{"id":2607,"date":"2025-12-30T12:14:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T11:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/theevs\/?page_id=2607"},"modified":"2026-08-13T16:34:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T14:34:11","slug":"simon-egbert-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/theevs\/simon-egbert-2","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Simon Egbert"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Research Associate at the Chair of Protestant Theology<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Contact<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

E-Mail<\/strong>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phone<\/strong>: <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Visiting Adress<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Helmut Schmidt University
Building H52, R.
Am Stadtrand 52
22047 Hamburg<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mailing Adress<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Helmut Schmidt University
Evangelische Theologie
PO Box 70 08 22
22008 Hamburg<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

CV<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Since 01\/2026<\/strong>
Postdoctoral Researcher at the AI Ethics Research Hub, Chair of Protestant Theology with a special focus on Social and Technology Ethics, Helmut Schmidt University \/ University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 05\/2023<\/strong>
Project Lead for the DFG-funded sub-project on police body-worn cameras within the ORA research consortium \u2018Visions of Policing. How Visual Technologies Shape Police Oversight and Training\u2019<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

04\/2021\u201312\/2025<\/strong>
Postdoctoral Researcher in the ERC-funded research project \u2018The Future of Prediction. The Social Consequences of Algorithmic Forecast in Insurance, Medicine and Policing\u2019<\/em> (PI: Prof.<\/abbr> Dr.<\/abbr> Elena Esposito)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

01\/2019\u201303\/2021<\/strong>
Postdoctoral Researcher at Technische Universit\u00e4t Berlin, Institute of Sociology, in the Research Training Group \u2018Innovationsgesellschaft heute\u2019<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

01\/2017\u201312\/2018<\/strong>
Researcher (most recently Postdoctoral Researcher) at the Institute for Criminological Research (IKS), University of Hamburg, in the research project \u2018Predictive Policing. An Ethnographic Study of New Technologies for Predicting Crime and Their Consequences for Police Practice\u2019<\/em>, led by Prof.<\/abbr> Dr.<\/abbr> Susanne Krasmann (funded by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10\/2013\u201311\/2018<\/strong>
PhD Candidate at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Hamburg. PhD awarded on 15 November 2018 for the dissertation \u2018Discourse and Materiality \u2013 A Dispositif Analysis of Drug Testing\u2019<\/em> (Dr.<\/abbr> phil. in Sociology).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11\/2013\u201312\/2016<\/strong>
Researcher at the Institute of Public Health and Nursing Research (IPP), University of Bremen, in the DFG-funded project \u2018Rationales and Consequences of Drug Testing\u2019<\/em>, led by Prof.<\/abbr> Dr.<\/abbr> Henning Schmidt-Semisch (project duration: 11\/2013\u201312\/2016).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

