Dr. Laura Fichtner
Photo: Laura Fichtner (uneingeschränktes Nutzungsrecht), Fotografin Marianne Moosherr
Research Interests
- Platform Governance and Content Moderation
- Cybersecurity & Data Protection
- AI Ethics and Governance
- Critical Information Studies
- Media & Communication Studies
- Science and Technology Studies
- Philosophy and Ethics of Science and Technology
CV
Laura Fichtner is a postdoctoral associate with the Institute for Trustworthy AI in Law & Society at the University of Maryland and a research affiliate with the Ethics in Information Technology (EIT) research group at University of Hamburg where she has previously completed her PhD.
Publications
Peer reviewed:
Crawford, A., Fichtner, L., Guntrum, L. G., Jänsch, S., Krösche, N., Soulier, E., & Süß, C.-A. (2024). Ethical research in the German social sciences: Exploring the significance and challenges of institutionalized research ethics practices. Research Ethics. https://doi.org/10.1177/17470161241270787
Fichtner, L. (2022). Content moderation and the quest for democratic legitimacy. Weizenbaum Journal of the Digital Society 2 (2). https://ojs.weizenbaum-institut.de/index.php/wjds/article/view/2_2_2
Fichtner, L. (2018). What kind of cyber security? Theorising cyber security and mapping approaches. Internet Policy Review, 7(2). DOI: 10.14763/2018.2.788. https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/what-kind-cyber-security-theorising-cyber-security-and-mapping-approaches
Fichtner, L., Pieters, W., & Teixeira, A. (2016, September). Cybersecurity as a Politikum: Implications of Security Discourses for Infrastructures. In Proceedings of the 2016 New Security Paradigms Workshop (pp. 36-48). ACM Digital Library. dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3011887