Welcome! I’m a social scientist interested in democratic experiments with digital technologies and how they can be designed to solve public problems.

I’m currently leading the Future Internet Lab at Waag Futurelab, Amsterdam. As lab lead, I oversee the development of open source technologies and research methods that facilitate public engagement with internet technologies and orient their design around public values. My research draws from pragmatist philosophy, the sociology of science and technology, and media studies to investigate the role data and digital infrastructures play for facilitating collaboration around public problems. I wrote my PhD in media studies and STS about how data intermediaries inscribe different visions of ethics into media technologies of data circulation.

I’m also an independent research consultant and have worked, among others, as an IRM researcher for the Open Government Partnership and as a researcher for the Web Foundation and the Global Disinformation Index. I’m also a member of the Public Data Lab. In the past, I led research and policy work at the Open Knowledge Foundation, and held research positions at the University of Amsterdam and the Fraunhofer Society.

On this website you can find updates on my writings, publications, projects, and public talks. Get in touch via at danny.laemmerhirt [ at ] gmail.com, if you would like to collaborate, explore new ideas, or just have a chat over coffee.