Biography
Francisca Grommé is an assistant professor in Digitalisation in work and society. She works from a background in science and technology studies (STS), political science and digital sociology. As an ‘ethnographer of data and AI’ she follows these technologies across different domains of work to understand how they affect social justice, governance arrangements and the quality of work. She is embarking on new research on the consequences of (semi-) automated work for environmental care in the agrifood sector (supported by NWO, Dutch Research Council).
As a TopTalent Research fellow in AIPact, and studies how AI is affecting work in the healthcare domain, among others through the introduction of work platforms (supported by Trustfonds).
Previously, she worked on changing work practices in policing, statistics and HR to understand changing conceptions of belonging, citizenship and worker rights. She is also interested in innovation in social science methods. This has resulted in publications in journals such as Science, Technology and Human Values.
Research interests: digital labour, surveillance, governance, citizenship, (digital) methods, sustainability
Onderzoeksinteresses: digitaal werk, surveillance, governance, burgersschap, (digitale) methode, duurzaamheid
Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences
- gromme@essb.eur.nl
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Work
- Francisca Grommé & E Ruppert (2019) - Population Geometries of Europe: The Topologies of Data Cubes and Grids - Science, Technology & Human Values, 45, 235-261 - doi: 10.1177/0162243919835302 - [link]
- Francisca Grommé & S Scheel (2020) - Doing statistics, enacting the nation: The performative powers of categories - Nations and Nationalism, 26 (3), 576-593 - doi: 10.1111/nana.12596 - [link]
- Jans Berden & Francisca Grommé (2023) - Online platforms verzwaren risico’s voor huishoudelijk werkers - [link]
- Francisca Grommé, Adriaan Odendaal & Jannes ten Berge (2023) - The New Breed: How to Re-Imagine Living with Robots - Journal of Human-Technology Relations, 1 (1) - doi: 10.59490/jhtr.2023.1.7023
- Francisca Grommé (2015) - Turning Aggression into an Object of Intervention: Tinkering in a Crime Control Pilot Study - Science as Culture, 24 (2), 227-247 - doi: 10.1080/09505431.2014.992331 - [link]
- Francisca Grommé, Fenna Nijboer, Justien Dingelstad & Iris Wallenburg (2024) - The Entrepreneurial Nurse? Professional Tensions on Digital Platforms (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic - Justien Dingelstad, Francisca Grommé & Iris Wallenburg (2024) - Who Is the Expert Here? Participatory Ethnography of a Predictive Brain Tumor Algorithm That Challenges the Existing Hierarchy of Expertise Amongst Physicians (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic - Francisca Grommé (2024) - The Roles of Data Analysts on Fish Farms: Care for the Data, Care for the Fish and Productivity (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic - Francisca Grommé (2023) - Fostering Digital Citizenship between the Caribbean and European Netherlands (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic - Justien Dingelstad, Francisca Grommé, Jans Berden, Claartje ter Hoeven & Iris Wallenburg (2023) - The Caring Baker: How Digital Nursing Platforms Transform Healthcare (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic - Justien Dingelstad, Francisca Grommé & Iris Wallenburg (2023) - The Emergence of Nursing Platforms: A Multimodal Analysis of Platforms' Founding Practices (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic - Francisca Grommé, Jans Berden & Claartje ter Hoeven (2022) - How Platform Workers Juggle Jobs: Algorithmic Management as Part of Distributed Work Practices (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic - Francisca Grommé (2022) - The Life of AI in a Controversy: Anne Frank's Story as a 'Cold Case' (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic - Francisca Grommé (2022) - What is Artificial Intelligence? Ask Alexa (Speaker)
Activity: Invited talk › Academic - Francisca Grommé (2020) - Digital discrimination in partially automated recruitment processes: the role of design (Speaker)
Activity: Invited talk › Academic
