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Fabian Stephany, Dr.

Fabian Stephany ist seit Januar 2022 wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Alexander von Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft im Bereich Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Gesellschaft nachdem er seit 2019 Assoziierter Forscher war. Ebenso forscht er als Ökonom und Datenwissenschaftler Oxford Internet Institute (OII) der University of Oxford. Mit seinem aktuellen Projekt zur Zukunft der Arbeit untersucht Fabian, wie wir in Zeiten des technologischen Umbruchs durch datengetriebene Umschulung nachhaltigere Arbeitsplätze schaffen können.

Er ist Mitbegründer des Online Labour Observatory – einem digitalen Hub, der vom OII und der Internationalen Arbeitsorganisation gehostet wird und Forschern, politischen Entscheidungsträgern, Journalisten und der Öffentlichkeit zu Verfügung steht, die sich für die Arbeit auf Online-Plattformen interessieren. Seine Forschung wurde in führenden akademischen Zeitschriften veröffentlicht und von der Washington Post, der New York Times, dem Telegraph, The Statesman, Nikkei Asia und anderen populären Medien auf der ganzen Welt aufgegriffen.

Als Ökonom und selbstständiger Data Scientist hat Fabian Stephany bereits für verschiedene internationale Organisationen, wie den Wiener Think Tank Agenda Austria, das Entwicklungshilfeprogramm der Vereinten Nationen oder die OECD in Paris, gearbeitet. Er hat Wirtschaftswissenschaften und Sozialstatistik an unterschiedlichen Europäischen Universitäten studiert, wie der Universitá Bocconi in Mailand und der Universität von Cambridge.

Zeitschriftenartikel und Konferenzbeiträge

McCarthy, P., Gong, X., Braesemann, F., Stephany, F., Rizoiu, M.-A., & Kern, M. L. (2023). The impact of founder personalities on startup success. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 1-12. Weitere Informationen

Ehlinger, E. G., & Stephany, F. (2023). Finding Talent for the Twin Transition: Are UK Firms Shifting Towards Skill-Based Hiring for AI and Green Jobs? SSRN. Weitere Informationen

Lorenz, H., Stephany, F., & Kluge, J. (2023). The future of employment revisited: how model selection affects digitization risks. Empirica, 50(2), 323-350. Weitere Informationen

Salem, H., Stephany, F. (2023). Wikipedia: a challenger’s best friend? Utilizing information-seeking behaviour patterns to predict US congressional elections. Information, Communication & Society, 26(1), 174-200. Weitere Informationen

Salem, H., & Stephany, F. (2022). Wikipedia: a challenger’s best friend? Utilizing information-seeking behaviour patterns to predict US congressional elections. Information, Communication & Society, 1-20. DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2021.1942953 Weitere Informationen

Stephany, F. (2021). One size does not fit all: Constructing complementary digital reskilling strategies using online labour market data. Big Data & Society, 8(1). DOI: 10.1177/20539517211003120 Weitere Informationen

Kässi, O., Lehdonvirta, V., & Stephany, F. (2021). How many online workers are there in the world? A data-driven assessment. Open Research Europe. DOI: 10.12688/openreseurope.13639.4 Weitere Informationen

Stephany, F., Kässi, O., Rani, U., & Lehdonvirta, V. (2021). Online Labour Index 2020: New ways to measure the world’s remote freelancing market. Big Data & Society. DOI: 10.1177/20539517211043240 Weitere Informationen

Stephany, F., Braesemann, F., & Graham, M. (2020). Coding together – coding alone: the role of trust in collaborative programming. Information, Communication & Society, 1-18. DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2020.1749699 Weitere Informationen

Stephany, F., Dunn, M., Sawyer, S., & Lehdonvirta, V. (2020). Distancing Bonus Or Downscaling Loss? The Changing Livelihood of US Online Workers in Times of COVID-19. Journal of Economic and Social Geography. DOI: 10.1111/tesg.12455 Weitere Informationen

Stephany, F. (2020). It’s not only size that matters: determinants of Estonia’s e-governance success. Electronic Government, 16(3), 304-313. Weitere Informationen