04\/2014\u201308\/2014<\/strong>
Researcher at the Institute for Criminological Research (IKS), University of Hamburg, in the BMBF<\/abbr>-funded project \u2018Social and Economic Impacts of New Security Measures in Ferry Transport\u2019<\/em> (sub-project within the collaborative research project \u2018Improving the Safety of Persons in Ferry Transport\u2019 [VesperPlus]<\/em>), led by Dr.<\/abbr> Bettina Paul (project duration: 09\/2011\u201308\/2014).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10\/2010\u201303\/2013<\/strong>
Master\u2019s studies in International Criminology at the Institute for Criminological Research, University of Hamburg (Master of Arts). Thesis title: \u2018Drug Testing in the Workplace \u2013 A (Partial) Dispositif Analysis of Sociotechnical Ensembles\u2019<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10\/2007\u201309\/2010<\/strong>
Bachelor\u2019s studies in Social Sciences (degree program comprising Political Science, Sociology, and Empirical Social Research) at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Osnabr\u00fcck (Bachelor of Arts). Thesis title: \u2018Social Scientific Explanatory Approaches to the Relationship between Right-Wing Populism and the Losers of Modernization \u2013 A Comparative Analysis from an Interdisciplinary Perspective\u2019<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Egbert, Simon (2026): Algorithmische Pr\u00e4diktion<\/em>. In: Anne K. Kr\u00fcger, Cornelius Schubert, Julia Schubert, Jan-Felix Schrape (Hrsg.<\/abbr>): Wissenschafts- und Technikforschung. Berlin: De Gruyter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Egbert, Simon (2026): Algorithmische Pr\u00e4diktion Aufbruch ins post-probabilistische Zeitalter?<\/em> In: Schr\u00f6der, Alexander; Noji, Eryk (Hrsg.<\/abbr>): Zukunft unter Vorbehalt. Interdisziplin\u00e4re Perspektiven auf gesellschaftliche Szenarien und Prognosen. Bielefeld: transcript, S. 31-54.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Janssen, Jasper; Godarzani-Bakhtiari, Mina; Egbert, Simon; Tuma, Ren\u00e9 (2026): Geb\u00e4ndigte (Un-) Sichtbarkeit? Visualit\u00e4tsbezogene Praktiken und Deutungen im Kontext aktueller polizeilicher Arbeit<\/em>. In: G\u00f6llnitz, Martin; Mecking, Sabine; Weckel, Ulrike (Hrsg.<\/abbr>): Geb\u00e4ndigte Unsicherheit. Mediale Inszenierungen von Polizei und Verbrechen. Baden-Baden: Nomos, S. 325-356.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Egbert, Simon (2026): Predictive Policing und Kriminalpr\u00e4vention \u2013 Chancen und Grenzen algorithmischer Prognosen<\/em>. In: Wollinger, Gina Rosa (Hrsg.<\/abbr>):Pr\u00e4vention und KI: Expertisen zum 31. Pr\u00e4ventionstag. Hannover: DPT-Verlag, S. 107-138.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heimst\u00e4dt, Maximilian; Egbert, Simon (2025): Actionable predictions: How designers of algorithmic systems calibrate criminal futures<\/em>. In: Big Data & Society 12(2): 1-14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kruse-Becher, Sanne; Sch\u00fcller, Katharina; Egbert, Simon (2025): Risikokompetenz von Flughafenz\u00f6llner:innen bei der Bek\u00e4mpfung von Wirtschaftskriminalit\u00e4t<\/em>. In: Kriminologisches Journal 57(3): 303-321.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Egbert, Simon: Predictive Policing im deutschsprachigen Raum \u2013 Vergangenheit, Gegenwart, Zukunft<\/em>. In: Honekamp, Wilfried; Kemme, Stefanie; Struck, Jens (Hrsg.<\/abbr>): Auswirkungen von KI auf die zuk\u00fcnftige Polizeiarbeit. Wiesbaden: Springer Gabler, 301-318.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Egbert, Simon; Godarzani-Bakhtiari; Janssen, Jasper; Tuma, Ren\u00e9 (2025): Die Neue Sichtbarkeit der Polizei: Eine kritische Diskussion aus visualit\u00e4tssoziologischer Perspektive<\/em>. In: Kriminologisches Journal 57(4): 211-228.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Egbert, Simon; Janssen, Jasper (2025): Polizeiliche Bodycams als videoanalytischer Gegenstand<\/em>. In: Wilke, Ren\u00e9; Knoblauch, Hubert (Hrsg.<\/abbr>): Audio-visuelle Daten in der empirischen qualitativen Sozialforschung: Erhebung \u2013 Analyse \u2013 Nutzung \u2013 Transkription. Weinheim\/Basel: Beltz Juventa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Egbert, Simon (2025): Platforms<\/em>. In: Kaufmann, Mareile; Lomell, Heidi Mork (Hrsg.<\/abbr>): Handbook on Digital Criminology. Berlin: De Gruyter, S. 353-361.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mahnken, Julia Katherina; Egbert, Simon (2025): Die Datafizierung als Herausforderung f\u00fcr die Fehlerkultur der Polizei.<\/em> In: Seidensticker, Kai (Hrsg.<\/abbr>): Fehlerkultur in der Polizei. Auspr\u00e4gung, Einflussfaktoren und M\u00f6glichkeitsr\u00e4ume. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, S. 183-209.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Berger, Tom; Egbert, Simon (2025): Bodycams: Neue (Un-)Sichtbarkeit und polizeiliche Fehlerkultur<\/em>. In: Seidensticker, Kai (Hrsg.<\/abbr>): Fehlerkultur in der Polizei. Auspr\u00e4gung, Einflussfaktoren und M\u00f6glichkeitsr\u00e4ume. Wiesbaden: Springer VS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Egbert, Simon: (Technik-)Soziologische Charakteristika pr\u00e4diktiver Algorithmen<\/em>. In: Kusche Carsten; Stefanopoulou, Georgia (Hrsg.<\/abbr>): Digitalisierung als total social fact der Kriminalwissenschaften. Baden-Baden: Nomos, S. 29-44.