Academic interests
My research explores the role that digital technologies such as artificial intelligence are playing in transforming agri-food systems. My work cuts across innovation studies, science and technology studies, and sustainability transitions. I am particularly interested in using novel multi-system interaction theories to explore the processes of digital transformation, as well as their political and ethical implications.
Courses taught
I regularly contribute to teaching courses and running seminars in the TIK and ESST Master's programmes.
Background
Prior to starting my PhD, I spent nine years working in science, technology and innovation-related positions in Canada and the United Kingdom. Most recently, I spent four years as a researcher in the data science unit of the UK-based innovation foundation, Nesta, where I led a team responsible for developing and deploying new approaches to responsible and inclusive innovation. I hold an MSc in Public Health Nutrition from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and a BSc in Nutrition and Food Science from the University of Alberta.
Conference presentations
From Ideals to Impact: A Framework for Combining Role Ideals and Moral Imagination in Data Science Projects. Presented at the Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies Conference in Utrecht, Netherlands (October 2022).
Bridging Worldviews for Transformative Data Science: Experimenting with Provocations. Presentation delivered virtually at the Data Justice Conference (May 2021).
Smart Move? Operationalizing Transparency and Explainability in a Career Transition Algorithm: A Case Study. Presentation delivered virtually at the Transparency and Explanations in Smart Systems Workshop (April 2021).
The Economic Geography of AI and its Risks. Presentation at the Geography of Innovation Conference in Stavanger, Norway (January 2020).
New Maps for Innovation. Presentation at the Cross Innovation Conference in Hamburg, Germany (November 2018).
Big Data for Innovation Policy. Presentation at the Triple Helix Conference in Manchester, United Kingdom (September 2018).
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Scientific Impact Increases When Researchers Publish in Open Access and International Collaboration: A Bibliometric Analysis on Poverty-Related Disease Papers. Breugelmans, J. Gabrielle, Guillaume Roberge, Chantale Tippett, Matt Durning, David Brooke Struck, and Michael M. Makanga. Published September 2018 in PLOS ONE 13(9).
Reports
European Innovation Scoreboard: Exploratory Report on Measuring Digital Skills. Deliverable for the European Innovation Scoreboard project. March 2021.
EURITO User Research Report. Findings from user research with research and innovation policymakers. Deliverable for the Horizon2020 EURITO project. January 2021.
Data Mining: Knowledge and technology flows in priority domains within the private sector and between the public and private sectors. Deliverable for the European Commission DG RTD. February 2017.
European Research Area Progress Report 2016. Technical report for the European Commission DG RTD. September 2016.
She Figures 2015 Methodological Handbook. Deliverable for the European Commission DG RTD. December 2015.
She Figures 2015. Deliverable for the European Commission DG RTD. December 2015.