{"id":15144,"date":"2025-07-01T14:01:41","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T12:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.soziologie.phil.fau.de\/?page_id=15144"},"modified":"2026-04-06T12:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T10:02:08","slug":"prof-dr-sabine-pfeiffer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.soziologie.phil.fau.de\/en\/prof-dr-sabine-pfeiffer\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Dr.\u00a0Sabine\u00a0Pfeiffer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soziologie.phil.fau.de\/institut\/soziologie-am-nct\/\">Soziologie at NCT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Technology, labor and society &#8211; these are the focal points of my chair and have been the focus of my research. As sociologist I am interested in the workings between laboour and technology in companies. This includes the repercussions technological transformations can have on society. This is why I am researching the drivers and contradictions of the transformation of labor. This is one of the points why me and my team are teaching at the Nuremberg Campus of Technology. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before starting teaching at the FAU I used to be a professor for sociology at the university of Hohenheim starting 2014. From 2010 to 2014 I was professor for innovation and creative development at the Hochschule M\u00fcnchen and from 2000 to 2010 I worked at the institute for social research in Munich (ISF Munich)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"faudir\">\r\n         <div class=\"format-compact\">\r\n        \r\n                <section class=\"format-compact-container\" aria-labelledby=\"section-title-850988-4069\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\r\n                                            <div class=\"profile-image-section\"> \r\n                            <figure itemprop=\"image\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.soziologie.phil.fau.de\/files\/2018\/01\/Unknown-e1550056708951.jpeg\" alt=\"SP\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.soziologie.phil.fau.de\/files\/2018\/01\/Unknown-e1550056708951.jpeg 1030w, https:\/\/www.soziologie.phil.fau.de\/files\/2018\/01\/Unknown-e1550056708951-283x300.jpeg 283w, https:\/\/www.soziologie.phil.fau.de\/files\/2018\/01\/Unknown-e1550056708951-768x813.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.soziologie.phil.fau.de\/files\/2018\/01\/Unknown-e1550056708951-968x1024.jpeg 968w, https:\/\/www.soziologie.phil.fau.de\/files\/2018\/01\/Unknown-e1550056708951-142x150.jpeg 142w, https:\/\/www.soziologie.phil.fau.de\/files\/2018\/01\/Unknown-e1550056708951-139x147.jpeg 139w, https:\/\/www.soziologie.phil.fau.de\/files\/2018\/01\/Unknown-e1550056708951-104x110.jpeg 104w, https:\/\/www.soziologie.phil.fau.de\/files\/2018\/01\/Unknown-e1550056708951-189x200.jpeg 189w, https:\/\/www.soziologie.phil.fau.de\/files\/2018\/01\/Unknown-e1550056708951-444x470.jpeg 444w, https:\/\/www.soziologie.phil.fau.de\/files\/2018\/01\/Unknown-e1550056708951-113x120.jpeg 113w\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1030\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1090\"><meta itemprop=\"copyrightNotice\" content=\"WWW.THOMASRIESE.COM\"><meta itemprop=\"creditText\" content=\"THOMAS RIESE\"><meta itemprop=\"dateCreated\" content=\"2018-12-03T12:08:01+00:00\"><\/figure>                        <\/div>\r\n                                            <header class=\"profile-header\">\r\n                       <h1 id=\"section-title-850988-4069\"><a itemprop=\"url\" href=\"https:\/\/www.soziologie.phil.fau.de\/en\/faudir\/sabine-pfeiffer\/\"><span class=\"displayname\" itemprop=\"name\"><abbr title=\"Professor Doctor\" itemprop=\"honorificPrefix\">Prof. Dr.<\/abbr> <span class=\"namepart\"><span itemprop=\"givenName\">Sabine<\/span> <span itemprop=\"familyName\">Pfeiffer<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1><p class=\"organisation_name\"><span class=\"organization\" itemprop=\"name\">Chair of Sociology focusing on Technology, Work and Society<\/span><\/p><p class=\"jobtitle\">Professors<\/p>                \r\n                     <\/header>\r\n                     <div class=\"profile-details\">   \r\n                        <div class=\"profile-address\"><h2 class=\"address-title\">Address<\/h2><div class=\"workplace-address\" data-wpautop=\"off\"><address class=\"texticon\" itemprop=\"address\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/PostalAddress\"><span class=\"street\" itemprop=\"streetAddress\">Kochstra\u00dfe 4<\/span> <span class=\"zipcity\"><span class=\"postalCode\" itemprop=\"postalCode\">91054<\/span> <span class=\"addressLocality\" itemprop=\"addressLocality\">Erlangen<\/span><\/span><\/address><\/div><div class=\"workplace-address\" data-wpautop=\"off\"><address class=\"texticon\" itemprop=\"address\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/PostalAddress\"><span class=\"street\" itemprop=\"streetAddress\">F\u00fcrther Stra\u00dfe 246c<\/span> <span class=\"zipcity\"><span class=\"postalCode\" itemprop=\"postalCode\">90429<\/span> <span class=\"addressLocality\" itemprop=\"addressLocality\">N\u00fcrnberg<\/span><\/span><\/address><\/div><\/div><div class=\"profile-contact\"><h2 class=\"contact-title\">Contact<\/h2><ul class=\"icon list-icons\"><li class=\"email listcontent\"><span class=\"value\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Email: <\/span><a itemprop=\"email\" href=\"mailto:sabine.pfeiffer@fau.de\">sabine.pfeiffer@fau.de<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>                 <\/div>\r\n                <\/section>    \r\n                <\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I studies sociology, philosophy and psychology at the FeU in Hagen but before that I worked as toolworker in mechanical engineering and the automobile industry. My first connecting points to digitalisation have been with CNC and