M.A. Yiğit Ülker
Doctoral Candidate
Yiğit Ülker is a researcher at the Innovation, Society and Public Policy (ISPP) group. He is part of the project “Innovationen in der digitalen Arbeitsgesellschaft” (InDigAr) funded by the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, where his work centers on technology-in-use perspectives on SMEs and regional innovators. His research attempts to narrow the gap between policymaking, innovation, and the use of emerging technologies in everyday working life.
He holds an M.A. in Science and Technology Studies (TUM) and a B.A. in Liberal Arts and Sciences with a major in Governance (University of Freiburg).
- Regional innovation cultures and dynamics of digital transformation in Germany
- Perspectives on “technology-in-use” and everyday engagements with emerging technologies for SMEs in relation to digitalization strategies
- Critical infrastructure studies and politics of urban built environments
- Science and Technology Studies (STS)
- Qualitative and ethnographic research methods
- Innovation studies and technology governance
- Infrastructure studies and ethnography of infrastructures
- "Politics of Mundane Materiality: Ethnography of Elevators” (Panel Organizer) 4S Seattle 2025, 5 September.
- “A Case for Ethnography of Elevators and Brokenness” STS Italia 2025, 5 June.
- “A different kind of Game Jam: STS-infused Making & Doing” Making & Doing stand, EASST-4S Amsterdam 2024, 17 July.
- Society for Social Studies of Science (4S)
- European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST)
- STS Italia – The Italian Society for Social Studies of Science and Technology