Braesemann, F., & Stephany, F. (2020). Between Bonds and Bridges: Evidence from a Survey on Trust in Groups. Social Indicators Research, 1-18. DOI: 10.1007/s11205-020-02471-z Weitere Informationen

Salem, H., & Stephany, F. (2020). Wikipedia: A Challenger’s Best Friend? Utilising Information-seeking Behaviour Patterns to Predict US Congressional Elections. SSRN. Weitere Informationen

Darius, P., & Stephany, F. (2019). “Hashjacking” the Debate: Polarisation strategies of Germany’s political far-right on Twitter. International Conference on Social Informatics, Springer, Cham.. DOI: 10.31235/osf.io/6gbc9 Weitere Informationen

Stephany, F., Braesemann, F., & Graham, M. (2019). Coding Together-Coding Alone: The Role of Trust in Collaborative Programming. Information, Communication, and Society, under revision. Weitere Informationen

Stephany F. (2019). Everything You Always Wanted to Know About AI – Nowcasting Digital Skills with Wikipedia. SocArXiv. DOI: 10.31235/osf.io/rfzdq Weitere Informationen

Stephany, F., Abel, G, J., & Muttarak, R. (2019). Learning About Internal Migration from Half a Billion Records – Applying Localised Classification Trees to Large-scale Census Data. SocArXiv. DOI: 10.31235/osf.io/bz6yu Weitere Informationen

Buchbeiträge und Kapitel

Stephany, F. (2021). The digital transformation of industry and the world of work. In International Labour Organization (Eds.), World Employment and Social Outlook 2021: The role of digital labour platforms in transforming the world of work. Geneva, Switzerland: International Labour Office – Geneva: ILO. Weitere Informationen

Arbeitspapiere

Stephany, F., & Luckin, R. (2022). Is the workforce ready for the jobs of the future? Data-informed skills and training foresight. Bruegel Working Paper. Weitere Informationen

Laux, J., Stephany, F., Russell, C., Wachter, S., & Mittelstadt, B. (2022). The Concentration-after-Personalisation Index (CAPI): Governing Effects of Personalisation Using the Example of Targeted Online Advertising. SSRN. DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4084457 Weitere Informationen

Kässi, O., Lehdonvirta, V., & Stephany, F. (2021). How Many Online Workers are there in the World? A Data-Driven Assessment. EconPapers. Weitere Informationen

Stephany, F. (2021). When does it pay off to learn a new skill? Revealing the complementary benefit of cross-skilling. SocArXiv Papers. DOI: 10.31235/osf.io/sv9de Weitere Informationen

Braesemann, F., Stephany, F., Teutloff, O., Kässi, O., Graham, M., & Lehdonvirta, V. (2021). The polarisation of remote work. Available at SSRN. DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3919655 Weitere Informationen

Stephany, F., & Lorenz, H. (2021). The future of employment revisited: how model selection determines automation forecasts. arXiv preprint. Weitere Informationen

Salem, H., & Stephany, F. (2021). Wikipedia: a challenger’s best friend? Utilizing information-seeking behaviour patterns to predict US congressional elections. Information, Communication & Society. DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2021.1942953 Weitere Informationen

Krell, T., Braesemann, F., Stephany, F., Friederici, N., & Meier, P. (2020). A Mixed-Method Landscape Analysis of SME-focused B2B Platforms in Germany. Social Science Research Network. Weitere Informationen

Sawyer, S., Dunn, M., Munoz, I., Stephany, F., Raheja, R., Vaccaro, G., & Lehdonvirta, V. (2020). Freelancing Online During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Microsoft New Future of Work. Weitere Informationen

Braesemann, F., & Stephany, F. (2020). Social media self-branding and success: Quantitative evidence from a model competition. arXiv.org > cs > arXiv:2007.04113. Weitere Informationen

Braesemann, F., & Stephany, F. (2020). Measuring Digital Development with Online Data: Digital Economies in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. SocArXiv Papers. DOI: 10.31235/osf.io/f9jqh Weitere Informationen

Dunn, M., Stephany, F., Swayer, S., Munoz, I., Raheja, R., Vaccaro, G., & Lehdonvirta, V. (2020). When Motivation Becomes Desperation: Online Freelancing During the COVID-19 Pandemic. SocArXiv Papers. DOI: 10.31235/osf.io/67ptf Weitere Informationen

