Prof. Dr. Elena Esposito

CURRICULUM VITAE
ELENA ESPOSITO

Fakultät für Soziologie
Universität Bielefeld
elena.esposito@uni-bielefeld.de

Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali
Università di Bologna
elena.esposito9@unibo.it

Elena Esposito ist Professorin für Soziologie an der Universität Bielefeld und an der Universität Bologna. Als führende Vertreterin der soziologischen Systemtheorie hat Esposito zahlreiche Publikationen zur Gesellschaftstheorie, Medientheorie, Gedächtnistheorie und zur Soziologie der Finanzmärkte veröffentlicht. Ihre aktuellen Forschungsprojekte konzentrieren sich auf eine Soziologie der Algorithmen.

Professorin für Soziologie
Fakultät für Soziologie
Universität Bielefeld

Professorin für Soziologie
Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali
Università di Bologna

ERC Advanced Grant 2018 The Future of Prediction: The Social Consequences of Algorithmic Forecast in Insurance, Medicine and Policing – PI (2.084.429 Euros)

2023-2026. PI of the WP 8.4: The Social Implications of AI: Data and Models, Acceptance and Use of Generative AI and ADMs, in the project FAIR – Future Artificial Intelligence Research of the Extended Partnership: Artificial Intelligence. Fundamental aspects of the NRRP In Italy, Financed by Next Generation EU with altogether 110 million euros.

2022-2025. Co-PI of the project DEMOPE: Democracy under Pressure, Italian Ministry for University and Research (PRIN 2020 MIUR).

2021- Collaborative Research Center (TRR 318) Constructing Explainability, Universities Bielefeld and Paderborn, CO-PI Project B01 “A dialog-based approach to explaining machine learning models”

Volkswagen Foundation – Grant 2021 Unbiased Bots That Build Bridges (U3B): Technical Systems that Support Deliberation and Diversity as a Chance for Political Discourse – Co-PI (1.500.000 Euros)

• 2025; The Future of Prediction: The Social Consequences of Algorithmic Forecast in Insurance, Medicine and Policing; Esposito, Elena; Europäische Union
  
• 2025; TRR 318 Teilprojekt B01: Ein dialogbasierter Ansatz zur Erklärung von Modellen des maschinellen Lernen; Cimiano, Philipp und Esposito, Elena; Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
  
• 2025; Bots Building Bridges (3B): Theoretical, Empirical, and Technological Foundations for Systems that Monitor and Support Political Deliberation Online; Esposito, Elena; Stiftungen
  

