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Stig Strand­bæk Ny­man

Research Assistant

Subjects
Digitalisation Working environment Democracy Qualitative methods Job market Future

Primary research areas

Al­gorithmic man­age­ment
Or­gan­isa­tions in­creas­ingly use soft­ware to per­form tasks and func­tions that we tra­di­tion­ally have as­so­ci­ated with the job of hu­man man­age­ment. Groun­ded with­in in­form­a­tion sys­tems re­search, Stig’s work ex­am­ines the so­cial im­pact and eth­ic­al con­cerns emer­ging in data-driv­en and al­gorithmic ma­na­geri­al prac­tices from a his­tor­ic­al per­spect­ive.
Data-driv­en la­bour or­gan­iz­ing
Build­ing on Scand­inavi­an sys­tems de­vel­op­ment and in­dus­tri­al demo­cracy tra­di­tions, Stig’s work ex­plores al­tern­at­ive ima­gin­ar­ies for work­place datafic­a­tion, sug­gest­ing di­git­al tech­no­lo­gies that render work­er activ­it­ies vis­ible can also em­power mo­bil­iz­a­tion and col­lect­ive ad­vocacy.

I look for new ways to think about work­place datafic­a­tion

My research aims to expand our vocabulary and understanding of the possibilities, risk and new dilemmas emerging when work becomes increasingly datafied. 

Publications

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June 2025

Algorithmic Management Beyond Taylorism

A History of Technology and Organizational Control

Stig Strand­bæk Ny­man, Research Assistant

Mads Bød­ker, Associate Professor

Tina Ble­gind Jen­sen, Professor

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September 2024

Reforming Work Patterns or Negotiating Workloads?

Exploring Alternative Pathways for Digital Productivity Assistants through a Problematization Lens

Stig Strand­bæk Ny­man, Research Assistant

Mads Bød­ker, Associate Professor

Tina Ble­gind Jen­sen, Professor

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Recent research projects

La­bour Ana­lyt­ics

This pro­ject with Nor­d­ic trade uni­ons ex­plores how work­place data re­shapes man­age­ment and AI-driv­en labor re­la­tions, while of­fer­ing po­ten­tial to sup­port work­ers’ rights and co-de­term­in­a­tion.

Outside activities

Sund­hedsmilø , 2025 -

Ad­vis­ory board mem­ber on “Sund­hedsmiljø” at Dan­ish Na­tion­al Re­search Cen­ter, fun­ded by Tryg­fonden