Stephany, F. (2020). There is Not One But Many AI: A Network Perspective on Regional Demand in AI Skills. OSFPREPRINTS. DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/32qws Weitere Informationen

Stephany, F., Stoehr, N., Darius, P., Neuhäuser, L., Teutloff, O., & Braesemann, F. (2020). The CoRisk-Index: A data-mining approach to identify industry-specific risk assessments related to COVID-19 in real-time. arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.12432. Weitere Informationen

Salem, H., & Stephany, F. (2020). Wikipedia: A Challenger’s Best Friend? Utilising Information-seeking Behavior patterns to Predict US Congressional Elections. arXiv. Weitere Informationen

Darius, P., & Stephany, F. (2020). How the Far-Right Polarises Twitter: ‘Highjacking’ Hashtags in Times of COVID-19. arXiv. Weitere Informationen

Stephany, F. (2020). Does it Pay Off to Learn a New Skill? Revealing the Economic Benefits of Cross-Skilling. arXiv:2020.11841. Weitere Informationen

Stephany F. (2019). ‘It’s not only size that matters: determinants of Estonia’s e-governance success’. Electronic Government. Weitere Informationen

Schmeiss, J., Stephany, F., & Tech, R. (2019). The Business Model as Mediator during Socio-Technical Transitions – Empirical Evidence from Applied AI Technology Startups in the Energy and Transportation Sector. SocArXiv. DOI: 10.31235/osf.io/zuhq4 Weitere Informationen

Andere Publikationen

Stephany, F., Braesemann, F., Stoehr, N., Darius, P., Teutloff, O., & Neuhäuser, L. (2022). Quo Vadis, CoRisk-Index? Oxford Internet Institute Blog. Weitere Informationen

Stephany, F. (2022). Big challenges and big data – Making climate-induced migration visible with machine learning. Oxford Internet Institute Blog. Weitere Informationen

Klausing, S., & Stephany, F. (2022). Is tech ‘taking over’? How the online workforce shifts towards tech work. Online Labour Observatory. Weitere Informationen

Stephany, F. (2021). Germany: Hidden Champion of Online Platform Work? Digital Society Blog. Weitere Informationen

Stephany, F. (2020). Science Without a Question. Elephant in the Lab. Weitere Informationen

Stephany, F. (2020). Pandemic’s effects on online freelance work: Distancing devidend or downscaling loss. iLabour Blog OII. Weitere Informationen

Stephany, F. (2020). The pandemic depresses online labour markets, but some countries are bouncing back – Insights from South Korea, Germany, and the United States. iLabour Blog OII. Weitere Informationen

Stephany, F., Braesemann, F., Stoehr, N., Darius, P., Teutloff, O., & Neuhäuser, L. (2020). How worried are businesses about COVID-19? A novel indicator measures industry-specific risk assessments in times of the pandemic. OII Blog. Weitere Informationen

Stephany, F., Lehdonvirta, V., Dunn, M., & Sawyer, S. (2020). Pandemic-proof jobs? IT freelancers in high demand, other online workers facing cuts. iLabour Blog OII. Weitere Informationen

Stephany, F. (2020). Beyond Contact-Tracing Apps – How Trust Shapes E-Governance. OII Blog. Weitere Informationen

Braesemann, F., & Stephany, F. (2020). Why the Digital Society needs the Open Society. OII Blog. Weitere Informationen

Salem, H., & Stephany, F. (2020). Wikipedia: A Challenger’s Best Friend? OII Blog. Weitere Informationen

Stephany, F., & Darius, P. (2020). Hijacking Hashtags in Times of COVID-19: How the Far-Right Polarises Twitter. OII Blog. Weitere Informationen

Friederici, N., Krell, T., Meier, P., Braesemann, F., & Stephany, F. (2020). Plattforminnovation im Mittelstand, . Weitere Informationen

Vorträge

Is the Future of Work Online? Exploring the Global Online Gig Economy
GIZ.digital Gateway Online Event (Session: Is the Future of Work Online? Exploring the Global Online Gig Economy). Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. Virtual, Virtual, Germany: 15.06.2022