• Egbert S, Esposito E. Algorithmic Crime Prevention. From Abstract Police to Precision Policing. Policing and Society. 2024.
• Esposito E, Hofmann D, Coloni C. Can a predicted future still be an open future? Algorithmic forecasts and actionability in precision medicine. History and Theory. 2024;63(1):4-24.
• Esposito E. Can we use the open future? Preparedness and innovation in times of self-generated uncertainty. European Journal of Social Theory . 2024.
• Esposito E. Kommunikation mit unverständlichen Maschinen. UNRUHE BEWAHREN . Residenz Verlag; 2024.
• Esposito E, Egbert S, Heimstädt M. Predictive Policing: Das Polizieren der Zukunft und die Zukunft der Polizei. Polizei.Wissen. 2023;6(2):20-23.
• Nowotny H, Esposito E. Helga Nowotny in Conversation with Elena Esposito. Sociologica . 2022;16(2).
• Esposito E, Squazzoni F, Stark D. Revising: Sociologica as an International Journal for Sociological Debate. Sociologica. 2022;16(1):5-7.
• Esposito E. The Mysteries of Finance and the Observation of Observers. In: Copley C, Io D, eds. Schemas of Uncertainty. Amsterdam : Sandberg Inst.; 2022.
• Esposito E. Transparency versus explanation: The role of ambiguity in legal AI. Journal of Cross-Disciplinary Research in Computational Law . 2022;1(1).
• Egbert S, Esposito E, Heimstädt M. Vorhersagen und Entscheiden: Predictive Policing in Polizeiorganisationen. Soziale Systeme. 2022;26(1-2):189-216.
• Heimstädt M, Egbert S, Esposito E. A Pandemic of Prediction: On the Circulation of Contagion Models between Public Health and Public Safety. Sociologica. 2021;14(3):1-24.
• Esposito E. Author's Response Opacity and Complexity of Learning Black Boxes. Constructivist Foundations . 2021;16(3):377-380.
• Rohlfing K, Cimiano P, Scharlau I, et al. Explanation as a social practice: Toward a conceptual framework for the social design of AI systems. IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems. 2021;13(3):717--728.
• Esposito E. La Integración sistémica y la necesidad de la des-integración en tiempos de pandemia . Revista Mad : Revista del Magister en Antropología y Desarrollo . 2021;2021(44):1-18.
• Esposito E, Sold K, Zimmermann B. Systems Theory and Algorithmic Futures: Interview with Elena Esposito (with Katrin Sold and Bénédicte Zimmermann). Constructivist Foundations . 2021;16(3):356-361.
• Baraldi C, Corsi G, Esposito E. Unlocking Luhmann. A Keyword Introduction to Systems Theory. BiUP General. 1st ed. Bielefeld: Bielefeld University Press; 2021.
• Esposito E. Unpredictability. In: Bonde Thylstrup N, Agostinho D, Ring A, D'Ignazio C, Veel K, eds. Uncertain archives: critical keywords for big data. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press; 2021.
• Esposito E. Unpredictable, Unforgettable. In: Stollberg-Rilinger B, ed. Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin: Jahrbuch 2019/2020 . Berlin: Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin; 2021: 52-55.
• Cevolini A, Esposito E. From pool to profile: Social consequences of algorithmic prediction in insurance. Big Data & Society. 2020;7(2): 2053951720939228.
• Cevolini A, Esposito E. Il futuro dell’assicurazione. Opportunità e minacce delle tecnologie digitali nell’assicurazione del futuro. Futuri: Rivista Italiana di Future Studies. 2020;7(13):51-56.
• Esposito E. Systemic Integration and the Need for De-Integration in Pandemic Times. Sociologica. 2020;14(1).
• Esposito E. La circulation des possibles. Art, argent et ouverture du futur. In: Catalogue of the exhibition "Le Supermarché des Images". Jeu de Paume, Paris, 2019. 2019.
• Esposito E. The Impact of Big Data. In: Maegaard B, Pozzo R, eds. Stay Tuned to the Future. Impact of Research Infrastructures for Social Sciences and Humanities. Lessico intellettuale europeo . Vol 128. Firenze: Leo S. Olschki editore; 2019: 27-31.
• Esposito E, Stark D. What's Observed in a Rating? Rankings as Orientation in the Face of Uncertainty. THEORY CULTURE & SOCIETY. 2019;36(4):3-26.
• Esposito E. Die Generalisierung der Kommunikation in den Massenmedien. MedienJournal. 2018;21(1):60-72.
• Esposito E, Santoro M, Stark D. From the Editors: Next Steps for Sociologica. Sociologica. International Journal for Sociological Debate. 2018;12(1):1-2.
• Esposito E. Predicted Uncertainty: Volatility Calculus and the Indeterminacy of the Future. In: Beckert J, Bronk R, eds. Uncertain Futures. Imaginaries, Narratives, and Calculation in the Economy. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2018: 219-235.
• Esposito E. Predicting Innovation. Artistic Novelty and Digital Forecast. In: Lijster T, ed. The Future of the New. Artistic Innovation in Times of Social Acceleration. Antennae. Vol 26. Amsterdam: Valiz; 2018: 235-243.
• Esposito E. Social forgetting: A systems-theory approach. REVISTA MAD-REVISTA DEL MAGISTER EN ANALISIS SISTEMICO APLICADO A LA SOCIEDAD. 2018;(39):1-12.
• Esposito E. The time of money in finance and US society. Finance and Society. 2018;4(1):15-25.
• Esposito E. "Plans will not help realise a projected future", in conversation with Elena Esposito and Nora Schultz. In: Witzgall S, Stakemeier K, eds. The Present of the Future. Zürich/Berlin: Diaphanes; 2017: 33-40.
• Esposito E. Algorithmic memory and the right to be forgotten on the web. Big Data & Society. 2017;4(1).
• Esposito E. An ecology of differences: Communication, the Web, and the question of borders. In: Hörl E, Burton J, eds. General Ecology. The New Ecological Paradigm. London / New York: Bloomsbury; 2017: 283-301.
• Esposito E. Artificial Communication? The Production of Contingency by Algorithms. Zeitschrift für Soziologie. 2017;46(4):249-265.
• Esposito E. Die Frivolität des Engagements und das Dilemma der ethnischen und frommen Mode. Frankfurter Allgemeine Quarterly. 09.2017;(3):82-85.
• Esposito E. Organizing without Understanding. Lists in Ancient and in Digital Cultures. Zeitschrift für Literaturwissenschaft und Linguistik. 2017;47(3):351-359.
• Esposito E. Originality through Imitation: The Rationality of Fashion. ZiF Mitteilungen. 2017;(1):23-32.
• Esposito E. Reality of the Future and Future Reality. In: Witzgall S, Stakemeier K, eds. The Present of the Future. Zürich/Berlin: Diaphanes; 2017: 27-32.
• Esposito E. The fascination of contingency: Fashion and modern society. In: Matteucci G, Marino S, eds. Philosophical perspectives on fashion. London / New York: Bloomsbury; 2017: 175-190.
• Esposito E. Beyond the Promise of Security: Uncertainty as Resource. Telos. 2015;2015(170):89-107.
• Esposito E. Circularidades económicas y observación de segundo orden: La realidad de las calificaciones crediticias. Revista Mad. 2014;(30):1-24.

• Corsi G, Esposito E, eds. Reform und Innovation in einer unstabilen Gesellschaft. Stuttgart: Lucius & Lucius; 2005.

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