AGYA Member
Sonja Buxbaum-Conradi
Social Sciences
Areas of Expertise:
Global Production Networks, Knowledge Processes in Distributed Value Creation Networks, Open Production and Open Source Hardware Communities
About me
Coming from the field of cultural and social anthropology, I started working at an Institute for Production Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies in a project on inter-organizational knowledge management in global production networks in 2012. Here, I began to develop my interest in digital production technologies and open fabrication laboratories. In my current position as a senior research fellow, I investigate their transformative potential for knowledge and production processes, forms of technological learning, and bottom-up economic development.
Being an AGYA member allows me to exchange and develop ideas across very different academic fields and cultural backgrounds. I believe the ability to integrate multiple perspectives is essential for advancing research and creating viable solutions that have a societal impact. For me, international interdisciplinary research means learning from each other through dialogue, finding shared interfaces and promoting committed pluralism.
Current projects
- Member of the AGYA Working Group Arab and German Education
- Member of the AGYA Working Group Innovation
Academic Career
| Since 2018 |
Post-doctoral senior research fellow at the Institute for Production Engineering and
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| 2018 | Doctoral degree with honors at the University of Hamburg (Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences) |
| 2012 - 2018 | Research fellow at LaFT in the projects:
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| 2010 | Master degree with honors in Ethnology at the Philips University of Marburg and the University of Hamburg |
Selected Publications
- Buxbaum-Conradi, S.; Branding, J-H.; Basmer-Birkenfeld, S.; Osunyomi, B.D.; Redlich, T.; Langenfeld, M.; Wulfsberg, J.P. (2018). Lokale Einbettung und globale Kollaborationsprozesse offener Produktionswerkstätten: Ein Einblick in die deutsche und arabische Maker-Community. In: Redlich, T.; Moritz, M.; Wulsfsberg, J.P. (eds): Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven zur Zukunft der Wertschöpfung, Wiesbaden. Springer, pp. 79-92.
- Buxbaum-Conradi, S. (2018). Global and local knowledge dynamics in an industry during modular transition: A case study of the Airbus production network and the Aerospace Cluster in Hamburg, Northern Germany. Dissertationsschrift, University of Hamburg.
- Buxbaum-Conradi, S.; Basmer, S.; Krenz, P.; Redlich, T.; Wulfsberg, J. P.; Bruhns, F. L. (2015). Open Production: Chances for Social Sustainability in Manufacturing. In: Procedia CIRP 26, 12th Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing – Emerging Potentials, pp. 46-51.
- Buxbaum-Conradi, S.; Menzel M.-P.; Krenz, P.; Basmer, S.; Redlich, T., Wulfsberg, J.P. (2015). Modularization and the Dynamics of Inter-organizational Collaboration: Producing and Bridging Spatial and Organizational Distances. In: IEEE Proceedings of the 48th Conference on System Science, Hawaii, pp. 4376-4385.
- Buxbaum-Conradi, S.; Redlich, T.; Krenz, P.; Basmer, S.; Wulfsberg, J.-P. and Bruhns, F.B (2014). Openness and Trust in Value Co-Creation: Potentials for Inter-organizational Knowledge Transfer and New Business Models. In: Proceedings of PICMET 2014 Infrastructure and Service Integration, Kanazawa (Japan), 217-225.
