Studies in environmental sciences and in business administration at the University of Lueneburg, Germany and at the ETH Zurich, Switzerland; German university degree “Diplom” in environmental sciences in 2005.
At the same time, undergraduate studies in business management at the University of Lueneburg.

• Since October of 2005, member of scientific staff at ITAS
• In 2008, research visit at the Luleå University of Technology, Sweden, Department of Human Work Sciences, Division of Gender and Innovation
• In 2013, research visit at the institute for advanced studies on science, technology and society (IAS-STS) in Graz, Austria
• Fields of work: technology assessment, change processes in work and technology, sustainable development

   

• Project Kopernikus: SynErgie
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• Project Work and technology
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• Project Prospektive Weiterbildung für Industrie 4.0 of IBAP (KIT)

• Project Assistive technologies for the inclusion of people with disabilities in society, education and jobs
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• Project Opportunities and threats of mobile and digital communication in the workplace
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• Engage2020
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• Doctoral thesis on "The relationship between work and life – recognition in a widened concept of work"
  (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Birgit Blättel-Mink, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main)
• PACITA
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• Work Organisation and Restructuring in the Knowledge Society - WORKS
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• Energy Scenarios
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• Technical assistance systems in care arrangements (TAPAS)
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Nierling, L.
Digitalisierung der Arbeit - Forschungsthemen. Vortrag auf dem Workshop "Technik und Arbeit" des IFAB und des ITAS, Karlsruhe, 12.04.2019

Nierling, L.; Krings, B.-J.
Transformation of work through sun and wind? Company strategies towards the German "Energiewende". Vortrag auf der ILPC 2019 "Fragmentations AND Solidarities", Wien, Österreich, 24.-26.04.2019

Nierling, L.; Maia, M.J.F.
Assistive Technologien für Menschen mit Behinderung. Ergebnisse einer europäischen Studie. Vortrag auf der Fachmesse REHAB - Forum Bauen & Wohnen, Karlsruhe, 16.05.2019

Böschen, S.; Lösch, A.; Nierling, L.
Degrowth: Diskursive Normalisierung als innovatorische Radikalisierung? In: Bosancic, S.; Böschen, S.; Schubert, C. (Hrsg.): Diskursive Konstruktion und schöpferische Zerstörung. Weinheim: Beltz Juventa 2018, S. 43-70
(Zeitschrift für Diskursforschung (2. Beiheft))

Hennen, L.; Nierling, L.
The politics of technology assessment: Introduction to the special issue of "Technological forecasting and social change". Technological Forecasting and Social Change (2018), publ. online, DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2018.07.048

Kerschner, C.; Wächter, P.; Nierling, L.; Ehlers, M.-H.
Degrowth and technology: Towards feasible, viable, appropriate and convivial imaginaries. Journal of Cleaner Production 197(2018) Part 2, S. 1619-1636, DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.07.147

Krings, B.-J.; Moniz, A. Brandão; Nierling, L.; Frey, P.
Technology and work from a TA perspective. Vortrag auf dem International Joint Meeting on Digitalization and the Future of Work, McMaster Universität, Hamilton, Kanada, 11.-12.07.2018

Maia, M.J.F.; Nierling, L.
Assistive technologies for the inclusion of people with disabilities: Perceptions, needs and social-ethical challenges. Vortrag auf der EASPD International Conference 2018 "Technology and Digitalisation in Social Care. The Impact on Education, Employment and Independent Living", Barcelona, Spanien, 04.-05.10.2018

Maia, M.J.F.; Nierling, L.
Herausforderungen Assistiver Technologien für Menschen mit Behinderungen: Empirische Ergebnisse aus einer europäischen Expertenstudie. Die Berufliche Rehabilitation 32(2018)2, S. 108-118

Maia, M.J.F.; Nierling, L.; Hennen, L.
Assistive technologies for the inclusion of people with disabilities: Challenges and opportunities for employment. Vortrag auf dem Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL) committee meeting, Brüssel, Belgien, 21.03.2018

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