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Robert Dorschel is an Assistant Professor of Digital Sociology at the University of Cambridge. His research investigates the processes through which digitalisation relates to work, class, and culture. He has studied the work ethic and class formation among tech workers, the professionalisation of data scientists, and the corporate cultures prevalent in tech firms. Additionally, he has developed theoretical frameworks advocating for a broader understanding of digital labour. Recent work explores the adoption of Generative AI and the class divides present in contemporary society. Robert completed his sociology doctorate at the University of Cambridge in 2023, with a dissertation titled 'The Social Codes of Tech Workers', which was awarded the Dissertation Prize by the Association of Internet Researchers and is set to be published as a monograph by MIT Press in December 2025. From 2022 to 2024, he served as an Assistant Professor of Social Inequality at Tilburg University in the Netherlands, where he focused on digital sociology, social class, and cultural sociology among other fields.
Tilburg University • Netherlands
Worked as an Assistant Professor in the field of Social Inequality.
University of Cambridge • Cambridge, UK
Currently serving as an Assistant Professor of Digital Sociology.
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