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Resilience of the workforce in the digital age
The Business & Management Collection, Henry Stewart Talks (Session: Resilience of the workforce in the digital age). Henry Stewart Talks. Virtual, Virtual, Virtual: 30.05.2022 Weitere Informationen

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Closing the Digital Skill Gap: The Potential of Online Platform Data for Active Labour Market Policies
IE Business School Madrid, Centre for the Governance of Change, Expert Meeting (Session: Closing the Digital Skill Gap: The Potential of Online Platform Data for Active Labour Market Policies). IE Business School Madrid, Centre for the Governance of Change, Madrid, Spain: 04.02.2022 Weitere Informationen

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Online Labour Index 2020: New ways to measure the world's remote freelancing market
PLAMASIO Talk Weizenbaum Institute (Session: Online Labour Index 2020: New ways to measure the world's remote freelancing market). Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society. Virtual, Berlin, Germany: 29.01.2022 Weitere Informationen

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Online Labour Index 2020: New ways to measure the world’s remote freelancing market
3rd Crowdworking Symposium. Universität Bremen, Online, Germany: 17.09.2021 Weitere Informationen

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Is the future of work online? How online labour markets change the world of work
Webinar: British Council 'Knowledge is GREAT' lecture: Is the future of work online?. British Council Singapore, Online, Singapore: 29.04.2021 Weitere Informationen

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Online Platform Markets 2021 – An opportunity for SMEs?
Expert Workshop The Platform Economy as an Opportunity for SMEs and Start-ups Support programmes to develop an ambitious innovation strategy and skill sets. European Commission, Online, Belgium: 09.12.2020 Weitere Informationen

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Is the Future of Work Online? Why Online Labour Platforms Act as Skill-Laboratories
Talk at the Center for Computational & Data Science (CCDS). Syracuse University, Online, USA: 03.12.2020 Weitere Informationen

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Coding Together - Coding Alone: The Role of Trust in Collaborative Programming
Brown Bag Seminar. Oxford Internet Institute, Oxford, United Kingdom: 13.11.2019

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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About AI - Nowcasting Digital Skills with Wikipedia.
Complex Networks Conference. Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lissabon, Portugal: 08.11.2019 Weitere Informationen

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Coding Together - Coding Alone: The Role of Trust in Collaborative Programming
Platform Economy Interest Group. Oxford Internet Institute, Oxford, United Kingdom: 25.10.2019

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How Digital Platforms Change Innovation, Knowledge and Work
DAAD Alumni Annual Meeting 2019. Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst. Universität Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany: 28.09.2019

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Coding Together - Coding Alone: The Role of Trust in Collaborative Programming
1st Winter School. Complexity Science Hub Vienna. Obergurgl University Center, Obergurgl, Austria: 03.03.2019 Weitere Informationen

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Panels

Remote Working During the Pandemic I: Experiences from different continents
Annual Conference of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics. SASE Conference, Online, Germany: 03.07.2021 Weitere Informationen

Fabian Stephany

The Digital Economy Post COVID-19: Global Outlook and Local Contexts
The Digital Economy Post COVID-19: Global Outlook and Local Contexts. Access to Knowledge for Development Centre, American University Cairo, Online, Egypt: 13.10.2020 Weitere Informationen

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Digital Economy in the Western Balkans: Trends and Implications in Online Labour
Western Balkans Digital Summit (UNDP invitation). UNDP. Palace of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia: 05.04.2019 Weitere Informationen

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Moderation von Workshops und Panels

Multi-stakeholder dialogue: Towards a fairer online platform economy in Kenya. Digital Transformation Center Kenya. PrideInn Azure Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya: 09.11.2022

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Web Scraping
Web Scraping. Bertelsmann Stiftung, Gütersloh, Germany: 22.11.2021

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Big data and platform work
Webinar "Big data and labour markets: Understanding precariousness". HIVA – Research Institute for Work and Society KU Leuven. Online, Leuven, Belgium: 26.10.2020 Weitere Informationen

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Organisation von Veranstaltungen

Digitaler Salon: Von Gig zu Gig
29.03.2023. Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Berlin, Germany (National) Weitere Informationen

