Robert Dorschel

Robert Dorschel is Assistant Professor in Digital Sociology at the University of Cambridge. His research investigates how processes of digitalisation relate to work, class, and culture. He has studied the work ethic and class formation of tech workers, the professionalisation of data scientists, and the corporate cultures of the tech industry. Additionally, he has developed theoretical work that advocates for a broadening of the digital labour concept. Recently, his research has explored the green tech industry as well as the class divides in contemporary society more generally.

Robert studied sociology and political science at Humboldt-University Berlin, Duke University, and the University of Kiel, before completing a PhD in Sociology at the University of Cambridge in 2023. His PhD dissertation, „The Social Codes of Tech Workers“, was awarded the Dissertation Prize by the Association of Internet Researchers and will be published as a monograph by MIT Press in December 2025. Between 2022 and 2024, Robert held a position as Assistant Professor in Social Inequality at Tilburg University in the Netherlands.