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Egbert, Simon; Ulbricht, Lena (2024): Data Integration and Analysis Platform: A Conceptual Proposal<\/em>. In: Information, Communication & Society, S. 1-22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Egbert, Simon; Galis, Vasilis; Gundhus, H. O. I. (2024): The role of data integration and analysis platforms in contemporary society: an introduction. Information, Communication & Society<\/em>, 27<\/em>(13), 2333\u20132342.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Barth, Jonas; Egbert, Simon (2024): Kann Technik sanktionieren? Der technische Vollvollzug von Normen als soziologisches Problem<\/em>.In: Zeitschrift f\u00fcr Rechtssoziologie 44(2): 445-474.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Egbert, Simon; Galis, Vasilis; Gundhus, Helene O. I.; Wathne, Christin Thea (2024): The Platformization of Policing: A Cross-National Analysis<\/em>. In: Kuldova, Tereza \u00d8stb\u00f8; Gundhus, Helene O. I.; Wathne, Christin Thea (Hrsg.<\/abbr>): The Palgrave Handbook of Cultures of Policing and Intelligence in the Big Data Era. Volume 1: Policing and Intelligence in the Global Big Data Era. Basingstoke: Palgrave, S. 349-392.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ulbricht, Lena; Egbert, Simon (2024): In Palantir we trust? Regulation of data analysis platforms in policing<\/em>. In: Big Data & Society 11(3): 1-15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Egbert, Simon; Heimst\u00e4dt, Maximilian (2024): Predictive Policing \u2013 The methodological challenges of algorithmic \u2018chains of translation\u2019 and the need for a team-based digital ethnography<\/em>. In: Avis, Maya; Marciniak, Daniel; Sapignoli, Maria (Hrsg.<\/abbr>): Situated AI \u2013 Global Ethnographies of New Technologies in Policing and Justice. Abingdon\/New York: Routledge, S. 11-127.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Egbert, Simon (2024): Algorithmisches Polizieren in Deutschland: Von Predictive Policing zu plattformbasierter Polizeiarbeit<\/em>. In: Zeitschrift f\u00fcr Jugendkriminalrecht und Jugendhilfe (2), S. 122-130.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Egbert, Simon (2024): Drogentests<\/em>. In: Feustel, Robert; Schmidt-Semisch, Henning; Br\u00f6ckling, Ulrich (Hrsg.<\/abbr>): Handbuch Drogen in sozial- und kulturwissenschaftlicher Perspektive. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, S. 429-439.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Egbert, Simon (2024): Diverse Daten, nicht-diskriminierende Algorithmen: Die Relevanz von Diversit\u00e4t in der Digitalisierung der Polizei<\/em>. In: Staller, Mario S.; K\u00f6rner, Swen (Hrsg.<\/abbr>): Diversit\u00e4t und Polizei \u2013 Perspektiven auf eine Polizei der Vielfalt. Wiesbaden: Springer, S. 281-303.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Egbert, Simon (2024): Predictive Analytics. A Sociological Perspective.<\/em> In: Borch, Christian; Pardo-Guerra, Juan Pablo (Hrsg.<\/abbr>): Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Machine Learning. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 715-736.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Egbert, Simon; Esposito, Elena (2024): Algorithmic Crime Prevention. From Abstract Police to Precision Policing<\/em>. In: Policing & Society 34(6): 521-534.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jarke, Juliane; Prietl, Bianca; Egbert, Simon; Boeva, Yana; Heuer, Hendrik; Arnold, Maike (Hrsg.<\/abbr>) (2024):\u00a0Algorithmic Regimes: Interactions, Politics, and Methods<\/em>. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Egbert, Simon (2024): Algorithmic Futures: Governmentality and Prediction Regimes. <\/em>In: Juliane Jarke, Bianca Prietl, Simon Egbert, Yana Boeva, Hendrik Heuer, Maike Arnold (Hrsg.<\/abbr>): Algorithmic Regimes: Interactions, Politics, and Methods. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, S. 265-286.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jarke, Juliane; Prietl, Bianca; Egbert, Simon; Boeva, Yana; Heuer, Hendrik (2024: Knowing in Algorithmic Regimes. An Introduction<\/em>. In: Juliane Jarke, Bianca Prietl, Simon Egbert, Yana Boeva, Hendrik Heuer, Maike Arnold (Hrsg.<\/abbr>): Algorithmic Regimes: Interactions, Politics, and Methods. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, S. 7-34.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Talks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Generative AI, Epistemic Power, and the Transformation of Military Knowledge Production<\/em>, 8. Weizenbaum Konferenz \u2018Generative AI and Society: What is at stake?\u2019, Berlin, 10.06.2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Digitale Souver\u00e4nit\u00e4t im Zeitalter algorithmischer Kriegsf\u00fchrung: F-35, MSS NATO und die Frage nach dem Kill-Switch<\/em>, Tagung \u201aCode und Kodex. KI und Ethik im Gefecht\u2018, Helmut-Schmidt-Universit\u00e4t\/Universit\u00e4t der Bundeswehr Hamburg, Hamburg, 20.03.2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Palantirs Plattformen bei der deutschen Polizei<\/em>, Vortrag + Diskussion, Eulenspiegel Buchladen, Bielefeld, 17.03.2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Platformized Warfare \u2013 Made by Palantir<\/em>, Workshop, KI-Institut, Helmut-Schmidt-Universit\u00e4t\/Universit\u00e4t der Bundeswehr Hamburg, Hamburg, 09.03.2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