Daniel Pothmann, Sarah Spitz, Sonja Köhne, Fabian Stephany

Online Roundtable Discussion: How can we accelerate the production and adoption of e-government services in Morocco?
17.03.2023. Online, Rabat, Morocco. Co-Organised by: Digital Transformation Center Morocco (International) Weitere Informationen

Marie Blüml, Fabian Stephany

Lunch Talk Series I Digitalisation, Sustainability & Entrepreneurship
14.12.2022. Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany (International) Weitere Informationen

Sarah Spitz, Georg von Richthofen, Fabian Stephany, Theresa Züger

Panel discussion: Workers’ Rights and Platforms’ Responsibility – Towards a Fairer Online Platform Economy in Kenya
09.11.2022. PrideInn Azure Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya (International) Weitere Informationen

Marie Blüml, Fabian Stephany, Moritz Timm

Multi-stakeholder-dialogue: Towards a fairer online platform economy in Kenya
09.11.2022. PrideInn Azure Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya (International)

Marie Blüml, Fabian Stephany, Moritz Timm

Panel discussion: The future of online labour markets and regulation of the platform economy
26.07.2022. Marriott Hotel, Accra, Ghana (International) Weitere Informationen

Marie Blüml, Fabian Stephany, Christian Grauvogel

Multi-stakeholder dialogue: Governing a polarised market – Policies towards fairer online gig-work
25.07.2022. Marriott Hotel, Accra, Ghana (International)

Marie Blüml, Fabian Stephany, Christian Grauvogel

Research sprint: Sustainable Digital Economies
From 31.05.2022 to 27.07.2022. online, Accra, Ghana. Co-Organised by: Digital Transformation Center Ghana (International)

Katja Derichs, Ann-Kristin Ziesemer, Fabian Braesemann, Marie Blüml, Fabian Stephany, Christian Grauvogel, Moritz Timm

Digitaler Salon: Digitale Gesellschaft: Nerds Only?
24.11.2021. Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Berlin, Germany (National) Weitere Informationen

Nicole Butters, Marie Blüml, Fabian Stephany, Christian Grauvogel

Is the future of work online?
British Council 'Knowledge is GREAT' lecture. 29.04.2021. Online, Singapore, Singapore. Co-Organised by: British Council Singapore (International) Weitere Informationen

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Funktionen

Research Team "The Digital Revolution and the New Social Contract" at IE Madrid.

Sonja Köhne, Fabian Stephany, Philip Meier, Miriam Wolf, Christoph Gerling

Teilnahme als ExpertIn

Analyse von Online Stellenanzeigen Workshop:Bertelsmann Stiftung, Online, Germany: 30.09.2021

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Medienauftritte

Stephany im Interview: „KI-Skills bringen so viel wie ein Doktortitel“ (27.02.2024). Handelsblatt
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Berufliche Fortbildung. Warum der Umgang mit KI die neue Schlüsselqualifikation ist (25.02.2024). Handelsblatt
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Debatte um Technologieregulierung: Klimaschutz als Vorbild für KI (26.09.2023). taz
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KI (25.05.2023). ORF Ö1 Matrix
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Wie Künstliche Intelligenz die Arbeitswelt verändert (15.06.2023). ORF OE1
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Podcast: Online Labour: Can we all just move to Tahiti? (23.03.2022). The Sound of Economics Podcast
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BE:CURIOUS Podcast from the Berlin University Alliance (15.02.2022). BE:CURIOUS Podcast from the Berlin University Alliance
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Streitbar Extra – Wie unsere Stipendiaten den Kampf gegen Corona aufnehmen (27.05.2020). Podcast STREITBAR der Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung
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The Digital Workforce with University of Oxford's Fabian Stephany (26.05.2020). Inside Scoop Podcast
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Crisis begins to hit professional and public-sector jobs once considered safe (30.04.2020). Washington Post
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So steht der Pegel der Corona-Angst (04.04.2020). Wirtschaftswoche
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Fabian Stephany Profilbild

Position

Assoziierter Forscher: Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Gesellschaft

Forschungsprogramm / -Gruppe

Expertise

Themen: KI & Arbeit, Internet-Ökonomie, Digitale Plattformarbeit, Plattformwirtschaft, Zukunft der