CAM. Toolmaker and sociologist work well together: both occupations require analystic percision and devotion, planning and a feel for the &#8220;object&#8221;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My masters degreen focused on the internet as my object of research and its medium. With my promotion in 2003 I took on reflexive informatisation and my PhD took the dialectics of fabric and body, especially in the digital world, as its main topic. Digitalisation and industry 4.0 are a natural focal point of my research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Link to my publications (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sabine-pfeiffer.de\/publikationen\">https:\/\/www.sabine-pfeiffer.de\/publikationen<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Link to my CV (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sabine-pfeiffer.de\/lebenslauf\">https:\/\/www.sabine-pfeiffer.de\/lebenslauf<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Link to my research projects (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sabine-pfeiffer.de\/projekte\">https:\/\/www.sabine-pfeiffer.de\/projekte<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Link to my lectures (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sabine-pfeiffer.de\/vortraege\">https:\/\/www.sabine-pfeiffer.de\/vortraege<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rrze-elements-collapsibles \"><div class=\"accordion\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rrze-elements-collapse \"><div class=\"accordion-group \"><h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-name=\"current-teaching-schedule\" data-href=\"#current-teaching-schedule\" type=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"current-teaching-schedule-section\" id=\"current-teaching-schedule\">Current Teaching Schedule<\/button><\/h2><div id=\"current-teaching-schedule-section\" class=\"accordion-body \" aria-labelledby=\"current-teaching-schedule\" role=\"region\" name=\"current-teaching-schedule\"><div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n\n\n    <div class=\"rrze-lectures\">\n        \n\n\n    \n\n\n    \n\n\n<div itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Course\">\n\n    <h2 itemprop=\"name\">Oberseminar Technik-Arbeit-Gesellschaft<\/h2>\n\n\n    <div class=\"rrze-elements-tabs primary\" id=\"tabs-0\">\n<div role=\"tablist\" class=\"manual\"><button id=\"tab-0_basic-data\" type=\"button\" role=\"tab\" aria-selected=\"true\" aria-controls=\"tab-0_tabpanel_basic-data\"><span class=\"focus\" tabindex=\"-1\">Basic data<\/span><\/button><button id=\"tab-0_parallel-groups-dates\" type=\"button\" role=\"tab\" aria-selected=\"true\" aria-controls=\"tab-0_tabpanel_parallel-groups-dates\"><span class=\"focus\" tabindex=\"-1\">Parallel groups \/ dates<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<div id=\"tab-0_tabpanel_basic-data\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"tab-0_basic-data\">\n<h2 class=\"print-only\">Basic data<\/h2>\n<div class=\"rrze-elements elements-columns \">\n<div class=\"column colspan-1\">\n<table class=\"nobackground\">\n<tr>\n<th>Title<\/th>\n<td>Oberseminar Technik-Arbeit-Gesellschaft<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Module frequency<\/th>\n<td>in jedem Semester<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Semester hours per week<\/th>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column colspan-1\">\n<p><a class=\"rrze-elements standard-btn primary-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.campo.fau.de:443\/qisserver\/pages\/startFlow.xhtml?_flowId=detailView-flow&#038;unitId=86232&#038;periodId=589&#038;navigationPosition=studiesOffered,searchCourses\"><span>Link to Campo<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tab-0_tabpanel_parallel-groups-dates\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"tab-0_parallel-groups-dates\">\n<h2 class=\"print-only\">Parallel groups \/ dates<\/h2>\n<div class=\"rrze-elements elements-columns \">\n<div class=\"column colspan-1\">\n<h3>1. Parallelgruppe<\/h3>\n<table class=\"nobackground metadata\">\n<tr>\n<th>Semester hours per week<\/th>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Teaching language<\/th>\n<td>Deutsch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Responsible<\/th>\n<td>\n<p>            <span itemprop=\"provider\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\"><span itemprop=\"honorificPrefix\">Prof. Dr.<\/span> <span itemprop=\"givenName\">Sabine<\/span> <span itemprop=\"familyName\">Pfeiffer<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column colspan-1\">\n<p><a class=\"rrze-elements standard-btn primary-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.campo.fau.de:443\/qisserver\/pages\/startFlow.xhtml?_flowId=detailView-flow&#038;unitId=86232&#038;periodId=589&#038;navigationPosition=studiesOffered,searchCourses\"><span>Link to Campo<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<th>Date and Time<\/th>\n<th>Start date - End date<\/th>\n<th>Cancellation date<\/th>\n<th>Lecturer(s)<\/th>\n<th>Comment<\/th>\n<th>Room<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n                    w\u00f6chentlich Wed, 10:30 - 12:00\n                <\/td>\n<td>15.04.2026 - 15.07.2026<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li itemprop=\"provider\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\"><span itemprop=\"honorificPrefix\">Prof. Dr.<\/span> <span itemprop=\"givenName\">Sabine<\/span> <span itemprop=\"familyName\">Pfeiffer<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td>Die Veranstaltung findet voraussichtlich im Raum 11.2.24 auf AEG statt.<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n    \n        \n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soziologie at NCT Technology, labor and society &#8211; these are the focal points of my chair and have been the focus of my research. 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