KI-Technologien und Soziotechnische Resilienz im Milit\u00e4r<\/em>, Posterpr\u00e4sentation, Retreat KI-Forum, Helmut-Schmidt-Universit\u00e4t\/Universit\u00e4t der Bundeswehr Hamburg, Hamburg, 13.02.2026 (zus. m. Sylvia K\u00fchne).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Capture to Circulation: Translational Trajectories of Police Body-Worn Camera Footage<\/em>, Paper Development Workshop Caught in the Net: Sociomateriality in Criminal Justice Research, University of Oslo, 12.02.2026 (zus. m. Jasper Janssen).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Platformisation of Policing: Towards a New Era of State Privatisation?<\/em>, Research Seminar \u201cPlatformization of criminal justice\u201d, Katja Franko & Heidi Mork Lomell, University of Oslo, Oslo, 19.11.2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Polizeisoziologische Perspektiven auf gesellschaftliche Transitionen: Eine Einleitung<\/em>, Ad-hoc-Gruppe \u201cPolizeisoziologische Perspektiven auf gesellschaftliche Transitionen: Ordnung, Konflikt und Macht in Zeiten multipler Krisen\u201d, DGS-Kongress 2025, 25.09.2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between operational requirements and the desire for national digital sovereignty \u2013 The debate on the regulation of the platformization of Germany\u2019s police<\/em>, EUROCRIM 2025, Athen, 05.09.2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Short-Term Deterrence to Long-Term Intervention: Promises and Challenges of Algorithmic Crime Prevention in Urban Spaces<\/em>, EUROCRIM 2025, Athen, 05.09.2025 (zus. m. Elena Esposito).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police bodycams in Germany between new visibility and reproduction of the police gaze<\/em>, EUROCRIM 2025, Athen, 04.09.2025 (zus. m. Jasper Janssen).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is Germany (too) Late to the Party? How Bodycams and Recordings of Police Interviews are Adapted in Germany<\/em>, Visions of Policing \u2013 Knowledge Transfer Symposium, University of Toronto, 02.07.2025 (zus. m. Ren\u00e9 Tuma).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Big Data und KI im Bereich der deutschen Sicherheitsbeh\u00f6rden (KISib) <\/em>(Podiumsdiskussion), Zentrum verantwortungsbewusste Digitalisierung (ZEVEDI), Justus-Liebig-Universit\u00e4t Gie\u00dfen, 11.06.2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Actionable predictions: How designers of algorithmic systems calibrate criminal futures<\/em>, STS hub 2025 \u2018Diffracting the Critical\u2019, Humboldt-Universit\u00e4t zu Berlin, 11.03.2024 (zus. m. Maximilian Heimst\u00e4dt).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watching You \u2013 Die Welt von Palantir und Alex Karp<\/em> (Podiumsdiskussion), Weizenbaum-Institut f\u00fcr die vernetzte Gesellschaft, Berlin, 13.02.2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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