Personal AI to maximize the value of personal data while defending human rights and democracy.- Chapter 5. Assembling the geographic information market in the United States.- Chapter 6. Big data without big brothers: The potential of gentle rule-enforcement.- Part II: Technology, Learning and Decision-Making.- Chapter 7. On the need to understand human behavior to do analytics of behavior.- Chapter 8. Boosting consumers: Algorithm-supported decision-making under uncertainty to (learn to) navigate algorithm-based decision environments.- Chapter 9. Orientation to the use of care robots in care services: The encounter of knowledge and technology.- Chapter 10. The datafication of knowledge production and consequences for the pursuit of social justice.- Part III: Entrepreneurship, Digital Labor and Civic Engagement.- Chapter 11. Europe’s scaleup geography and the role of access to talent.- Chapter 12. The relational spaces of digital labour.- Chapter 13. Thinking about cyborg activism.- Chapter 14. Data-based frictions in civic action: Trust, technology and participation.