Dr. Miriam Fahimi
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- E-Mail:
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- Phone:
- +49 5251 60-1832
- ORCID:
- 0000-0002-0619-3160
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- Office Address:
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Pohlweg 55
33098 Paderborn - Room:
- N2.301
About Miriam Fahimi
I am a postdoctoral researcher in the ERC project Cultures of the Cryosphere at Paderborn University. My research investigates data centres as sociomaterial infrastructures and central places of sustainability politics. I further explore their effects on climate justice in the context of the current AI hype.
Before joining Paderborn University, I was a visiting scholar in the Department of Science and Technology Studies at Cornell University (US), a research fellow at the Center for Advanced Internet Studies in Bochum (Germany), and a Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow in the EU-H2020 project NoBIAS – Artificial Intelligence without Bias.
I hold a PhD in Science and Technology Studies (STS) from the University of Klagenfurt in Austria. In my thesis, I examined how computer scientists co-constitute fairness and transparency as solutions to algorithmic discrimination.
Together with Ass. Prof. Raphaële Xenidis, I co-lead the working group Standardising Justice in the Algorithmic Society. Exploring Standardisation Practices for Artificial Intelligence Systems in the European Union at CAIS in Bochum. I am also a fellow (non-resident) with Cornell’s Digital Due Process Clinic, a member of STS Austria, and part of netzforma e.V. – Association for Feminist Internet Policy.
Curriculum Vitae
Since 01.10.2025: PostDoc CryoCultures at University Paderborn
01.10.2024 - 15.01.2025: Visiting Scholar Cornell University
01.04.2024 - 30.09.2024: Fellow at the Center for Advanced Internet Studies (Bochum)
01.09.2020 - 28.02.2024: Marie-Skłodowska-Curie-Fellow with the NoBIAS - AI without Bias Project at University of Klagenfurt
01.01.2020 - 31.08.2020: Research Assistant at the Department of Care Work and Care Politics at the Vienna Chamber of Labour, Austria
01.07.2015 - 28.02.2019: Finance and Economic Consultant with the Austrian Students Union in Vienna, Austria
01.09.2016 - 30.11.2018: Research Assistant at the Department of Development Studies (Political Science Dept.), University of Vienna, Austria
Research
Research Interests
- Science and Technology Studies, Critical Algorithm Studies
- Algorithmic discrimination, algorithmic fairness, explainable AI
- Sustainability politics of digital Infrastructures
- Feminist critique of technology and (digitalised) care work
Publications
Latest Publications
Fünf Forderungen für eine sozial-ökologische Rechenzentrumspolitik
M. Fahimi, A&W Blog (2026).
Are Data Centers Factories? Industrial Promises and Socio-Ecological Losses
M. Fahimi, Berliner Gazette (2026).
Ist die beste KI vielleicht keine KI?
M. Fahimi, Frauensolidarität (2026).
Luftschlösser und Rechenzentren
M. Fahimi, Mosaik (2026).
Thermischer Teufelskreis der KI
M. Fahimi, A&W Blog (2026).
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