Till Straube

I am a Research Associate at the Department of Human Geography at Goethe University Frankfurt. With years of experience as a software engineer and project manager in the technology sector, I design theoretically-informed, hands-on learning experiences that introduce students to Geography’s quantitative methods in meaningful ways. My teaching underlines the importance of data literacy and critical approaches to digital technologies.

My research interests center around critical data science, digital infrastructures and security technologies. My paper-based PhD project will come to a conclusion at the end of 2019.

I am associated with the Center for Methods in the Social Sciences (Methodenzentrum Sozialwissenschaften) and the program „Starker Start ins Studium“. As Erasmus+ Coordinator, I facilitate study abroad opportunities for Geography students.

• Critical Data Science
• Technosciences of Security
• Didactics of GIScience

MA in Human Geography
Goethe University Frankfurt (2014)

BA in International Business Administration
VWA Stuttgart / Open University London (2004)

Formal training in Airline Management
Lufthansa German Airlines (2003)

Straube, Till. 2019.
The Black Box and Its Dis/contents. Complications in Algorithms Research.
In: Marieke de Goede, Esmé Bosma and Polly Pallister-Wilkins (eds). Secrecy and Methods in Security Research. A Guide to Qualitative Fieldwork. London: Routledge, 175–192.
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Straube, Till and Bernd Belina. 2018.
Policing the Smart City. Eine Taxonomie polizeilicher Prognoseprogramme.
In: Sybille Bauriedl and Anke Strüver (eds). Smart Cities. Kritische Reflexionen aktueller Raumproduktionen mit digitalen Technologien und Smart City Strategien. Bielefeld: Transcript, 223–236.
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Kemper, Jan and Till Straube. 2018.
Algorithmen und Big Data. Perspektiven einer kritischen Forschung.
In: Anne Vogelpohl, Boris Michel, Henrik Lebuhn, Johanna Hoerning and Bernd Belina (eds). Raumproduktionen II. Theoretische Kontroversen und politische Auseinandersetzungen. Münster: Westfälisches Dampfboot, 136–157.
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Straube, Till. 2018.
Situating Digital Infrastructures.
In: Rob Kitchin, Tracey P. Lauriault and Gavin McArdle (eds). Data and the City. London: Routledge, 156–170.
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Straube, Till. 2016.
Stacked Spaces. Mapping Digital Infrastructures.
Big Data & Society 2 (3), 1–12.
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Data Science für die Humangeographie: Ein pragmatischer Einstieg mit R
Projektseminar: Analyse quantitativer Daten

Data Science für die Humangeographie: Ein pragmatischer Einstieg mit R
Projektseminar: Konzeption quantitativer Forschung
Course materials Course catalog

Malta: Politics of Infrastructure
Exkursion: Europäische Metropolregionen
OLAT Course catalog

Statistische Verfahren in der Geographie
Vorlesung
OLAT Course catalog

Data Science für die Humangeographie: Ein pragmatischer Einstieg mit R
Projektseminar: Auswertung quantitativer Daten

straube@geo.uni-frankfurt.de

Tuesday, 2-4pm (Please make appointment by e-mail!)

+49 (0) 69 798 35153

+49 (0) 69 798 35161

Institut für Humangeographie
Goethe-Universität
60629 Frankfurt am Main
Germany

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Goethe University
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60323 Frankfurt am Main
Germany