LIVIA WEIGEL

What I’m doing now

I’m studying sociology in Chemnitz, where I’m about to work on my bachelor’s thesis about women’s & genderqueer1 experiences in hacker spaces. Academically, I’m currently looking into AI2, especially LLM’s3, exploring their limits and societal risks. I’m also interested in gender aspects in technology use/appropriation and the societal impacts of climate change.

Learning new skills is basically a hobby of mine, currently I’m looking into bash scripting. I enjoy learning & exchange on conferences, and recently started speaking on them.

Open to work

Currently in temporary position at ATB Chemnitz. Still doing creative work as a side hustle: graphic design, website development (with WordPress), audio work, social media content creation4 and photography. If you are interested, please get in touch!

From January 2026 and onwards im again looking for a Job5 in Chemnitz or remote, 5-10h/week. Preferably a permanent position this time.

Recent reads

I love to read. These are some books and papers I am reading (or read recently) and deem worthwhile sharing.

Hacking Diversity: The Politics of Inclusion in Open Technology Cultures

Christina Dunbar-Hester

Gekränkte Freiheit: Aspekte des libertären Autoritarismus

Carolin Amlinger & Oliver Nachtwey

The Straight Mind and Other Essays

Monique Wittig

Stoffwechselpolitik: Arbeit, Natur und die Zukunft des Planeten

Simon Schaup

Finished

Stone Butch Blues

Leslie Feinberg

Views

Marc-Uwe Kling

Machinery of Dominance: Women, Men and Technical Know-How.

Cynthia Cockburn

Gott Hassen

Jenny Hval

Untersuchung von per- und polyfluorierten Alkylsubstanzen (PFAS) im Meeresschaum an Nord- und Ostsee-Stränden in Deutschland

Julios Kontchou

Die feinen Unterschiede: Kritik der gesellschaftlichen Urteilskraft

Pierre Bourdieu

Footnotes

  1. Specifically FLINTA, meaning Female, Lesbian, Inter, Non-Binary, Trans and Agender folks. This acronym is pretty uncommon outside of Germany. ↩︎
  2. Algorithmic intelligence. Some say “artificial intelligence”, but that disregards that the techniques used differ very much from what we consider intelligent ↩︎
  3. LLM = large language model; Like chatGPT and Deepseek ↩︎
  4. specifically NO moderation ↩︎
  5. I have 6+ years experience in communication, design and marketing. Exceptional expertise in data protection and highly skilled jack of all trades. Organiser / Crew member for events ranging from 300 to 100.000 attendees respectively. If that sounds like someone you’re looking for, let’s connect! ↩︎