Hendrik Erz
Sociology of Culture, Political Economy, and ML-based analysis
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Institute for Analytical Sociology
Linköpings Universitet
Kopparhammaren 7, Entrance 56D, Room 471
Campus Norrköping - Work email
- hendrik.erz@liu.se
Education
- PhD in Analytical Sociology, IAS
- Since 2020 | Cultural Diffusion in Textual Data
- M.A. Social Sciences, University of Bonn
- 2014 – 2017 | Thesis: Salafi-Jihadi Terrorism and the War on Terror as Stasis
- B.A. History / Political Science, University of Bonn
- 2011 – 2014 | Thesis: The Roman Mos Maiorum as a Neo-Institutional Institution
Publications
Erz, H., 2021. Billige Arbeitskräfte statt »Innovationen«. Jacobin Magazin.
Erz, H., 2020a. Operative Porträts: eine Bildgeschichte der Identifizierbarkeit von Lavater bis Facebook. Von Roland Meyer. Soziologiemagazin 2020, 75–81. https://doi.org/10.3224/soz.v13i1.07
Erz, H., 2020b. The Status Quo is a Dystopian Nightmare. engagée 9, 20–25.
Erz, H., 2020c. Künstliche Intelligenz und Daten: Eine Evaluation softwarebasierter militärischer Informationsgewinnung (Research Report No. 4). IFSH, Hamburg.
Erz, H., 2019a. Rezension zu Neoliberalismus — Wie alles anfing: Das Walter Lippmann Kolloquium, verfasst von Hendrik Erz. Soziologieblog. URL https://soziologieblog.hypotheses.org/12990 (accessed 10.23.19).
Erz, H., 2019b. Der lange Schatten von Gustave Le Bon. Zum sprachlichen Einfluss der Crowd Science auf die Soziologie der Gewalt. Soziologiemagazin 2019, 71–88. https://doi.org/10.3224/soz.v12i2.06
Erz, H., 2018a. Not all Democracies are Created Equal. Ein Demokratievergleich mittels Riots als Stasis.
Erz, H., 2018b. The Free Internet is an Illusion. New Socialist.
Erz, H., 2018c. Profiteure der Globalisierung.
Erz, H., 2018d. Karl Marx und das digitale Zeitalter, in: Klasse, Kapital und Revolution. 200 Jahre Marx. Dietz, Bonn, pp. 145–156.
Erz, H., 2017a. Terrorismus und der War on Terror.
Erz, H., 2017b. Zygmunt Bauman: Die Angst vor den anderen. Widerspruch 70, 164–168.
Erz, H., 2017c. Die (Ver)fassung wahren – „Constitutional Cultures in Comparative Perspective“ (Tagungsbericht). Soziologiemagazin.
Erz, H., 2016a. Über den Einfluss des Islam. friedrichs wilhelm.
Erz, H., 2016b. Die äthiopische Frontier.
Erz, H., 2015. Die Postmoderne. Radikale Moderne oder neue Epoche? Politik und Gesellschaft 2, 79–96.
Schulz, A., Erz, H., Riedl, V., 2019. How to make a Soziologiemagazin. Soziologiemagazin 12.
Work Experience
- Researcher in Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence
- Oct. 2019 – Sept. 2020; Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy (IFSH), University of Hamburg
- Research Assistant (WiMi) (domestic policy; digitalisation)
- Oct. 2017 – Sept. 2019; Department for Political Science and Sociology, University of Bonn
- Research Assistant (WHF) (Systems Administration)
- Aug. 2016 – Sept. 2017; Department for Political Science and Sociology, University of Bonn
- Student Assistant (SHK) (Data Analysis)
- May 2016 – Jul. 2016; Center for Developmental Research (ZEF), University of Bonn
Teaching Experience
- Introduction to Marxist Political Theoretical Thinking
- Apr. 2018 – Sept. 2018; B.A.-level reading course; Department for Political Science and Sociology, University of Bonn
- Introduction to Political Science
- Oct. 2017 – Mar. 2018; B.A.-level introductory course; Department for Political Science and Sociology, University of Bonn
- Instructor in Statistics
- Apr. 2015 – Apr. 2016; Department for Political Science and Sociology, University of Bonn
Technical Skills
- Programming, Script, and Markup Languages
- JavaScript; TypeScript; Python; PHP; Rust; Bash; SQL; HTML; CSS; LESS; SASS; YAML; JSON
- Frameworks
- Node.js; Laravel; Lumen; NumPy; PyTorch; Pandas; Matplotlib; Webpack; Electron
- Software & Tooling
- Stata; Jupyter; VS Code; Zettlr; LaTeX; Nextcloud; Citation Style Language (CSL); AVID ProTools; Apple Logic; Zotero; Microsoft Office
- Concepts & Methods
- Textual Analysis (ML-based, tf-idf); Basic Algorithms (Search, Tree, Graph); LSTM cell neural networks; Classifier Networks; MapReduce algorithms; Classical ML algorithms (k-means; Latent Dirichlet Allocation)
Volunteering
- Hyperuniversity working group
- Research on and dissemination of advanced writing & publishing methods for academics in the social sciences
- Zettlr Markdown Editor
- Maintainer and main developer
- Soziologiemagazin (Open Access Journal)
- Chief editor, Social Media, Review