Maximilian Greb
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Maximilian Greb is a student assistant in the research group ‘Globalisation, Work, and Production’ at the Berlin Social Science Centre (WZB) and is affiliated with the Weizenbaum Institute. Since January 2026, he has been working on the project ‘Generative AI in the World of Work (GENKIA)’ and previously worked on various research projects at the WZB.
He is currently studying for a Master’s degree in Social Theory at the University of Jena and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy as well as Art and Visual History from Humboldt University of Berlin. His research interest centers on questions concerning the transformation of work and production, combining perspectives from labour sociology, political economy and historical science.
Selected Publications
Greb, M. & Butollo, F. (2025). Digitale Technik und Resilienz: Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der digitalen Stabilisierung von Lieferketten, WZB Discussion Paper SP III 2025–302. https://bibliothek.wzb.eu/pdf/2025/iii25-302.pdf
Ferdinand, J., Fitterer, S. & Greb, M. (2024): Ist es Spiel oder Arbeit? In der Videospielindustrie werden Kinder zu Mitentwickler:innen – ohne klare Regelungen, WZBrief Arbeit, Nr. 25, Berlin. https://www.wzb.eu/de/publikationen/wzbrief-arbeit
Krzywdzinski, M., & Greb, M. (2023). Teamwork: From Self-Managed to Lean and Agile Teams. In L. Herzog & B. Zimmermann (Hrsg.), Shifting Categories of Work. Unsettling the Ways We Think about Jobs, Labor, and Activities, New York: Routledge,73–86. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003341321
Ahmad, S., & Greb, M. (2022). Automating social media content moderation: implications for governance and labour discretion, Work in the Global Economy, 2(2), 176–198. https://doi.org/10.1332/273241721X16647876031174