Max Grünberg is a research associate in the Department of Arts and Economies. His academic background is in cultural anthropology, sociology and computer science. His research is particularly concerned with questions of algorithmic sovereignty and is located at the intersections of political economy, science and technology studies and media theory. His doctoral research examines the role of algorithms in the realisation of a post-capitalist economic system. In addition to his research, he is co-founder of the Berlin-based collective Diffrakt, a space dedicated to theory, where he curates the Machine Dreams event series.