Dr. Jacob Hellman

Biography

Jacob Hellman is a Lecturer in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at Stanford University. He teaches classes focused on how values are embedded in the innovation of science and technology. Previously, he served as a postdoctoral researcher at York University in Toronto and lectured in Sociology and Communication at the University of California, San Diego. His research examines how financial technologies generate new forms of social belonging, often intertwined with their economic functions. Hellman is currently working on a manuscript that seeks to popularize amateur venture capital (‘angel’) investing. His published work has addressed the implications of Big Tech companies’ data center assets and is part of a larger project titled 'From Entrepreneurship to Rentiership? Changing Dynamics of Innovation in Technoscientific Capitalism,' funded by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada. His scholarly contributions have been featured in prestigious journals such as Economy and Society, Science, Culture, and Historical Social Research.

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