Keynote speakers

We have the pleasure of introducing the conference’s keynote speakers.

Professor, Brit Ross Winthereik

Technical University of Denmark

Keynote talk: “Where to put the human in the non-places of digitalized societies and STS?”

Bio:
Brit Ross Winthereik is Professor of Human-Centered Digitalization at the Dept. of Technology, Management and Economics at the Technical University of Denmark. She has a PhD in Science and Technology Studies and anthropology from Erasmus University Rotterdam. Her current research revolves around digitalization processes and the use of data in the public sector of contemporary welfare societies with a particular focus on information infrastructures and human life within. Core to this interest is processes of inclusion and exclusion, data use and accountability in an age of digital citizenship. Her new research is a regional study of data centres in Denmark with a focus on ‘ressourcification’. Among her many publications count ‘Monitoring Movements in Development Aid: Recursive Infrastructures and Partnerships’ (MIT Press, 2013, with Casper Bruun Jensen), ‘Experimenting with Ethnography: A Companion to Analysis’ (Duke University Press, 2021, with Andrea Ballestero), and ‘Handbook for the Anthropology of Technology’ (Palgrave Handbook Series, 2021, with Maja Hojer Bruun el al).

Associate Professor, Katherine Harrison

Linköping University

Keynote talk: “The Laboratory and Its Others – Privilege, Power and Knowledge Production”

Bio:
Katherine Harrison, Ph.D., is Associate Professor in Gender Studies at Linköping University. Her research sits at the intersection of Science & Technology Studies, media studies, and feminist theory, bringing critical perspectives on knowledge production to studies of different digital technologies. She is currently co-PI for two WASP-HS (Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program – Humanity and Society) projects titled: “The ethics and social consequences of AI and caring robots. Learning trust, empathy and accountability” and “Operationalising ethics for AI: translation, implementation and accountability challenges”.